Stability analyses in geotechnical engineering using the kinematic element method (KEM)
The conventional stability analyses in geotechnical engineering (determination of earth pressure according to DIN 4085, slope stability, ground failure, slip circle according to DIN 4084, ground failure according to DIN 4017, …) often provide too little or too much stability depending on the situation due to insufficient accuracy of the failure figure. This is basically already the case if concentrated loads, geometric constraints, lubrication layers or the like cause the formation of sliding surfaces that cannot be modelled by the simplified failure mechanisms proposed in the standards. The kinematic element method (KEM) can be used to model and optimise any fracture mechanism and thus correctly capture most geometric situations.
Please also read the presentation by Prof Dr Euringer.
Areas of application
- Investigation of embankments
- Calculation of floor nailing
- Determination of ground failure resistance with complex soil stratification
- Flow-through dams
- Stability of excavation pits
- Geotextile-reinforced terrain jumps
- All non-standard cases
- Realistic mapping of the effects of excavation phases
Special features
- Automatic generation of projections and calculation of all verifications for nail walls
- Reinforced concrete design incl. Proof of punching
- Automatic nail lengthening
- Tilting, sliding, ground breakage, etc.
- Slope failure
- Contains the functional scope of FIDES earth pressure and FIDES slip circle
- Takes into account flow forces from the calculation with FIDES-Flow
