TABLE OF CONTENTS This chapter discusses two sample computer programs which are used to design shoring systems. The first program, called ct-Shoring, is used to design soldier pile and lagging, sheet piling, and secant and cylinder pile walls, and utilizes analysis methods from earth pressure theory and apparent earth pressure. The input data required is discussed in the preceding chapters of this book.
The second program, called GoldNail, is used for soil nail designs and utilizes limit equilibrium analysis. The input data required is also discussed in the previous chapters of this book.
The user of these programs is cautioned that the use of computer solutions without experience with these types of calculations should not be undertaken unless the user is prepared to do manual check calculations to ensure that the answers are rational. Methods of performing check calculations are briefly discussed in Chapter 11 of this book and are available in much more detail from listings in the Bibliography.
ct-SHORING Suite Plus is a design and analysis software for excavation support systems, including braced cuts, raker support, trench box, cantilever walls, bulkhead walls, sheet pile walls, soldier piles and lagging systems, tangent pile walls, slurry walls, and any flexible walls. The program is flexible enough to handle any complex ground conditions, sloped surfaces, surcharge loads, and water conditions. Users have two choices to input data:
Input soil parameters such as friction angle, unit weight, and water condition,
or
Input pressures such as...
