The implementation date for all Eurocode standards was March 2010. Are you ready for the change?

• Eurocode 7 marks a significant change in design philosophy and approach to factors of safety - many traditional factors of safety and related concepts will be made redundant.
• Eurocode 7 uses a unified and sophisticated system of partial factors that are no longer specific to problem type e.g. slopes, retaining walls, footings etc.
• Designers will have to learn how to apply these factors consistently in hand calculations, spreadsheets, and software solutions.
• In the UK design checks could require up to four calculations (Design combinations 1 and 2, applied to long and short term analyses).

Many geotechnical engineers are still deciding how to implement the change to Eurocode 7. Ease the transition with LimitState:GEO:

Designed with Eurocode 7 in mind

• LimitState:GEO has been designed from the ground up to use the full Eurocode 7 limit state design and partial factor approach.
• All key input parameters to LimitState:GEO may be designated using Eurocode terminology. LimitState:GEO then applies the appropriate partial factors automatically in any calculation.
• LimitState:GEO automatically provides warnings to the user if certain partial factors appear to have been incorrectly specified (unfavourable/favourable designation).

Save time

• LimitState:GEO makes it straightforward to check one problem simultaneously with several partial factors sets for different design combinations/approaches and for long and short term cases.
• The unique cutting edge limit analysis technology (DLO) used in LimitState:GEO makes it applicable to all problem types, thus one tool can be used under Eurocode 7 for a wide range of stability problems such as slope stability, retaining walls, footings, excavations etc.
• No need for separate stability checks (eg global/local). LimitState:GEO automatically identifies the critical collapse mode.

How current users are using LimitState:GEO

• LimitState:GEO can be configured to replace standard analysis spreadsheets.
• Interactive design – ‘what if’ scenarios are easy and quick to set up and solve.
• Checking complex combined problems that cannot be handled by conventional tools

Find out more

Want to learn more? See how LimitState:GEO works in conjunction with Eurocode 7. Alternately, why not trial the full version or arrange a one-to-one webinar where the benefits of the software can be demonstrated first hand - contact us to find out more.