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1. 21 Analysis results display in legend 20 Axes scale define for diagram 21 B Building type select for analysis 11 Clipboard i cU So 8 CodeMeter stick eee 4 Colour switch on off in diagram 25 Colour pens define for vibration velocity 24 Company logo add via Mini CAD 24 Context menu OPOO coconcccononnnnnninnnnnncananininncnnos 27 Copy print area 8 25 28 Cutting borders switch on off 23 D Deep vibrator enter system parameters 17 Description of record display 20 Description of record enter eee 10 Diagram activate display 21 Diagram change size using mouse 22 Diagram define axes scale 21 Diagram move with mouse sssse 22 Distance to building edit display in diagram 22 Distance to building specify for analysis 12 Driving ram with diesel hammer enter system parameters esse 13 Driving ram with drop hammer enter system parameters cooooonococonccnonononnconnnonnncnnnanns 14 DXF file export ederent s 7 DXF file import ores 4 EME format iris Equipment data adopt from data base Equipment data enter for driving rams Equipment data enter for vibrati
2. selecting this menu item a dialog box opens allowing graphics preferences to be selected for displaying a legend containing the input data and the analysis results The legend is activated by the Show legend check box In addition to the input in the dialog box the legend also contains the project identification if it was entered using the corresponding menu item Edit Project iden tification see Section 5 2 1 The vibration generating equipment is also filled in automatically The display of the ground vibration velocity can be activated via the corresponding check box General legend values in mm x Y Show legend Background colour Heading Bulletin 51 IGBE Hannover University x value 60 00 y value 260 00 Font size mm 28 Max no of lines 25 Show program name and version J With ground vibration velocity Enter file name None Shot Long m Show date time Without date and time y Cancel You can define and edit the position of the legend using the values x and y You control the size of the legend using Font size and Max no of lines where necessary several columns are used The legend background can also be given a colour fill The fastest way to modify the position of the legend is to press the F11 function key and then to pull the legend to the new position with the left mouse button pressed In the general legend you can if wished di
3. Analysis of vibrations in structures after Achmus Bulletin 61 Hannover University GGU VIBRATION VERSION 2 Last revision June 2011 Copyright Prof Dr Johann Bu Technical implementation and sales Civilserve GmbH Steinfeld Contents 1 Preface 4 2 Licence protection and installation ooommmmsss 4 3 ETS AA AO 5 4 Starting the program cccccccccscscscssscsscesscssscssssssesssesssesesssesssesseesseessessscsssessssssssssssssesees 5 5 Description of menu items cccscscssscssscscscscssecssccsscscsessccescssscssscsssssssscsssesesesessseesoeees 6 EA E 6 A AA ee o Uem eer bt atop mee xd 6 5 1 2 Edad menuitem iere reete tc RR e re ie de It ee Y qe 6 5 1 3 Save menu item osse dci 6 S E Save as MENU ISHN gio sioe nate em me DRUG DEN rae RR 6 5 1 5 Printer preferences menu ete entities e dal E eie re eco 6 5 1 6 Print and export menu item oooconocnonncnnonnnnnoncnnnononononnnnnonncn nennen entere trennen 7 3 7 Bateh print menu Ker iiem e HEP e e EH RR TEEURGR 9 LB Bxit menu Tem eer E rore re e E re ERE Re 9 5 41 07 SO tbe E E e Pe eene e Pee e De RE NO 9 5 2 Edit menuiserie niei t e eller eei ti 10 5 2 1 Project identification menu item sse eene 10 5 2 2 Choose equipment menu item sese enne enne ener nnne 10 5 2 3 System parameters menu item oooccncnnonoconononnnoncnncnncnnnononononno
4. Using this menu item you can add free text to the graphics and add lines circles polygons and images e g files in formats BMP JPG PSP TIF etc A pop up menu opens the icons and functions used are described in more detail in the Mini CAD manual provided Objects created with the Mini CAD tool are based on the page format in mm This makes you independent of the coordinate system and keeps you in the same position on the page You should select the Mini CAD toolbar if you wish to place general information on the drawing company logo report numbers plan numbers stamp etc Once you have saved the header information to disk see Mini CAD user manual you can load it into completely different systems with different system coordinates The saved header information will appear in exactly the same position on the page which greatly simplifies the creation of general page information Toolbar preferences menu item After starting the program a horizontal toolbar appears below the program menu bar If you would rather work with a popup window with several columns you can specify your preferences using this menu item The smarticons can also be switched off At the bottom of the program window you find a status bar with further information You can also activate or switch off the status bar here The preferences will be saved in the GGU VIBRATION alg file see menu item Graphics preferences Save graphics preferences and will be
5. WS operations and can therefore be learned almost entirely without the use of a manual Graphic output supports the true type fonts supplied with WINDOWS so that excellent layout is guaranteed Colour output and any graphics e g files in formats BMP JPG PSP TIF etc are supported DXF files can also be imported by means of the integrated Mini CAD module see the Mini CAD manual The program has been thoroughly tested No faults have been found Nevertheless liability for completeness and correctness of the program and the manual and for any damage resulting from incompleteness or incorrectness cannot be accepted 2 Licence protection and installation In order to guarantee a high degree of quality a hardware based copy protection system is used for the GGU VIBRATION program The GGU software protected by the CodeMeter copy protection system is only available in conjunction with the CodeMeter stick copy protection component hardware for connection to the PC CM stick Because of the way the system is configured the protected software can only be operated with the corresponding CM stick This creates a fixed link between the software licence and the CM stick copy protection hardware the licence as such is thus represented by the CM stick The correct Runtime Kit for the CodeMeter stick must be installed on your PC Upon start up and during running the GGU VIBRATION program checks that a CM stick is connected If it has been remov
6. active at the next time the program is started By clicking on the tools smarticons for the menu items you can directly reach most of the program functions The meaning of the smarticons appears as a text box if you hover with the mouse pointer over the tools Some of the tool functions cannot be activated from the normal menu items GGU VIBRATION User Manual Page 24 of 30 June 2011 Zoom out If you have previously zoomed in this tool returns to a full screen display Zoom Zoom With the zoom functions you can zoom in or out of parts of the image by clicking the left mouse button Copy print area Use this tool to copy only parts of the graphics in order to paste them e g to a report You will see information on this function and can then mark an area which is copied to the clipboard or can be saved in a file Alternatively you can send the marked area directly to your printer see Tips and tricks Section 6 3 Colour on off Use this on off switch to quickly colour the area below the footing vibration velocity graph 5 5 8 Load graphics preferences menu item You can reload a graphics preferences file into the program which was saved using the Graphics preferences Save graphics preferences menu item Only the corresponding data will be refreshed 5 5 9 Save graphics preferences menu item Some of the preferences you made with the menu items of the Graphics preferences menu can be saved t
7. alisation If the User defined axes button is clicked a dialog box opens allowing the Use the following axes values check box to be activated The required minimum and maximum distances and velocities can then be given The x axis can be displayed on a logarithmic scale by activating the appropriate check box Beside the automatic display of the footing vibration velocity in the diagram the vertical ground vibration velocity and the horizontal and vertical vibration velocity for floors and walls can also be shown Activate the required check boxes The resulting vibration velocity value for the distance to the building entered in Edit System parameters is displayed in the diagram if the With individual values check box is activated in the dialog box The area below the graph of the footing vibration velocity is backed using the colour defined by clicking the Edit colour button if the Diagram coloured check box is acti vated GGU VIBRATION User Manual Page 21 of 30 June 2011 The distance at which the vibration velocity graphs begin is defined using the input in the Minimum distance m box and to which distance on the x axis using Maximum distance m The total length of the x and y axes is automatically adapted if the specified distances are altered or are defined by the user using the User defined axes button see above 5 4 3 Page size and margins menu item The program uses A4 format as default You can edit the pa
8. arted Otherwise a different appliance file can be opened by pressing the Load button The default file suffix for diesel hammers is ggu die db for drop hammers ggu fre db for vibrating plates ggu pla db for vibration rollers ggu wal db and for deep vibrators ggu tie db The equipment list can be sorted in ascending or descending order for the name power or fre quency for vibrating pile drivers by pressing the Sort button The setting is also stored in the ggu vib db file To delete a piece of equipment sort the required row to the end of the list and then reduce the number of rows using the x Vibratory attachments to edit button GGU VIBRATION User Manual Page 18 of 30 June 2011 5 3 5 3 1 System menu Analyse menu item This menu item starts the analysis of building vibrations Alternatively press the F5 function key or click the calculator in the tool bar First the input data are checked A warning message is produced if errors or special features are identified Once the analysis is complete information on the data entered and on the analysis results is displayed as shown in the following box A Wibratory roller Base data Unfavourable values 2 25 exceeding probability Particularly sensitive buildings Soil Stones Distance to building r m 35 00 Equipment Equipment name Service weight of vibratory roller t 5 30 Vibratory roller power kw 44 00 Vibratory roller f
9. ct identification Choose equipment System parameters Analyse Print and export By double clicking the left mouse button on legends diagrams or Mini CAD objects you will immediately move to the editor for the selected object and can then edit it 6 2 Function keys Some of the function keys are assigned program functions The allocations are noted after the corresponding menu items The individual function key allocations are e Esc refreshes the screen contents and sets the screen back to the given format A4 This is useful if for example you have used the zoom function to display parts of the screen and would like to quickly return to a complete overview e F1 opens the manual file e F2 refreshes the screen without altering the current magnification e F3 opens the menu item Edit System parameters e F5 opens the menu item System Analyse e F11 activates the menu item Output preferences Move objects GGU VIBRATION User Manual Page 27 of 30 June 2011 6 3 Copy print area icon A dialog box opens when the Copy print area icon in the menu toolbar is clicked describing the options available for this function For example using this icon it is possible to either copy areas of the screen graphics and paste them into the report or send them directly to a printer In the dialog box first select where the copied area should be transferred to Clipboard File or Printer The cursor is displaye
10. d as a cross after leaving the dialog box and keeping the left mouse button pressed the required area may be enclosed If the marked area does not suit your requirements abort the subsequent boxes and restart the function by clicking the icon again If Clipboard was selected move to the MS Word document for example after marking the area and paste the copied graphics using Edit Paste If File was selected the following dialog box opens once the area has been defined Info 0x File D ProgrameSCivilserveXGGU SoftwareXGGU VIBRATION Image emf generated Rename Delete The default location of the file is the folder from which the program is started and if several files are created the file is given the file name Image0 emf with sequential numbering If the Rename button in the dialog box is clicked a file selector box opens and the copied area can be saved under a different name in a user defined folder Saving can be aborted by pressing the De lete button If the Printer button was pressed in the first dialog box a dialog box for defining the printer settings opens after marking the area Following this a dialog box for defining the image output settings opens After confirming the settings the defined area is output to the selected printer GGU VIBRATION User Manual Page 28 of 30 June 2011 7 Index A Analysis results copy to clipboard 19 Analysis results display in diagram
11. ding to Table 7 1 in Bulletin 61 Resonant frequen cies are not anticipated for impact driving Here too the equipment data can be selected and adopted from a list of common commercial appliances using the button of the same name Equipment selection and editing of the equipment list are described separately in Section 5 2 3 8 5 2 3 4 Driving ram drop hammer If the driving ram drop hammer vibrating plate is selected the following dialog box opens x Base data Type of building Resdenia y Analyse for Unfavourable values Y Soit Stores H Ground is ve firm or dense y Distance to building r m 10 0 r Equipment Equipment name Energy per blow kN m 156 0 Wibration frequency Hz 10 0 m Transmission coefficients Horizontal transmission coeff component 2 00 Info Vertical transmission coeff component 1 50 Info Equipment data Cancel The input corresponds to the input for driving ram with diesel hammer see Section 5 2 3 3 Here too the equipment data can be selected and adopted from a list of common commercial appliances using the button of the same name Equipment selection and editing of the equipment list are described separately in Section 5 2 3 8 GGU VIBRATION User Manual Page 14 of 30 June 2011 5 2 3 5 Vibrating plate Tf the vibrating plate is selected the following dialog box opens ibrating plate Residential E Unfavourabl
12. e 2 ggu_vib Create a list of files for printing using Add and selecting the desired files The number of files is displayed in the dialog box header Using Delete you can mark and delete selected individual files from the list After selecting the Delete all button you can compile a new list Selection of the desired printer and printer preferences is achieved by pressing the Printer button You then start printing by using the Print button In the dialog box which then appears you can select further preferences for printer output such as e g the number of copies These preferences will be applied to all files in the list 5 1 8 Exit menu item After a confirmation prompt you can quit the program 5 1 9 1 2 3 4 menu items The 1 2 3 4 menu items show the last four files worked on By selecting one of these menu items the listed file will be loaded If you have saved files in any other folder than the program folder you can save yourself the occasionally onerous rummaging through various sub folders GGU VIBRATION User Manual Page 9 of 30 June 2011 5 2 Edit menu 5 2 1 Project identification menu item A description can be entered it will then be included in the General legend see Section 5 4 1 The equipment adopted is entered automatically and does not need to be entered via this menu item 5 2 2 Choose equipment menu item This menu item opens a dialog box allowing the user to choose bet
13. e values vw 100 The input corresponds to the input for vibrating pile drivers see Section 5 2 3 2 However in addition to power and frequency the service weight of the vibrating plate must be given Here too the equipment data can be selected and adopted from a list of common commercial appliances using the button of the same name Equipment selection and editing of the equipment list are described separately in Section 5 2 3 8 GGU VIBRATION User Manual Page 15 of 30 June 2011 5 2 3 6 Vibratory roller Tf the vibratory roller is selected the following dialog box opens Vibratory roller Residential E Unfavourable values vw 100 The input corresponds to the input for vibrating pile drivers see Section 5 2 3 2 However in addition to power and frequency the service weight of the vibratory roller must be given Here too the equipment data can be selected and adopted from a list of common commercial appliances using the button of the same name Equipment selection and editing of the equipment list are described separately in Section 5 2 3 8 GGU VIBRATION User Manual Page 16 of 30 June 2011 5 2 3 7 Deep vibrator If the deep vibrator is selected the following dialog box opens Deep vibrator xj r Base data Type of building Residential y Analyse for Unfavourable values m Distance to building r m 10 0 r Equipment Equipment name Deep vib
14. ed the program can no longer be executed For installation of GGU software and the CodeMeter software please refer to the information in the Installation notes for GGU Software International which are supplied with the program GGU VIBRATION User Manual Page 4 of 30 June 2011 3 Language selection GGU VIBRATION is a bilingual program The program always starts with the language setting applicable when it was last ended The language preferences can be changed at any time in the menu using the menu item Spracheinstellung for German or Language preferences for English 4 Starting the program After starting the program you will see two menus at the top of the window e File e After clicking on the File menu a previously calculated system can be loaded by means of the Load menu item or a new one created using New After clicking New the program automatically jumps to the option box which can also be ope ned by going to the Edit Choose equipment menu item see Section 5 2 2 Once the equipment has been selected a dialog box opens for system parameter input also see the menu item E dit System parameters Section 5 2 3 After closing the dialog box the start up screen contai ning the general legend for the system data already entered is displayed Six menus are visible in the menu bar e File e Edit e System e Output preferences e Graphics preferences e After clicking one of these m
15. entered or edited during program use to a file in order to have them available at a later date or to archive them The data is saved without prompting with the name of the current file 5 1 4 Save as menu item You can save data entered during program use to an existing file or to a new file i e using a new file name For reasons of clarity it makes sense to use ggu_vib as file suffix as this is the suffix used in the file requester box for the menu item File Load If you choose not to enter an extension when saving ggu_vib will be used automatically 5 1 5 Printer preferences menu item You can edit printer preferences e g swap between portrait and landscape or change the printer in accordance with WINDOWS conventions GGU VIBRATION User Manual Page 6 of 30 June 2011 5 1 6 Print and export menu item You can select your output format in a dialog box You have the following possibilities e Printer allows graphic output of the current screen contents to the WINDOWS standard printer or to any other printer selected using the menu item File Printer preferences But you may also select a different printer in the following dialog box by pressing the Printer prefs change printer button A A Page sizes Output device civilbsdcO1 Lexmark T630 Output device mm x 286 y 201 Image mm 420 0 y 297 0 Printer Printer prefs change printer Landscape Output preference
16. enus the so called menu items roll down allowing access to all program functions The program works on the principle of What you see is what you get This means that the screen presentation represents overall what you will see on your printer In the last consequence this would mean that the screen presentation would have to be refreshed after every alteration you make For reasons of efficiency and as this can take several seconds for complex screen contents the GGU VIBRATION screen is not refreshed after every alteration If you would like to refresh the screen contents press either F2 or Esc The Esc key additionally sets the screen visualisation back to your current zoom which has the default value 1 0 corresponding to an A4 format sheet GGU VIBRATION User Manual Page 5 of 30 June 2011 5 Description of menu items 5 1 File menu 5 1 1 New menu item A new analysis using a different vibration generator can be started After going to this menu item the option box opens to allow selection of the equipment see menu item Edit Choose equip ment Section 5 2 2 Once a different piece of equipment has been selected the dialog box for the Edit System parameters menu item opens see Section 5 2 3 and the system parameters can be entered 5 1 2 Load menu item You can load a file with system data which was created and saved at a previous session and then edit the system 5 1 3 Save menu item You can save data
17. er for a moment over an equipment button with the mouse pointer the corresponding data will be briefly displayed GGU VIBRATION User Manual Page 17 of 30 June 2011 The data for the existing appliances can be edited or new appliances added by pressing the Edit button The following dialog box for vibrating pile drivers vibratory attachments opens Vibratory attachments xj Forw Back Cancel Save Load Sort 15 Vibratory attachments to edit Info No Name Muller MS 1 HFB M ller MS 2 HFB M ller MS 3 HFB M ller MS 4 HFB Muller MS 6 HFB M ller MS HFB M ller MS 10 HFB M ller MS 17 HFB Muller MS 5 HFBV 3 M ller MS 8 HFBV 3 M ller MS 4 HFBS M ller MS 6 HFBS M ller MS HFBS ABI MAZY 500 Vv T nkers HVB 16 f 1535351232 151 56 0 53 1 50 0 47 5 52 5 46 7 39 0 30 0 45 0 43 0 47 5 425 46 7 46 0 35 0 100 0 119 0 130 0 150 0 158 0 0 0 Q0 OQ 4 Uw N TERT 165 0 100 0 119 0 100 0 130 0 385352 5 New equipment can be added by clicking the x Vibratory attachments to edit button Enter the required number and then edit the equipment name and the data in the newly added rows If there are more than 25 rows navigate between the boxes using Forw and Back The appliances can be stored in a file using the Save button If the edited file is saved in the program folder using the name GGU Vibration ggu vib db it is automatically imported when the program is st
18. g Of course the greater the distance the lower the impact on the building The power kW and frequency 1 s or Hz of vibrating pile drivers must be given The maxi mum component of the footing vibration velocity VE max according to Table 9 3 in Bulletin 61 is computed using these values In the central area of the dialog box the equipment name and the corresponding data can be entered manually Alternatively the required equipment can be selected from a list of common commercial appliances and be adopted by the program by pressing the Equipment data button at the bottom of the Vibrating pile driver dialog box see Section 5 2 3 8 The transmission coefficients only need now be entered in the lower group box of the dialog box Vibrating pile driver The maximum component of the footing vibration velocity VE i max com puted above is multiplied by these factors The resulting values can be compared to the allowable values given in Table 7 1 in Bulletin 61 in order to assess the impact on the selected building type Two message boxes provide information on the required input GGU VIBRATION User Manual Page 12 of 30 June 2011 5 2 3 3 Driving ram diesel hammer If the driving ram diesel hammer is selected the following dialog box opens xi Base data Type of building Residential y Analyse for Unfavourable values Y Soil Stones y Ground is very fimordense y Distance to building r m 10 0 Equip
19. ge format in the following dialog box Page size and margins x Edit page size and margins Page in general Page height mm 237 D Page width mm 21 0 00 r Page margins mm Left 25 00 Right 8 00 Top 8 00 Bottom 8 00 Cancel Enter the values to be adopted for Page height and Page width The program automatically draws thin borders around the page which are required when using paper rolls on a plotter Page margins defines the position of a thickly drawn frame as a distance to these borders In order to achieve 1 1 output on an A4 printer the borders must be switched off see menu item Graphics preferences With borders Section 5 5 4 and the page height and page margins be adapted to the printable area of the printer 5 4 4 Move objects menu item Select this menu item in order to position the legend or the diagram at the desired position on the output sheet You can also move objects by pressing F11 and then positioning the legend box with the left mouse button pressed In that case an info box appears no more After going to this menu item the mouse pointer changes to a move pointer four headed arrow points simultaneously left right and up down when located within the legend or diagram The element can then be moved to a different position on the sheet This menu item must be reactiva ted after each movement to carry out further alterations The size of the d
20. iagram can also be altered To change the size move the pointer to the upper or right diagram boundary If the pointer is located above the edge it changes to a simple double arrow which points either left right or up down Move the corresponding boundary while holding the left mouse button GGU VIBRATION User Manual Page 22 of 30 June 2011 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 Graphics preferences menu Refresh and zoom menu item The program works on the principle of What you see is what you get This means that the screen presentation represents overall what you will see on your printer In the last consequence this would mean that the screen presentation would have to be refreshed after every alteration you make For reasons of efficiency and as this can take several seconds for complex screen contents the screen is not refreshed after every alteration If e g after using the zoom function see below only part of the image is visible you can achie ve a complete view using this menu item Zoom x Use current zoom of 1000 24 os os 10 15 25 40 eo Cancel A zoom factor between 0 4 and 8 0 can be entered in the input box By then clicking on Use to exit the box the current factor is accepted By clicking on the 0 4 0 6 etc buttons the se lected factor is used directly and the dialog box closed It is much simpler however to get a complete overview using Esc Pressing Esc allows a com ple
21. ion of the vibration impact in the Type of building box e Commercial and industrial buildings e Residential buildings e Particularly sensitive buildings Based on the investigated building type the program determines the allowable vibration velocities according to Table 7 1 in Bulletin 61 IGBE Hannover University which are then compared to the existing vibration velocities once analysis is complete The program issues a warning message if the allowable values are exceeded GGU VIBRATION User Manual Page 11 of 30 June 2011 Analyse for specifies whether the analysis is carried for Unfavourable values or for Pro bable values In this context Unfavourable values means that damage was identified for 2 25 of the measured data evaluated by ACHMUS et al 2 25 exceeding probability Pro bable values have an exceeding probability of 50 The resulting ground vibration acceleration agrounar is calculated using Equation 7 2 in Bulletin 61 AGround R 2 T cf V Ground R The variable f represents the working frequency of the equipment The building settlement hazard can be assessed using the resulting ground vibration acceleration AGrounar The allowable value including for soils susceptible to collapse is AGrouna R lt 1 3 g 3 300 mm s 3 3 m s The program issues a warning message if the allowable values are exceeded The distance of the selected equipment to the building is given in Distance to buildin
22. ment Equipment name Energy per blow kN m 156 0 Wibration frequency Hz 10 0 Transmission coefficients Horizontal transmission coeff component 2 00 Info Vertical transmission coeff component 1 50 Info X Equipment data Cancel The input corresponds to the input for vibrating pile drivers see Section 5 2 3 2 The predominant soil type is entered for Soil Three soil types are differentiated e Cohesive soils e Gravels sands e Stones This input is important for analysis of the resulting ground vibration acceleration Acround r accor ding to Equation 9 1 and Table 9 2 in Bulletin 61 The building settlement hazard can be assessed using the resulting ground vibration acceleration around The allowable value including for soils susceptible to collapse is AGrouna r S 1 3 g 3 300 mm s 3 3 m s The program issues a warning message if the allowable values are exceeded For computation of the resulting ground vibration acceleration acrouna r Soft or loose ground and very firm or dense ground are differentiated according to Table 9 2 This setting is made in Ground is GGU VIBRATION User Manual Page 13 of 30 June 2011 In the Equipment group box in place of power and frequency however the energy per stroke kKN m and vibration frequency Hz or 1 s are entered Vibration frequency input is only requi red for determining the allowable values accor
23. nncnncn nono nono no nre nennen 11 2 2 3 T General Note ninia elias 11 5 2 3 2 Vibrating pile dE is 11 5 2 3 3 Driving ram diesel hammer essen 13 5 2 3 4 Driving ram drop hammer eese eene 14 LIO Vibrating plate nene ede etae ttd ec e nii ti hd ipee 15 32 36 Vibratory roller cea eee hated ie Ee es eee bei i 16 5 2 3 7 Deep vibrato io a pope tein dae p E nisi 17 5 2 3 8 Selecting and managing equipmennt eese 17 5 3 System MCN z an eet ee Ie p o E P n n ct e e Ae rete 19 3 3 1 Analyse menu Iteni oio Eoo ba OE Bd IR 19 5 4 Output preferences menu oneen e ia e eeste a ipie 20 5 4 1 General legend menu item esiis te aiaee eene eoa EEEE 20 5 4 2 Diagram Menu Wem iecit ia E RK deo aaa ete E aiaa 21 5 4 3 Page size and margins menu item seseeseeeeeneeeeeen rene 22 5 4 4 Move objects menu item eese taea easi nennen 22 5 5 Graphics preferences menu ii ee ne eae od ierat ede eee 23 5 5 1 Refresh and zoom menu item sse nennen enne 23 5 9 2 Zoom info menu Item uoi oA ete oce it HU TO IER Res 23 5 5 3 Legend font selection menu item eese eene 23 5 5 4 With borders menu item ssssesesseeene enne nre nennen nennen 23 5 5 5 Pen colour and width menu item oonnonncnccnocnnononcnononnnnnonnconononononnonnno rennen 24 5 5 6 Mini CAD toolbar menu item eese enne nennen 24 5 5 7 T
24. nter system parameters Jette ere ene Vibrating plate enter system parameters Vibration velocities activate display in di gr mi Letter tr eese 21 Vibration velocities define colours in diagram ette aer eee 24 Vibration velocities enter resulting values in diagram eerte ttr ese Vibratory roller enter system parameters W What you see is what you get sss 23 Working frequency select for analysis 12 Z Zoom factor define for full screen display 23 Zoom function activate 23 25 27 GGU VIBRATION User Manual Page 30 of 30 June 2011
25. o a file If you select GGU VIBRATION alg as file name and save the file on the same level as the program the data will be automatically loaded the next time the program is started and need not be entered again If you do not go to File New upon starting the program but open a previously saved file instead the preferences used at the time of saving are shown If subsequent changes in the general preferences are to be used for existing files these preferences must be imported us ing the menu item Graphics preferences Load graphics preferences GGU VIBRATION User Manual Page 25 of 30 June 2011 5 6 menu 5 6 1 Copyright menu item You will see a copyright message and information on the program version number The System button shows information on your computer configuration and the folders used by GGU VIBRATION 5 6 2 Help menu item The GGU VIBRATION manual is opened as a PDF document The help function can also be accessed using the F1 function key 5 6 3 GGU on the web menu item Using this menu item you can access the GGU Software website www ggu software com Keep in touch with new program versions and the regular download offers If you would like to be automatically notified about program innovations please register for the Newsletter in our Knowledge Base Go to the following website http kbase civilserve com 5 6 4 GGU support menu item This menu item takes to the GGU Software Supp
26. on equipment ioc t e e HEP Ree e 12 Equipment data save load 18 Equipment choose 10 Equipment display in legend 10 Equipment enter performance data 17 Example analyses inene nnen ea 4 Exceeding probability select for analysis 12 F File display name in legend 20 File load Save oooooocccnoncccoonaccnonancconnnnccnnncccnnnnns 6 Floor vibration velocity activate display O dsd 21 Font selecta sene ees 23 Footing vibration velocity activate display in diagram Function keys General page informations add via Mini CAD citer teet GGUCAD file export sseee GGUMiniCAD file export Graphics add via Mini CAD Ground vibration acceleration determination according Bulletin 61 12 Ground vibration velocity activate display in diagram eere eren 21 Ground vibration velocity activate display A e epe es 20 Installation uere IRR 4 Knowledge Base access eeess 26 L Language preferences esses Legend move with mouse Licence protection coooconncnocnnocononconcnnconacananononnos Manual open as PDF file 26 Metafile export eee rtis Mini CAD file export esee Mint CAD USE eco ere ir RES ERIT Mouse click functions Mouse wheel functions Objects move
27. oolbar preferences menu item enere ieser enne 24 5 5 8 Load graphics preferences menu item eese 25 5 5 9 Save graphics preferences menu item eene 25 GGU VIBRATION User Manual Page 2 of 30 June 2011 DIO RTM tn di da os dd il dd li oidos 26 5 6 1 Copynght menuitem iust oo bis gets 26 9 6 27 Help menu titanio A ATE 26 5 6 3 GGU on the web menu item seen nennen enne eene nennen 26 5 6 4 GGU support menu itemi aiio oeiee eten iae n aeiee e nennen 26 5 6 5 Language preferences menu item eene ener nennen 26 6 Tips and AR TON 27 6 1 Keyboard and MOSE nnr n E E a E rene enne enne 27 6 2 A Key NN 27 6 3 Copy ptint area COM mean leon iras 28 7 IS c 29 GGU VIBRATION User Manual Page 3 of 30 June 2011 1 Preface The GGU VIBRATION program system facilitates the analysis of vibrations in structures after Achmus Kaiser and tom Worden Bauwerkserschiitterungen durch Tiefbauarbeiten in Bulletin 61 IGBE Hannover University Example 1 vibration roller and Example 2 driving ram diesel hammer from Prof Achmus article are provided as files The theoretical principles are included in Bulletin 61 IGBE Hannover University This issue is provided free when you order the program The theoretical principles it contains will therefore only be repeated for this manual as far as necessary to describe the input Data input is in accordance with conventional WINDO
28. ort area at www ggu software com 5 6 5 Language preferences menu item This menu item allows you to switch the menus and the graphics from German to English and vice versa To work in German deactivate the two check boxes Dialoge Men s bersetzen translate dialogues menus und Graphiktexte bersetzen translate graphics Alternatively you can work bilingually e g with German dialog boxes but with graphic output in English The program always starts with the language setting applicable when it was last ended GGU VIBRATION User Manual Page 26 of 30 June 2011 6 Tips and tricks 6 1 Keyboard and mouse You can scroll the screen with the keyboard using the cursor keys and the Page up and Page down keys By clicking and pulling with the mouse with Ctrl pressed you activate the zoom function i e the selected section will fill the screen Furthermore you can use the mouse wheel to zoom in out or scrolling the screen presentation The following mouse wheel functions are available e Mouse wheel up move screen image up e Mouse wheel down move screen image down e Ctrl mouse wheel up enlarge screen image zoom in e Ctrl mouse wheel down shrink screen image zoom out e Shift mouse wheel up move screen image right e Shift mouse wheel down move screen image left If you click the right mouse button anywhere on the screen a context menu containing the princi pal menu items opens Proje
29. rator power kw 70 0 Deep vibrator frequency 1 s 50 0 Transmission coefficients Horizontal transmission coeff component 2 00 Info Vertical transmission coeff component 1 50 Info Equipment data Cancel The input corresponds to the input for vibrating pile drivers see Section 5 2 3 2 Here too the equipment data can be selected and adopted from a list of common commercial appliances using the button of the same name Equipment selection and editing of the equipment list are described separately in Section 5 2 3 8 5 2 9 8 Selecting and managing equipment In all of the system data input dialog boxes for the various appliances described above the required equipment can be selected from a list of common commercial appliances and the data be adopted by the program by pressing the Equipment data button Below you can see an example of a dialog box for vibrating pile drivers vibratory attachments Vibratory attachments M ller MS 1 HFB M ller MS 2 HFB M ller MS 3 HFB M ller MS 4 HFB M ller MS 6 HFB M ller MS 7 HFB M ller MS 10 HFB M ller MS 17 HF w ller M5 2 HFB Power 61 0 Frequency 53 1 L8 HFBV 3 M ller MS 4 HFBS M ller MS 5 HFBS M ller MS 7 HFBS ABI MRZV 500 V T nkers HVB 16 ces em After clicking an equipment button the corresponding power and frequency are adopted and en tered into the main dialog box If you hov
30. requency 17s 30 00 Results Energy per oscillation period E kN x m 1 47 Ground vibration velocity v B R mm s 3 46 Ground vibration velocity vx mm s 0 67 Ground vibration velocity vy mm s 0 30 Ground vibration velocity vz mms 1 26 Resulting ground vibration acceleration alground A mm s 652 23 Max allowable ground vibration acceleration rmm s g 3 3300 00 Footing vibration velocity v F i max mm s 0 78 Horizontal transmission coeff component 2 00 Horizontal vibration velocity floors walls mm s 1 56 Allowable value mm s 2 50 Vertical transmission coeff component 1 50 Vertical vibration velocity floor centre mms 1 17 Allowable value mm s 10 00 To clipboard If the results shown in the box are to be used in a report for example click the To clipboard button The data are copied to the WINDOWS clipboard From there they can be imported into other WINDOWS programs for further processing e g into a word processor The Edit Paste function of the respective application must generally be used in order to import into any other WINDOWS application After confirming with OK the input and result data are shown in a legend on the screen In addi tion the analysis results are graphically evaluated in a diagram see Section 5 4 2 GGU VIBRATION User Manual Page 19 of 30 June 2011 5 4 Output preferences menu 5 4 1 General legend menu item After
31. s Zoom factor 1 000 Fit to page Page overlap x mm 0 000 Page overlap y mm 0 000 Dutput of 4 pages 2 wide Print pages Em to a m No of copies Em Cancel In the upper part of the dialog box the maximum dimensions which the printer can accept are given Below this the dimensions of the image to be printed are given If the image is larger than the output format of the printer the image will be printed to several pages in the above example 4 In order to facilitate better re connection of the images the possibility of entering an overlap for each page in x and y direction is given Alternatively you also have the possibility of selecting a smaller zoom factor ensuring output to one page Fit to page button Following this you can enlarge to the original format on a copying machine to ensure true scaling Furthermore you may enter the number of copies to be printed e DXF file allows output of the graphics to a XF file DXF is a common file format for transferring graphics between a variety of applications e GGUCAD file allows output of the graphics to a file in order to enable further processing with the GGUCAD program Compared to output as a DXF file this has the advantage that no loss of colour quality occurs during export GGU VIBRATION User Manual Page 7 of 30 June 2011 e Clipboard The graphics are copied to the WINDOWS clipboard From there they can be impor
32. splay information on the program and on the current file By activating the Short or Long option buttons the current file name can be shown in the legend either with or without the path Date and or time can be displayed too GGU VIBRATION User Manual Page 20 of 30 June 2011 5 4 2 Diagram menu item A diagram is shown on the output sheet containing the footing vibration velocity drawn against the distance to the endangered buildings The format and appearance of this diagram can be edited in this menu item s dialog box if the Show diagram check box is activated 3 J Show diagram x value 50 00 Width 140 00 y value 24 00 Height 140 00 Font size mm 25 User defined axes Ty axis logarithmic With vz ground D With vx vy floors D With vz floors v With individual values Diagram coloured E Edit colour m Visualise curve s from min to max spacing Minimum distance m 5 0 Maximum distance Im 36 0 Carcel The position and size of the diagram can be defined or edited by means of the variables X and Y Width and Height The font size can be varied as required The fastest way to modify the position or size of the diagram is to press F11 and then to either drag the diagram to the new position or move the sides of the diagram to their new size holding the left mouse button pressed The program automatically selects a sensible axes scale for graph visu
33. te screen presentation using the zoom factor specified in this menu item The F2 key allows screen refreshing without altering the coordinates and zoom factor Zoom info menu item By clicking two diametrically opposed points you can enlarge a section of the screen in order to view details better An information box provides information on activating the zoom function and on available options Legend font selection menu item With this menu item you can switch to a different true type font All available true type fonts are displayed in the dialog box With borders menu item The program automatically draws thin cutting borders around the page which are required when using a plotter on paper rolls You can switch off the lines by deactivating this menu item GGU VIBRATION User Manual Page 23 of 30 June 2011 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 7 Pen colour and width menu item In order to enhance the clarity of the graphics you can edit the pen settings for various graphic elements OOOO A Colour Width mm Default 0 20 Type of dashing Dash length mm C y footing fo 40 Continuous 4 0 C vz ground floor fo 40 Dashed y 40 C Individual values fo 20 Continuous 40 M Grid 020 Cancel The pen width and the dashing can be specified for the elements listed in the dialog box After clicking the appropriate button the pen colours can be adapted Mini CAD toolbar menu item
34. ted into other WINDOWS programs for further processing e g into a word processor In order to import into any other WINDOWS program you must generally use the Edit Paste function of the respective application e Metafile allows output of the graphics to a file in order to be further processed with third party software Output is in the standardised EMF format Enhanced Metafile format Use of the Metafile format guarantees the best possible quality when transferring graphics If you select the Copy print area tool from the toolbar you can copy parts of the graphics to the clipboard or save them to an EMF file Alternatively you can send the marked area directly to your printer see Tips and tricks Section 6 3 Using the Mini CAD program module you can also import EMF files generated us ing other GGU applications into your graphics e MiniCAD allows export of the graphics to a file in order to enable importing to different GGU appli cations with the Mini CAD module e GGUMiniCAD allows export of the graphics to a file in order to enable processing in the GGUMiniCAD program e Cancel Printing is cancelled GGU VIBRATION User Manual Page 8 of 30 June 2011 5 1 7 Batch print menu item If you would like to print several appendices at once select this menu item You will see the following dialog box AA x Printer Cancel Add Delete all Delete File list D SExample 1 gqu_vib D Exampl
35. ween five different pieces of vibration generating equipment CT x m Equipment Vibrating pile driver C Driving ram diesel hammer C Driving ram drop hammer C Vibrating plate C Vibratory roller C Deep vibrator This dialog box opens automatically when a new analysis needs to be started i e when starting the program or clicking the menu item File New GGU VIBRATION User Manual Page 10 of 30 June 2011 5 2 3 System parameters menu item 5 2 3 1 General note This is the program s central menu item allowing input of the fundamental system parameters for the analysis This menu item s dialog box differs slightly in appearance depending on the vibration generator selected All data entered using this menu item are displayed in the General legend on the output sheet see Section 5 4 1 5 2 3 2 Vibrating pile driver If the vibrating pile driver is selected the following dialog box opens x Base data Type of building Residential m Analyse for Unfavourable values Distance to building r m 10 0 r Equipment Equipment name Vibrating pile driver power kw 70 0 Vibrating pile driver frequency 17s 50 0 Transmission coefficients Horizontal transmission coeff component 2 00 Info Vertical transmission coeff component 1 50 Info Equipment data Cancel One of three building types can be selected for investigat
36. with mouse 22 GGU VIBRATION User Manual Page 29 of 30 June 2011 Page format define Page margins define Page section copy print Pen settings Print graphics ee trente eig Print section Print several files Printer preferences ooooconoccncnonnnoccnoncnnconannonnno Program display name in legend Program load save preferences Program show information da Project data add via Mini CAD 24 Project description display 20 Project description enter sss 10 R Resulting vibration velocity enter in diagram 21 Scroll th screen soie emet 27 Smarticons for menu items seess 24 Soil type select for driving rams 13 Status bar main program activate 24 Structural vibrations analyse 19 System parameters display in legend 20 System parameters enter 11 System show information sssss 26 T Toolbar edit for menu items 24 Translation activate oooooconncoccononncononanononancnnnns 26 Transmission coefficients specify for ANALYSIS aaa tds 12 Tru ty pe font eite 23 Version number display in a message box 26 Version number display in legend 20 Vibrating pile driver e
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