Pre-accepted Geotechnical Programme

(List in ascending order of Valid Till)

Program
Reference Program Version Valid Till Remarks
G0182 SLOPE/W 2012 8.15.5.117 2022-08-22
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G0172 OASYS PILSET 19.1 2022-05-14
G0165 OASYS XDISP 19.2 2022-05-14 The application of BUILDING DAMAGE
ASSESSMENT function is excluded from this
application
G0113 RIDO 4.01 2022-05-02
G0104 SLOPE/W 4.21 2022-02-27 The acceptance of the program is subject to the
following restrictions:

(a) The program is used only for slope stability

analysis using the limit equilibrium method of
Bishop's Simplified, Janbu's Simplified, or
Morgenstern-Price;
(b) Janbu's Simplified method should not be used for
deep seated failure and tie-back loads analysis; and
(c) Pseudo-static earthquake analysis, block slip
analysis, bearing capacity analysis and probability
analysis are excluded.
G0142 SLOPE/W 6.21 2022-02-17 - The FOS of the cohesive and frictional component
of strength are assumed equal for all soils involved.
- The FOS is assumed to be same for all slices.
- When excessively steep surface are used or when a
strong material overlies a very weak material,
SLOPE/W may have difficulties in obtaining a
convergent solution.
G0133 PLAXIS 8.2 2022-02-17 Only Mohr-Coulomb model should be used
G0179 phase² 8.0 2022-01-02
G0190 LS-DYNA 10.0 2021-12-23 - The area of application is restricted to the coupled
analysis of interaction between rock/boulder/debris
and debris-resisting barrier structures;
- The steel-wire net of flexible debris-resisting barrier
is modelled as an impermeable membrane;
- Although the Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE)
can represent the hard inclusion in granular debris
flow based on the back-analysis of the Illgraben case
study in Switzerland, the designer should exercise his
judgement whether the explicit modelling of boulder
impact on the structures is required with
consideration given to the abundance and size of
boulders in the design scenarios. If necessary,
sensitivity analysis should be undertaken to assess the
design robustness;
- Other assumptions/limitations shall also refer to the
approved conditions for debris mobility assessment
using LS-DYNA in 2016 by GEO
G0169 PLAXIS 2D 2011 2021-11-27 - Restricted to stage excavation with props or
anchors by global factor approach and steady
state seepage flow analysis, all on
Mohr-Coulomb soil model only.

- Notes on PLAXIS (Version 2011) for Excavation

and Lateral Support and Steady-State Analysis:
1. Hydraulic boundary condition and seepage
analysis
1.1. The groundwater pressure distribution

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assumptions and related program settings
are important in obtaining reliable results.
Such assumptions should be based on the
permeability of the in-situ soil/rock layers
and hydraulic boundary conditions. Field
permeability tests, typical permeability
values or pumping tests and piezometric
monitoring data should be used to justify
these assumptions.
1.2. When the design required the use of free
surface velocity or extreme velocity from
the Plaxis analysis, the meshes of the
interested areas should be refined to assure
result accuracy. User should follow
guideline 4.1 on “Effects of mesh size on
accuracy of results”.
2. Check on capacity of structural elements
2.1. PLAXIS does not carry out design check of
structural elements used in the model. Users
must check the adequacy of these elements
using relevant design codes accepted by
Hong Kong authorities. If the design
indicates stronger elements are required, the
PLAXIS model must be revised and
re-analysis accordingly.
3. Wall/Soil interface
3.1. The wall/soil interface ratio Rinter should not
be unrealistically low to avoid numerical
instability leading to non-convergence. The
limiting values for Rinter should use values in
Table 13 of Geoguide 1 (GEO, 1993).
4. Effects of mesh size on accuracy of results
4.1. The mesh/element size to be adopted in the
analysis should be suitably fine so that
further refinement of the mesh/element size
would not generate a significant change in
the analysis results. A finer mesh/element
size may also be required at the areas of
stress/flow concentration or zones of large
deformation/hydraulic gradient. The
variation of the mesh/element size over the
computation domain should be optimized to
avoid numerical instability (e.g.
non-convergence) and to achieve adequate
calculation accuracy.
5. Selection of Soil Models
5.1. User should not use effective stress shear
strength parameters (Φ’ and c’) to model
undrained behavior. Users should note that
the use of effective strength parameters in a
linear elastic perfect plastic model such as
Mohr-Coulomb cannot give correct pore
water pressures in undrained analysis.
5.2. Reference should be made to the report of
the Committee of Inquiry on the Nicoll
Highway collapse for advice on selection of
appropriate soil models for soil-structure
interaction analysis.

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6. Requirement for convergence
6.1. Excavation is an unloading problem. Hence,
the PLAXIS calculation for ELS works is a
load-controlled analysis. Users should use
the default setting where the “Arc-length
control” function for iteration of calculation
is activated. Under special circumstances of
large shear strains and significant plasticity
developing in the mesh elements, the user
may deactivate the “Arc-length control”
function to force the analysis to solve to
convergence (see PLAXIS Manual under
Iterative Procedure Control Parameters). In
such a case, the user must check whether the
shear strains generated in the mesh indicate
development of a global failure mechanism.
If the analysis has predicted a global failure
mechanism, the user should re-activate the
“Arc-length control” function and re-run the
analysis. If there is no convergence, then the
wall embedment depth should be increased.
G0147 OASYS FREW 18.1 2021-09-06 Global Factor Approach
Restrictions:
- Applied in the design of excavation and lateral
support works by conventional approach, such as
those described in GEO Publication 1/90
- Only SAFE model method can be in this version of
program
G0101 PCSTABL5M 1.87 2021-08-23
G0164 OASYS FREW 19.0 2021-07-30 - Applied in the design of excavation and lateral
support works by conventional approach, such as
those described in GEO Publication 1/90.
- Only SAFE model method can be used in this
version of program.
G0189 PLAXIS 2D 2018 2021-07-25 - The application is restricted to staged excavation
with props or anchors by global factor approach and
steady-state groundwater seepage flow analysis with
application of the Mohr-Coulomb soil model and
steady-state seepage flow only.
G0178 OASYS PDISP 19.2 2021-07-25 - The application of non-linear soil stiffness feature is
excluded from this application.
- The Legacy Mindlin Method and New Mindlin
Method without Correction Factor features are
excluded from this application.
G0177 PLAXIS 2D AE 2021-07-25 Restricted to staged excavation with props or anchors
by global factor approach and steady state seepage
flow.
G0167 OASYS SLOPE 19.0 2021-07-16 - The Partial Factor Analysis function is excluded,
and
- Fellenius Method should not be used
G0180 SEEP/W 2012 8.14 2021-06-13 Solve steady state and transient seepage analyses for
saturated and unsaturated porous material. The
program is designed for 2-Dimensional (vertical
section view) modelling.
Axisymmetric & plan view modelling are not
included in this application.
G0137 UNWEDGE 3.0 2021-02-05 - This program is applicable to the analysis of wedge
failure around excavations constructed in hard rock,

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where discontinuities are persistent, and where stress
induced failure does not occur.
- Probabilistic analysis is not included.
- Modelling of zero water pressure condition using
Swellex and Split-Set bolts and Barton-Bandis
strength criterion are not included.
G0146 SLOPE/W 2007 2021-01-16 1. Only Bishop Simplified, Janbu Simplified,
Morgenstern & Price and Spender methods are
allowed to use
2. The following applications are excluded
- Use of partial factor for slope stability analysis
- Bearing capacity analyses
- Pseudo-static earthquake analyses
- Active and passive pressures
- Block failure
- Analyses allowing passive mode
- Probabilistic analyses
- Hoek-Brown failure criterion for modeling shear
strength of soil or rock
- Unsaturated shear strength
- Analyses using SLOPE/W finite element stress
method
- Auto-Locate (or Auto-Search) for critical slip
surface will produce results for indication only
- SHANSEP model for soft soils
G0129 CONSOLID 1.0 2020-12-26
G0108 Q_ALL 1.0 2020-12-26
G0106 KaKp 1.0 2020-12-26
G0105 SOCKET 1.0 2020-12-26
G0143 SEEP/W 2007 2020-11-26
G0188 PLAXIS 3D 2017 2020-11-09 - This application is restricted to the analysis of the
stage construction of excavation and lateral support
design for cantilever/ strutted shaft walls and
associated strutting system under hydrostatic
groundwater pressure condition, all on linear elastic
Mohr Coulomb soil model only.
G0095 FADSPABW 2020-11-05
G0176 OASYS FREW 19.2 2020-10-22 Modified C580 Approach

- The application of the program is confined to the

analysis of excavation and lateral support works by
the Limit State Partial Factor Method based on
CIRIA Report No. C580.
- Only the SAFE model method can be used.
- The stability check feature is excluded.
- The seismic analysis to EC8 feature is excluded.
- The integral bridge analysis is excluded.
- The EC7 partial factor sets feature is excluded.
G0175 OASYS FREW 19.2 2020-10-22 Global Factor Approach

- The application of the program is confined in the

analysis of excavation and lateral support works by
conventional approach, such as those described in
GEO Publication 1/90.
- Only the SAFE model method can be used.
- The stability check feature is excluded.
- The seismic analysis to EC8 feature is excluded.
- The integral bridge analysis is excluded.

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- The EC7 partial factor sets feature is excluded.
G0020 RWALL1.BAS 1.0 2020-10-22
G0019 FNDUBC1.BAS 1.0 2020-10-22
G0018 JANBU.BAS 1.0 2020-10-22
G0187 PLAXIS 2D 2017 2020-09-04 - The application is confined to the area of the 2D
finite element analysis of stage construction of
excavation and lateral support works with props or
anchors by global factor approach and steady-state
groundwater seepage flow analysis, all on linear
elastic Mohr-Coulomb soil model only.
G0016 SPENN3.BAS 1.0 2020-08-30
G0186 LS-DYNA 8.0 2020-08-17 Restricted to the debris mobility assessment
G0174 PLAXIS 2012 2020-07-25 Restricted to staged excavation with props or anchors
by global factor approach and steady state seepage
flow
G0154 PLAXIS (Modified C580 9.0 2020-06-22 Notes on the use of PLAXIS for the limit state partial
Approach) factor method based on CIRIA Report No.C580

Based on the findings of the verification exercise and

back analyses of past case histories of excavation,
users are reminded of the following :

1. Hydraulic boundary condition. The

groundwater pressure distribution assumption in the
modeling and the related program setting can have a
major influence on the computed results. The
assumption should be compatible with the
permeability of the various soil/rock layers in the
ground and the hydraulic boundary conditions, which
should be assessed using field permeability tests,
typical permeability values or pumping tests, and
piezometric monitoring data.

2. Check on capacity of structural elements. A

structural check should be carried out after the
analyses. If the structural check indicates the capacity
of any of the structural elements being exceeded, the
analyses should be repeated for a revised design with
stronger structural elements using higher stiffness
values.

3. Wall/Soil interface. Use of an unrealistically

low strength such as zero strength at the interface will
likely result in numerical instability (e.g.
non-convergence) or unreasonably large wall
deflections. Therefore, the wall/soil interface ratio
Rinter should not be set to zero. It is suggested that
the users adopt a Rinter value of not less than 0.1
times the soil shear strength in the analysis.

4. Effects of mesh size on accuracy of results. The

mesh/element size to be adopted in the analysis
should be suitably fine so that further refinement of
the mesh/element size would not generate a
significant change in the required wall embedment
depth. A finer mesh/element size may also be
required at the areas of stress concentration or zones
of large deformation gradient. The variation of the

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mesh/element size over the computation domain
should be optimized to avoid numerical instability
(e.g. non-convergence) and to achieve adequate
calculation accuracy.

5. Wall embedment depth and large strains.

When analyzing an excavation problem using the
limit state partial factor method based on CIRIA
Report No. C580 to obtain the design wall
embedment depth, users should check the sensitivity
of the wall behaviour to the wall embedment depth.
There could be a rapid increase in the maximum wall
deflection/strut loads upon a small reduction in the
wall embedment depth, reflecting the sensitivity of
the design to small variations in wall embedment.
Hence a suitable value of design wall embedment
depth should be selected to take into account the
results of sensitivity analysis and the construction
tolerance that can be achieved under the construction
control and supervision regime imposed.

6. Selection of Soil Models. Users should not use

effective stress shear strength parameters (phi' & c')
to model undrained behaviour. Also, the users should
note that PLAXIS may not give appropriate pore
water pressure distributions in an undrained analysis
unless an appropriately sophisticated soil model is
adopted. Reference should be made to the report of
the Committee of Inquiry on the Nicoll Highway
collapse for advice on selection of appropriate soil
models for soil-structure interaction analysis.

7. Requirement for convergence. Excavation is an

unloading problem. Hence, the PLAXIS calculation
for ELS works is a load-controlled analysis. Users
may use the default setting where the "Arc-length
control" function for iteration of calculation is
activated. Under special circumstances of large shear
strains and significant plasticity developing in the
mesh elements, the users may deactivate the
"Arc-length control" function to force the analysis to
solve to convergence (see PLAXIS Reference
Manual under Iterative Procedure Control
Parameters). In such a case, the users must check
whether the shear strains generated in the mesh
indicate development of a global failure mechanism.
If the analysis has predicted a global failure
mechanism, the users should re-activate the
"Arc-length control" function and re-run the analysis.
If there is no convergence, then the wall embedment
depth should be increased.
G0159 DAN-W Release 10 2020-06-04 The analysis of post-failure debris motion with
normal elements only
G0185 SWEDGE 6.0 2020-05-04 Evaluation of geometry and stability of surface rock
wedges

1. SWEDGE is an interactive program for analyzing

and evaluating the geometry and stability of surface

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wedges in rock slopes based on 3D limit equilibrium
approach
2. Wedges are defined by two intersecting
discontinuity planes, the slope surface and an
optional tension crack
3. Factor of safety approach is adopted with
effect/presence of surcharge and water pressure along
the intersecting joints for rock wedge stability
analysis
G0121 DIPS 5.0 2020-02-26
G0139 DIPS 5.1 2020-01-18
G0184 PLAXIS 3D 2016 2020-01-15 This application is restricted to the analysis of the
stage construction of excavation and lateral support
design for cantilever/ strutted shaft walls and
associated strutting system under hydrostatic
groundwater pressure condition, all on linear elastic
Mohr Coulomb soil model only.
G0066 OASYS FREW 8.8 2020-01-04
G0153 PLAXIS 3D Foundation 2.2 2019-11-24 Global Factor Approach for ELS Works
G0183 PLAXIS 2D 2016.0 2019-09-27 Restricted to staged excavation with props or anchors
by global factor approach and steady-state
groundwater seepage flow analysis.
G0128 Oasys FREW 17.8 2019-07-05 - Applied in the design of excavation and lateral
support works by conventional approach, such as
those described in GEO Publication 1/90
- Only SAFE model method can be used in this
version of program.
G0136 CRSP 4.0 2019-06-26
G0163 RocFall 4.0 2019-06-23
G0171 DIPS 6.0 2019-05-23 The features / functions are excluded - Flexural
topping, fold analysis, oriented core and rock mass
classification
G0109 FLAC 3.4 2019-05-17 For the application in excavation & retaining
structure only
G0168 OASYS FREW 19.0 2018-12-27 - Modified C580 Approach
- The new stability check feature is excluded
G0149 PAROI 2 4.9e 2018-11-12 Global Factor Approach
G0181 PLAXIS 3D 2013 2018-10-18 - This application is restricted to the analysis of the
stage construction of excavation and lateral support
design for cantilever/ strutted shaft walls and
associated strutting system under hydrostatic
groundwater pressure condition, all on linear elastic
Mohr Coulomb soil model only.
G0145 SLOPE/W 5.20 2018-06-14 1. Only Bishop Simplified, Janbu Simplified, and
Morgenstern & Price method are allowed to use

2. The following applications are excluded

- Use of partial factor for slope stability analysis
- Bearing capacity analyses
- Pseudo-static earthquake analyses
- Active and passive pressures
- Block failure
- Analyses allowing passive mode
- Probabilistic analyses
- Hoek-Brown failure criterion for modeling shear
strength of soil or rock
- Unsaturated shear strength

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- Analyses using SLOPE/W finite element stress
method
- Auto-Locate (or Auto-Search) for critical slip
surfaces will produce results for indication only
- SHANSEP model for soft soils
G0160 WALLAP 5.04 2018-05-17 Global Factor Approach - The features of seismic
loading, wedge stability and FOS calculation using
BSC Piling Handbook method are excluded
G0166 TALREN 4 2.0.3 2018-05-12 - Only Simplified Bishop's Method and Modified
Fellenius Method are used in analysis
- Only tensile strength of soil nails/slope reinforcing
strips are allowed in the slope stability analysis
G0162 VALDEZ 5.0 2017-12-18 - The program is developed specifically for the
design of reinforced earth wall in compliance of
Geoguide 6 for Hong Kong; and
- Global slope stability checks should be carried out
by another program.
G0140 SWEDGE 4.0 2017-07-30
G0116 OASYS VDISP 17.7.2 2017-05-20
G0085 JANBU 2017-03-30
G0040 KZERO 2 2017-03-30
G0092 SEEP/W 4.2 2017-02-19 Solving 2-D seepage analysis for solving steady
seepage and transient seepage
G0150 UDEC 4.0 2017-01-19 Only ground excavation and rock reinforcement in
tunnel and cavern works are allowed to use
G0155 PLAXIS 9.02 2016-12-09 Stage excavation with props or anchors by global
factor approach and steady state seepage flow
analysis, all on Mohr-Coulomb soil model only.
G0126 DEBRIFLO 1.02 2016-10-01
G0173 SLOPE/W 2012 2016-03-06 1. Only Bishop Simplified, Janbu Simplified,
Morgenstern & Price and Spender methods are
allowed to use.
2. The following applications are excluded:
- Use of partial factor for slope stability analysis
- Bearing capacity analyses
- Pseudo-static earthquake analyses
- Active and passive pressures
- Block failure
- Analyses allowing passive mode
- Hoek-Brown failure criterion for modeling shear
strength of soil or rock
- Unsaturated shear strength
- Analyses using SLOPE/W finite element stress
method
- Auto-Locate (or Auto-Search) for critical slip
surfaces will produce results for indication only
- SHANSEP model for soft soils
- Geotextile reinforcement, and
- Pile wall
G0170 WALLAP (Modified C580 5.04 2016-01-09 - The stability analysis: wedge stability and FOS
Approach) calculation is excluded,
- Single pile analysis is excluded.
G0151 DAN-W Release 9 2015-07-29 Only frictional rheological model may be used
G0148 DAN-W Release 9 2015-07-29 Only Voellmy rheological model may be used
G0114 SLOPE/W 4.22 2015-07-09 - for analysis by Bishop Simplified and
Morgenstern-Price method only
- excluding applications in solving bearing capacity

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and seismic loading
G0144 OASYS SLOPE 18.2 2014-12-01 -The program uses the method of slices and variety of
established methods for calculating inter-slice forces
such as Fellenius or Swedish slip circle analysis, the
Bishop horizontal or constant inclined inter-slice
forces method and Janbu method.
- Each slice in the inclined inter-slice force methods
is in equilibrium both vertically and horizontally
G0161 PLAXIS 2010 2014-08-31 - Restricted to stage excavation with props or anchors
by global factor approach and steady state seepage
flow analysis, all on Mohr-Coulomb soil model only.
G0158 WALLAP 5.04 2014-04-19 Global Factor Approach
The feature of seismic loading, thermal stress of
struts, wedge stability, yield moment of wall and FOS
calculation using BSC Piling Handbook method are
excluded.
G0157 PLAXIS 3D Tunnel 2.4 2013-11-29 1. The assessment of tunneling on existing structures
should include back analysis of previous tunneling in
nearby site for program calibration.
2. The tunnel linings dismantling model should
include substantial soil cover and adequate ground
improvement for ground stabilization.
3. Only linear elastic perfectly plastic Mohr Coulomb
constitutive model is allowed.
4. Only steady-state seepage flow analyses is
allowed.
G0041 DIANA 5.0 2013-10-21
G0141 OASYS TUNSET 18.1 2013-10-19 - For analysis of tunneling problem by Attewell,
Boscardin and Mair et al methods only and
- User specified i/h ratio not allowed.
G0059 OASYS SLOPE 4.12 2013-10-07
G0071 OASYS PILSET 3.4 2013-08-17
G0070 OASYS GRETA 5.4 2013-08-17
G0061 OASYS SAFE 11.4 2013-08-17
G0060 OASYS STAWAL 3.5 2013-08-17
G0156 WALLAP 4.10 2013-07-25 1. Only the Bending Moment and Displacement type
of analysis with the wall and soil modelled by
sub-grade reaction is allowed.
2. The use of the program should be in compliance
with the technical recommendations stipulated in
paragraph 4 of Appendix A of the Circular Latter "
Design of Excavation and Lateral Support Works by
the Limit State Partial Factor Method Extension of
the Trial Period" issued by this Department dated 18
January 2007.
G0152 PIES 4 2013-03-22
G0063 OASYS SEEP 3.9 2013-01-20
G0058 GWALL 2.41 2013-01-20
G0009 SLOPE 8.23 2013-01-20
G0134 OASYS FREW (Modified C580 18.1 2013-01-17 Notes for FREW users - for Use with Modified C580
Approach) Approach

Based on the findings of the verification exercise and

back analyses of past case histories of excavation,
users are reminded of the following:

1. Horizontal soil pressure coefficients. Users are

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reminded that the Ka and Kp values applied in
FREW should be in the horizontal direction. When
opting for the "User Specified" option in FREW, user
should use Geoguide 1 Figures 18 & 19 to obtain
horizontal earth pressure coefficients, resolve the
active (Ka) and passive (Kp) pressure coefficients
from the charts, and then input their corresponding
horizontal components (i.e. Kah and Kph) into
FREW. When opting for the "Calculated" option,
FREW will compute the earth pressure coefficients
based on the method given in the manual (User
Manual Section 2.1.3.2 refers).

2. Surcharge application. When the surcharge is

expected to appear after the wall installation, the
surcharge values should be applied in stage 1 instead
of stage 0 of the FREW analysis. Users are reminded
that the purpose of stage 0 is to model the existing
ground condition prior to any construction works.
Surcharge value applied in stage 0 corresponds to the
situation where the loading is present at the existing
ground condition, and FREW will reset the wall
deformation to zero prior to the stage 1 analysis.

3. Surcharge modeling. It is recommended to use

UDL surcharge instead of strip load surcharge if the
surcharge is widespread across the site. Users are
reminded that application of strip load surcharge will
only modify the active pressure limit of the
underlying soil; whereas the application of UDL
surcharge will modify both active and passive
pressure limits of the underlying soil (User Manual
Section 3.4.5 refers).

4. Model Type mode. Users should note that the

verification of FREW has been carried out using the
SAFE model.

5. Wall/Soil interface. When the SAFE mode is

adopted, users have the option to choose between
"fixed" or "free" wall/soil interface in the analysis in
order to obtain realistic results for the design
situation. Where the soil is fixed to the wall and the
anticipated vertical movement of the wall relative to
the soil is small, such as in a SLS analysis, the
"fixed" option should be used. Users may consider
using the "free" option in the following situations:

When analyzing the behaviour of a wall where

the soil will move vertically against the wall and/or
the results are close to non-convergence in the FREW
analysis; or where limited wall friction is available.

Users are reminded that the choice of the

wall/soil interface option is related to the modeling of
the relative soil/wall movement in the vertical
direction, and this should not be confused with the
choice of Ka or Kp values that correspond to the wall

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friction available. Users should obtain the correct Ka
and Kp values for FREW inputs by considering the
available wall friction.

6. Sensitivity of results to wall embedment depth.

When analyzing an excavation problem using the
CIRIA Report No. C580 method, users should check
the sensitivity of the wall behaviour to the wall
embedment depth. The wall behaviour in terms of
stability is normally represented by the computed
structural forces (bending moments/shear forces/ strut
loads) in the ULS analysis but the maximum wall
deflection is also important in defining the state when
there is a rapid increase in wall deflection for a small
reduction in the embedment depth. Based on this
sensitivity analysis, the wall embedment depth can be
selected to achieve an economic design that is
sufficiently conservative and robust.
G0088 WALLAP 4.10 2012-08-05
G0110 CHANNEL 1.0 2012-05-06
G0120 DIPS 3.12 2012-03-12
G0117 OASYS SLOPE 17.7.2 2011-03-05
G0069 OASYS PILE 2.4 2010-12-05
G0011 FLAC 3.3 2010-08-06
G0130 Oasys SEEP 3.10 2009-11-29
G0138 SLOPE/W 6.20 2009-11-06
G0127 SEEP/W 5 2009-04-09
G0024 STABL/G 2009-04-03 Slope Stability Analysis (for use of Simplified Bishop
and Simplified Janbu Methods Only)
G0135 SLOPE 2000 1.7 2009-03-09 The above acceptance is subject to the following
restriction:
1. Pile anchorage simulation is not allowed.
2. Sarma’s, Wedge, Lowe Karafiath analysis and 3D
analysis options are not allowed.
3. Davis method on bond load calculation for soil nail
is not allowed.
4. Combined bond load from soil friction and rock
bond for soil nail is not allowed.
G0123 SLOPE/W 5.0 2008-07-18 Only Janbu Simplified, Bishop, Spencer and
Morgenstern-Price should be used.
The use of the program in solving bearing capacity
and seismic loading are excluded
G0122 TUNSET 3.7 2008-05-25
G0119 SLOPE/W 4.24 2008-04-27 excluding application in solving bearing capacity,
seismic loading and block failure problem
G0090 OASYS FREW 8.11 2008-02-03
G0115 SLOPE 2000 1.6 2007-08-16
G0062 OASYS VDISP 6.5 2007-07-12
G0132 Processing Modflow (PMWIN) 5.1.5 2007-04-29
G0131 TUNSET 17 2006-11-10
G0051 SLOPE/W 3 2006-09-18
G0050 OASYS FREW 5.11 2006-09-18
G0044 OASYS SEEP 2.2 2006-09-18
G0043 OASYS SLOPE 3.7 2006-09-18
G0031 OASYS SAFE 8.66 2006-08-06
G0103 UNWEDGE 2.3 2006-07-03
G0100 PAROI2 4.6 HK 2006-01-26

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Program
Reference Program Version Valid Till Remarks
G0099 OASYS FREW 8.9 2005-12-19
G0125 SLOPE-STABILITY 7.99 2005-10-20
G0124 PLAXIS 7.2 2005-09-01
G0049 SLOPE/W 3.05 2005-02-07
G0094 SABLE 98.5 2004-11-14
G0084 RWALL 98.5 2004-11-14
G0083 COLOB 98.5 2004-11-14
G0048 OASYS SLOPE 3.5 2004-01-28
G0112 GSTABL7 1.14 2003-10-08
G0111 CESAR-LCPC 3.2.1 2003-08-29
G0042 STABL5 5.2 2003-08-08
G0107 SIGMA/W 4 2003-06-25
G0015 GALENA 2.0 2003-03-27
G0102 OASYS CLOG 2.4 2002-12-08
G0097 SLSTABBM 0.0 2002-06-10
G0096 SHEETPILE/2 2.4 2002-01-14
G0093 OASYS VDISP 5.3 2001-11-26
G0091 SLOPE/W 4.01 2001-11-24
G0089 TALREN 3.2 2001-10-08
G0087 SIGMA/W 3.0 2001-10-04
G0008 SWEDGE 1.0 2001-09-27
G0074 BEFON 1.0 2001-09-24
G0086 JANBU 1.0 2001-09-20
G0068 BMCOLPY/G 2001-09-11
G0082 GOLDPIT 1.21D 2001-08-18
G0081 OASYS STAWAL 2.9 2001-08-13
G0080 WALLAP 3.4 2001-08-10
G0079 DIPS 3.11 2001-07-21
G0078 GWALL 2.4 2001-07-19
G0077 FEWAND 1.02 2001-07-07
G0076 CWD 1.0 2001-07-07
G0075 SAGE CRISP 3.02 2001-06-18
G0073 JANBU 1.0 2001-06-03
G0072 JANBU 1.0 2001-06-03
G0067 OASYS VDISP 6.4 2001-05-21
G0064 ROCKFAL3 1.0 2001-05-21
G0065 OASYS SLOPE 4.9 2001-05-14
G0057 ReActiv 1.05 2001-02-26
G0056 ReWaRD 2.03 2001-02-26
G0055 WALLAP 4.07 2001-01-25
G0054 SEEP/W 4.02 2000-12-01
G0098 OASYS FREW 5.10 2000-11-23
G0053 STED 6.54i 2000-11-19
G0052 PMWIN (MODFLOW) 2000-09-29
G0047 STAWAL 9/91 2000-09-29
G0046 SWEDGE 1.1 2000-06-16
G0045 DIPS 4.0 2000-06-16
G0039 SEEP/W 4.0 2000-05-15
G0038 FLAC 3.3 2000-05-01
G0037 TALREN 2.3 2000-04-03
G0036 DIPS 3.0 2000-04-02
G0035 RIDO 4.0 2000-03-25
G0034 UNIBEAR 1.0 2000-03-24
G0033 SWEDGE 1.12 2000-01-27
G0032 WALLAP 4.05 1999-12-22
G0030 OASYS WELL 0.1H 1999-11-12

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 Pre-accepted Geotechnical Programme
Program
Reference Program Version Valid Till Remarks
G0029 OASYS FREW 5.7 1999-11-01
G0028 OASYS FREW 7.4 1999-11-01
G0027 OASYS GRETA 4.29 1999-11-01
G0026 OASYS VDISP 5.5 1999-09-09
G0025 OASYS SEEP 2.6 1999-09-09
G0023 OASYS SLOPE 3.9 1999-09-09
G0022 OASYS STAWAL 2.11 1999-09-09
G0021 SEEP/W 3 1999-08-27
G0017 PLAXIS 5.0 1999-03-24
G0014 SLOPE/W 3.03 1999-02-05
G0013 PCSTABL5M 1998-12-26
G0012 SLOPE/W 2.06 1998-11-30
G0010 UNWEDGE 2.01 1998-11-13
G0007 SLOPE/G 3.0 1998-09-25
G0006 SEEP/G 1998-09-24
G0005 PILED/G 1998-07-09
G0004 DIPS 3.12 1998-06-25
G0003 SIGMA/W 2.0 1998-05-24
G0002 FLAC 1998-05-23
G0001 OASYS FREW 5.14 1998-05-23

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