Pile Group Analysis is the most advanced pile group analysis program available. While other programs use simple rigid body principles to determine the distribution of forces to individual piles, Pile Group Analysis does a comprehensive analysis of the pile-soil interaction to determine the distribution.

Pile Group Analysis is an advanced structural engineering program that uses a finite element model to simulate a wide range of non-linear behavior. However, since the program created the model automatically, little user input is required – in fact, the only has 4 input dialog boxes!

Key program features include:

• Skin friction with depth-dependent slip threshold and friction pressure.
• Depth-dependent horizontal subgrade modulus with non-linear profile.
• Depth-dependent soil plastic limit.
• Vertical subgrade modulus at pile tip.
• Input up to 99 piles!

• Each pile can have a unique length, elevation, bearing and batter.
• Loads include forces and moments in all three directions (X, Y and Z).
• Users can input both vertical and lateral pile group factors.
• To-scale plots of the pile locations, which can be printed and saved to a DXF file.
• Digital Canal’s Pile Group Analysis can be bought separately—you don’t need to buy a “structural system” or “engineering library” to get started.
• Reports are in Microsoft Word format (RTF) giving you unequalled portability, convenience, longevity and control.
• Flexible unit controls allow for US or metric calculations.
• User defined “default data” helps you eliminate redundant inputs from one design to the next.
• Simple file format—only one file per project, which can be opened and saved in typical Windows fashion.