LimitState Directors Dr Matthew Gilbert and Dr Colin Smith, and Technical Consultant Dr Sam Clarke will all be attending the 7th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, NUMGE2010, to be held June 2-4 2010 in Trondheim, Norway (see:
LimitState are pleased to announce that an increasing number of Universities are now using our software in their teaching and research projects. Recent institutions to start using LimitState products include:
LimitState recently secured a contract to supply Network Rail with their groundbreaking geotechnical software, LimitState:GEO, which uses new technology to rapidly evaluate the safety of geotechnical constructions such as slopes, retaining walls and foundations.
Capita are one of the largest multidisciplinary consultancies in the UK, managing contracts worth over £10bn The company already licenses our LimitState:GEO geotechnical software and has purchased a LimitState:RING license for a project in Wales.
LimitState are pleased to announce that RailCorp, a state-owned corporation providing passenger rail services within New South Wales, Australia, have this week licensed LimitState:RING.
On 16 March, LimitState were pleased to be invited to present at the "Innovation in Geotechnics" seminar organized by the Yorkshire Geotechnical Group of the Institution of Civil Engineers, in Wakefield, UK.
The LimitState newsletter for March is available online now. It includes articles on
The support movement functionality in LimitState:RING, and how it can be used help better understand the behaviour of masonry arch bridges, and
Use of the cutoff material model in LimitState:GEO to model...
LimitState:RING is most commonly used as a tool to rapidly assess the ultimate load carrying capacity of masonry arch bridges, but the inbuilt ‘support movement wizard’ can also provide valuable insights on pre-collapse bridge behaviour. Using this mode, users can try to identify the likely causes...