ADAMA Software has released update 13.1 for their Mechanically Stabilized Earth retaining wall design software, MSEW 3.0 as of August 30, 2011. Some of the design methodology changes in the 2009 FHWA manual for MSE walls were implemented in Update 13, as well as a few corrections related to true bridge abutments and other bug fixes.
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Unconservative designs with AASHTO LRFD for deep excavations
Dimitrios at Deep Excavation LLC wrote this article a couple of months ago for his monthly newsletter. He contends that for multi-level braced excavations, the AASHTO LRFD code could produce unconservative results. From his article: […]
Software Updates
GEO5 2024 Update Released
The geotechnical software program, GEO5, has recently been updated with a host of new features as part of their mid-year 2024 update. This includes a significant update to their Prefab Wall program for modeling modular […]
Software Updates
GEO-SLOPE GeoStudio 2007 Version 7.15 Update – Windows 7 Compatible
GEO-SLOPE International, makers of the GeoStudio 2007 geotechnical software suite have announced a version 7.15 update for their GeoStudio 2007 software products, which includes SLOPE/W, SIGMA/W and SEEP/W, QUAKE/W and others. This is their first […]