GGSD Program Details for WINSAF-TR

WINSAF-TR

Category	Settlement analysis
Publisher	Prototype Engineering, Inc.
Platform	Win95/98, WinNT, Win2000
Status	Commercial
Description	WINSAF-TR performs one-dimensional consolidation analysis based on Terzaghi's classical theory. The program is part of the Productivity Tools for Geotechnical Engineers suite of programs, but is also available separately. The system can deal with the consolidation of a single layered system, a two-layered system, or a system with radial drainage. In the case of the single layer, the initial excess pore pressure can be uniform with depth, linearly varying with depth, sinusoidal with depth, or triangular with the peak value at the center of the layer. Drainage can be at the top, bottom, or both. Rectangular loads can vary with time; up to five loading steps are permitted. The solution for the two-layered system is the Gray-Barber analytical solution, not a numerical approximation. Drainage can be at the top and bottom or at the top only. The radial consolidation case uses the Barron-Richart equations for free strain around drains or wells. The system can also handle the case of combined vertical and radial consolidation of a single layer. Output includes values of excess pore pressure and degree of consolidation at user-specified point within the profile as well as overall average degrees of consolidation. The output can be printed or saved in an electronic file for later manipulation by a word processor. The help files include description of the mathematical background and five worked examples representing a variety of situations that arise in practice. Units can be either British, conventional metric, or SI.
Data formats supported	None stated
Supplier in United States of America	Prototype Engineering, Inc.