GEOtools

Quake stands for innovations that overcome the challenges of tomorrow. The choices we make that determine the way we build cities is subjected to continuous change. Quake develops tools that can withstand this change and provide direction in the design process of new structures.

One of the developments within Quake is the GEOtools framework. Within this framework, various applications are being developed to improve the quality of our designs. These are for example applications that can be used to calculate the bearing capacity of pile foundations or perform stability analyses on dikes. Each application consists of multiple ‘tools’ chained together. Each tool does only one thing; classify soil, calculate pile resistance, perform soil stability analysis etc. This structure makes it possible to reuse tools for different applications and easily add new functionalities (tools) to existing applications. This set of tools are bundled and available for geo engineers as “GEOtools”.

These applications allow the engineer to perform numerous simulations in a short period of time. The results can then be filtered based on design choices such as material usage, environmental impact, safety and many more. Some of the applications which are used are presented in the image below. Our most recent project is the dikes application in which multiple dike cross-sections can be generated within the finite element program Plaxis2D to perform safety analyses.

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Other applications are the Windbase app and the Warehouse floor app. With the Windbase application it is possible to design foundations for wind turbines. The warehouse floor app allows the engineer to calculate pile foundations for large floor areas. By selecting different pile types one is able to find the most optimal solution for your project.

Want to know more? Contact Jeroen Keuzenkamp via j.keuzenkamp@abt.eu.

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