China Deep Foundation Engineering Network News The Foundation Academy has newly launched a column titled "Foundation Expert - Dr. Chen Talks Software," with Dr. Chen Wei as its regular guest. He currently serves as Director of the Software and Informatization Department at Jianyan Foundation Engineering Co., Ltd., and has long been dedicated to the development and application of foundation and geotechnical engineering design software.

It is reported that the Software and Informatization Department of Jianyan Foundation has successfully developed a series of foundation design software, including foundation pit support design software (JKZH), building foundation treatment design software (Djcl), unsupported inclined pile support design software (IncPile), composite soil nail wall design software (SuperSoilNail), building foundation pit dewatering design software (DeWater), P-BIM-based integrated building foundation pit design software system (JCSJ), counterfort retaining wall design software (DTQ), reinforced soil retaining wall design software (ReinforcedSoilWall), Geotechnical 100 Learning and Calculation Toolbox (YT100), and geotechnical engineering drawing software (YTHT), among others. These software products effectively improve users' design efficiency and solve numerous complex calculation problems, such as strut removal and replacement in arbitrary sequences, H-shaped double-row piles, user-defined forces, basin excavation, and block calculation of complex foundation outlines.

The first episode of the "Foundation Expert - Dr. Chen Talks Software" column launched on July 31. In this episode, Dr. Chen shared in depth about the foundation pit support design software, including a comprehensive introduction and demonstration of the software, the total load method and incremental method for foundation pit calculation, calculation models and examples of back-pressure earth berms within foundation pits, calculation models and examples of non-standard double-row piles in foundation pits, calculation models and examples of user-defined forces in foundation pits, and calculation models and examples of foundation pit optimization calculation, among other important content. In addition, the issue of carbon emissions from foundation pits was also discussed.

Technical features of the foundation pit support design software:

★Can calculate single-row piles, diaphragm walls, SMW method piles, soil nail walls, sloped excavation, cement-soil walls, and double-row piles.

★Simultaneously employs two different methods—the total load method and the incremental method—for calculation, with highly consistent results, and includes overall equilibrium verification to ensure calculation accuracy.

★Flexibly calculates strut removal and replacement; replacement struts can have their horizontal stiffness and rotational stiffness adjusted and prestress set.

★Can perform optimization calculations on the arrangement elevations and prestress of multiple strut/anchor levels, selecting the combination of strut/anchor elevations and prestress that meets the optimization objective (minimum pile/wall bending moment or minimum pile/wall displacement).

★Can calculate complex foundation pits such as generalized double-row piles (e.g., h-shaped), back-pressure earth berms, user-defined load resistance, and earth pressure in limited-width soil masses.

★Provides simplified and detailed calculation reports, with a level of detail comparable to a textbook.

★The generated construction drawings can be used directly after minor modifications, improving drawing output efficiency.

★Provides carbon emission calculation functionality, supporting the national dual carbon strategy and goals.‍

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