AVERTISSEMENT

La loi du 11 mars 1957 n’autorisant, aux termes des alinéas 2 et 3 de l’article 41, d’une
part, que les copies réservées à l’usage privé du copiste et non destinées à une utilisation
collective, et d’autre part, que les analyses et courtes citations dans le but d’exemples et
d’illustration, toute représentation intégrale ou partielle, faite sans le consentement de
l’auteur ou par ses ayant droits ou ayant cause est illicite (alinéa 1er  de l’article 40).
Cette représentation ou reproduction, par quelque procédé que ce soit, constituerait donc
une contrefaçon sanctionnée par les articles 425 et suivants du code pénal.

Par ailleurs le progiciel RIDO est protégé par la loi du 3 juillet 1985 qui étend la propriété
intellectuelle aux programmes informatiques.

Ce document accompagne la version 4.01 du progiciel RIDO.

RIDO © 1974..2001
est conçu et réalisé par
ROBERT FAGES LOGICIELS
29, chemin de Belmont
F01700 MIRIBEL
Tél : +33/0 472 25 85 96
Fax : +33/0 472 25 89 50
E-Mail : rfl@[Link] 
Siret : 3190793560002
 PRESENTATION OF THE RIDO PROGRAM
VERSION 4.01

The Rido program calculates the elastoplastic equilibrium of retaining walls (diaphragm
walls, berlin walls, sheet piles, ...) or piles in various type of soils.
The calculation follows, phase by phase, the sequence of works, because they condition the
internal forces particularly due to the irreversibility of the soil behaviour and the incidence of
the geometry during the operations (installation of strut and preloading ...).
The elastoplastic calculation of the whole set of elements (wall, soil, struts, anchors) is carried
out based on the finite elements model. For hypothesis see [1]. The WINCKLER model [2] is
satisfactory for dimenssionning : this is shown in [3].
RIDO calculates the forces (soil reactions, tensions in anchors, ...) that minimize the elastic
energy of the wall, the struts, the anchors, the soil, with linear conditions :
- equalities for overall equilibrium, bilateral conditions,
- inequalities for unilateral links with soils, anchors, ...

The algorithm of resolution is an original adaptation of the “PRIMAL-DUAL”

“PRIMAL-DUAL” method
applied to quadratic programming (the elastic energy is a quadratic functionnal
functionnal of the
variables).

Version 4.01 of RIDO presents the following facilities .

The program :
- simulates excavations in each of the soils limited by the wall,
- takes into account slopes and berms by their geometrical description,
- allows modification of soil characteristics in case of back-filling and grounting,
- allows directly introduction of active, static and passive soil pressures for special
cases (CULMANN’s method for example),
- accepts water
water table variations in each soil and also confined and perched water
tables,
- automatically takes into account the hydraulic gradient effect to the apparent soil
density,
- takes into account the application
application or
or removal at any moment of surcharges
surcharges type
type
CAQUOT, BOUSSINESQ, GRAUX and user defined,
- consider (optional) that BOUSSINESQ surcharges are linked to the soil state
(active pressure, passive pressure, ...) in the same manner as for CAQUOT
surcharges.
- makes difference if the surcharges
surcharges are present before or after the wall construction,
construction,
- allows installing, preloading, removing struts or anchors with unilateral or bilateral
link with the wall,
- can calculate (optional)
(optional) the buckling of sheet piles retained by inclined anchors,
- allows application
application or removal of distributed or concentrated loads at any level of
of
the wall,
- allows definition of elastic links in displacement and rotation with a given
structure (floor, ...),
- allows various boundary conditions at top top and toe of the wall,

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 - allows modifications
modifications in the geometry
geometry of the wall
wall during the works
works (moulding
(moulding of
upper part of the wall, ...),
- can calculate berlin walls and discontinuous toe-in walls,
- consider long term parameters either for the soil and wall (eg.
(eg. Concrete wall),
- permits variations of the elastic modulus at any stage,
- calculates automatically the lack of toe-in, not
not only
only in case of equilibrium failure,
 but also in case of wall displacement exceeding a specified value.

From the user’s point of view, advantages are :

- data introduction in free format with simple description language (keywords and
data) : the data are number
number but also expressions with symbolic constants,
variables, functions (predefined or user defined), comments, etc ...,
- an integrated working environment is delivered : it permits to edit the data (editor
(editor
mode or question/ansewer mode), to control the data, to evaluate the expressions,
to run RIDO, to show graphically the results on screen, to preview the printouts, to
control the printing and plotting outputs, to manage system parameters (plotter,
 printer, spool) and the various working files, ....
- a complete yet clean presentation of the results,
- the program
program uses a dynamic
dynamic allocation of the computer memory so that there is no
limits to the amount of data (user has not to worry about number of soil layers,
struts, anchors, ...),
- the numerical method of resolution of the equilibrium equations gives a stable
calculation even for deep wall (over 50 meters),
- units can be choosen independently for the datadata and for the results (practical units
with Tonne-forces, S.I. units with Newtons, U.S. units with Pounds),
- the program
program comes with its own graphic user interface (G.U.I.) and run on PC
compatible microcomputers with WINDOWS 95/98/ME and NT4/NT2000.
- The graphicals outputs HPGL/WMF are ready for the use use of HPGL compatible
 plotters and printers, but also for WINDOWS compatible
compatible printers. It is possible to
import graphics in any graphical WINDOWS application including WORD.

RIDO V:4.01 require at least :

- an INTEL 80486 processor (PENTIUM is best)
- 32 Mo of RAM
- 2 Mo free on disk
- a fast printer.

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REFERENCES
[1] [Link] et [Link] – Revue TRAVAUX oct. 1971, déc. 1971.
Calcul de rideaux de parois moulées ou de palplanches. Modèle mathématique
Intégrant le comportement irréversible du sol en état élastoplastique.

[2] [Link] – [Link] Prag. 1867.

Die Lehre von Elastizitat und Festigkeit.

[3] [Link], [Link], [Link] et [Link] – XI ème Congrès

International de mécanique des sols et fondations, SAN FRANCISCO 1985.
Etalonnage sur modèle réduit de différentes méthodes de calcul de
Soutènements flexibles.

[4] JOHN [Link] – FOUNDATION DESIGN – John Wiley & Sons 1995.

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 RIDO 4.0 on compatible PC MICRO-COMPUTER 

1 - LOCATION

The RIDO  program and its annexed files are located in the directory \RIDO or in a
subdirectory \....\RIDO.

It is possible to start RIDO while one is working in a personnal subdirectory.

The data and result files will be in this subdirectory by default.
This enables several users to separate there data.

Do not forget to place this command in the [Link] file:

PATH C:\;C:\RIDO
(with occasionnaly other paths)

DO NOT USE THE MSDOS COMMAND 'APPEND' TO DO THIS.

WARNING : The final subdirectory in which the file [Link] and its annexed files are
located must always be named RIDO.

If necessary (in WINDOWS or NETWORK environment) RIDO  asks you to type the
command :

SET RIDO=<path of rido>

Example: SET RIDO=Z:\PROG\RIDO

This command can be added in [Link].

RIDO  can be run under WINDOWS in a MSDOS full screen mode (See the WINDOWS
manual).

It is useful to change the parameters of [Link] using PIFEDIT according to:

. Optionnal parameters /E:1024

. Video memory High resolution
. Screen Full screen
. Reserved short cut key [Link].

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2 - PRINTER USING

It is advised to use the SPOOL mode running, before RIDO, the PRINT command of MSDOS
(See the MSDOS manual).

Management of the printer attributes :

- If the file "[Link]" formed with a text editor is present in the RIDO sub-directory, it
contains the codes to be sent to the printer at the RIDO start.

- Same for "[Link]" file for RIDO stop.

- The description of these codes are normally in the manual of the printer.

- If the default subdirectory is not RIDO, these file are firstly searched in this subdirectory. If
you use several printers, you can have for each one a particular subdirectory with specific files
[Link] and [Link] and by this way an automatic selection with the default
subdirectory choice.

- The integrated working environment RID  permits also the handling of these files and the
control of the SPOOL queue.

- Composition of these files:

. a non-displayable code (as ESC) is written by its numerical ASCII code (10 base),
one for each line (for example: 27 for ESC),
. the characters which can be displayed between ' (for example : '!m'), one string
for each line,
. blank lines ignored,
. every other text after the codes ignored and taken as a comment,
. note : with a compatible IBM printer the character of code 15 place it in a
compressed mode.

- Example for an HP LASERJET printer:

[Link]  27
'E' Reset the printer
27
'&l8D' 8 line/inch
27
'&ak2S' 16.66 char./inch
27
'&a4L' left margin = 4 char.

[Link]  27
'E' Reset the printer

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3 - RUNNING OF RIDO

The data for RIDO in the form described in the user's manual are placed in a text file with the
default extension .RIO.
This file is created with a text editor or with RID.

Without usage of the integrated working environment RID :

- Running of RIDO: RIDO <data file name>

Examples: RIDO TEST (data: [Link])

RIDO TEST. (data: TEST.)
RIDO [Link] (data: [Link])

 Remark : It is possible to use expressions in data only with files with the .RIO extension.
Other cases are useful to take up again a data file of oldier RIDO versions.

RIDO shows on screen the calculus progress and writes a file of results for the printer with
the same name as the data file but the extension .LST.

- Printing the results:

For the above example:

. With COPY: COPY [Link] PRN

. In SPOOL mode: PRINT [Link]

With usage of the integrated working environment RID  :

This is the adviced working mode. However it is requested that a EGA/VGA screen is
attached to your micro-computer.

RID permits :

. The overall choice of parameters.

. The SPOOL control.
. The management of files on disk.
. The creation and modification of the data files by a specialized contextual text
editor with the possibility to switch to and from questions/answers mode.
. The verification of the syntax of data.
. The evaluation for control purpose of the eventually present expressions.
. The calculus of the active and passive pressure coefficients through the resolution of
the plastic limit equilibrium equations of BOUSSINESQ- RANKINE.
. The running of RIDO.
. The viewing on screen of the results in a graphic form.
. The previewing on screen of the printouts.

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 . The choice of printing selected pages or all pages.
. The control of the plotter.
To run RID enter

RID

It appears a first menu. Help contextual messages are available.

Short cuts (TEST is a file name for example):

RID TEST RID is run in text editor mode.

Modification if [Link] exists else creation
of [Link].

RID [Link] RID is run in graphical visualization

of an already made calculus.

RID [Link] Same but visualization of text before

 printing.

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 DIRECTIONS FOR THE RIDO GRAPHIC
OUTPUT OPTION

1 - GENERALITIES 

The option consists in a secondary program named [Link] which, from an intermediate
file created by RIDO, produces commands of graphic output in HPGL language, valid for all
HEWLETT PACKARD compatible plotter. The graphic outputs are entered in a frame
defined by the scaling points P1 and P2 which might be redefined (see instructions for the
 plotter).

Plotter parameters

It is only necessary to create the two files [Link] and [Link] with a text editor or
within the integrated working environment RID.
These files are located in the RIDO subdirectory or in the default subdirectory in use (In this
case they have priority).
Their contents are automatically added on the top and on the end of the HPGL orders of each
 plotting page.
This can be used to place a laser printer in HPGL emulating mode and reset it on character
 printing mode. Also putting HPGL orders it is possible to choice a new scale.
The codes are described on your plotter or printer user's manual.
Also you can choice the colors of the curves by the indication of the pen number used in a
sequence after the character # on the first line of [Link] (The six number of pens are in
this order for the labels, the displacements, the moments, the cross forces, the differential
 pressures, the soil pressures).

- Composition of these files:

. a non-displayable code (as ESC) is written by its numerical ASCII code (10 base),
one for each line (for example: 27 for ESC),
. the characters which can be displayed between ' (for example : '!m'), one string
for each line,
. blank lines ignored,
. every other text after the codes ignored and taken as a comment,

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For example here is the files for an HP LASERJET III (or DESKJET 1200C) who emulates an
HPGL plotter:

[Link]  #123232
27
'%-1BIN;'

[Link]  27
'%-1A'
27
'E'

If the graphics are not turned in landscape orientation, put at the

end of the [Link] file the line:

'RO90;'

2 - USAGE 

The file [Link] will be placed in the "RIDO" subdirectory, that will automatically be
done by using the setting-up or the update batch commands of the delivery floppy disk.
The RIDO program always creates an intermediary file with tha same name as the data file
 but with the extension .GRA to be an input for GRID.

There are two situations depending of the usage or not the usage of RID.

2a - MSDOS command mode

After a calculation with RIDO you will only have to start the GRID command if you want the
graphic outputs.

GRID <file name>

<file name> is without extension.

Example: Data file for RIDO: [Link]

Intermediary file: [Link]
Running of GRID: GRID MQZ

Once started, GRID displays the title of the calculation indicated so with the processing date.
If this information shows you that you will not make the good graphics, you cat get "out" of
GRID with CTRL-C and start again GRID with the right argument.

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You are asked:

NAME OF THE GRAPHIC OUTPUT UNIT ..........<AUX> :

You only validate if your plotter is connected with the serial port COM1 (or
AUX).
If it is connected with the serial port COM2 or COM3 or COM4, answer with the right
COMx. (the configuration of these serial connections will have to be done beforehand
with the MSDOS command MODE placed in AUTOEXEC. BAT file).
If it is connected with a parallel port LPT1 or LPT2, answer with LPT1 or
LPT2.
In all cases, never type ':' (Do not type COM2:).

If you answer a name of a file, the graphic outputs will go in the one you will be
able to send to the plotter afterwards.
In this case there will be only one graphic output in the file.

Then you are asked:

COLOUR GRAPHICS..........<Y/N> :

The answer Y will involve the shifting of pens (6 will be used) if your plotter allows it. The
choice of colours is function of the setting of pen in the turret.
The answer N leads to the use of an only pen.

Then you are asked CONFIRMATION FOR EVERY GRAPHIC:

That will be the time to place each time a new sheet or to leave out a plotting.

Anytime you can leave the work with GRID by depressing CTRL-C.

2b - With the RID usage

This is the adviced working mode.

While you are viewing the curves within RID, depressing the [Link] (or the W key under
WINDOWS if the [Link]. key is used by WINDOWS because the [Link] is not
correctly modified) there is not a screen copy but the running of GRID  for a graphic page
according to the screen view.
You have only to confirm the plotting action.

Before it is necessary to type the MSDOS command (at the dos prompt level)

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SET PLOT=<port>  where <port> is PRN,AUX,LPT1,COM1,... to direct the outputs to
the plotter.

Example: SET PLOT=COM1

Without this order the HPGL outputs are made in files.

If you want to send the HPGL graphics to the same printer who prints the text outputs (this
 printer must accept HPGL language) and you are using the spooler (PRINT command of
MSDOS), indicate this by:

SET PLOT=SPOOL

 Remark : these choices of destinations can also be made within RID.

3 - OUTPUT OF THE DRAWING ON FILES

If the destination is not a communication port, the HPGL description of the drawings are
written in files with names constructs as:

- data file name or if its character number is great than 5 the 4 firsts and the last character,
- the # character for the graphs of phases or the % for the graphs of envelopes,
- the phase number on 2 digits or 99 for the global envelopes,
- the .PLT extension.

Example: Data file   [Link]

HPGL file   SEWA7#[Link]

This names are useful for the use of other programs as the insertion of the RIDO graphics in a
WORD document (WORD includes a filter to import *.PLT files).

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 RIDO PROGRAM - VERSION 4.
USER'S MANUAL

DATA INTRODUCTION

GENERALITIES

In following pages :

"line" = 1 line of the data file (text editor)

Data are in free format :

- Data are separated by blanks (any number)

- A line can start with blanks

- Distribution of data on one line is imposed. However, a logical line can be

 broken in several physical lines. In this case, each continuation line must begin with
the sign + followed by a space.

- If the list of data of one line is shorter than the required list, the non-defined
 part is taken as a sequence of zeros.

- A datum can be numerical as 5.27 or 1.02e-4  (for 1.02 10 -4) or an

expression as (5+2)/4.25 or also an algebraic expression with variables and
functions as level+2*tan(Pi/4+phi/2). This last point will be detailled
subsequently.

It is possible to insert comment lines that will be printed at the corresponding position
in the printouts. These lines must begin with * (asterisk). No limitation of comments.

If comments immediatly follows the title line, they are considered as describing the
studied problem and form the subject for a particulary introduction.

A comment indicated by : (and not by *) is a comment for data only and not exists in
 printouts.

The dynamic allocation of memory used in this program allows to introduce with no
limitation soil layers, strut or anchor levels, various sections of the wall... in any
number required. However the total number of data can be limited by the computer
capacity.

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 It is not required to enter the total number of entities as the number of struts for
example. However, when a particular number is required, as a strut’s number, it is its
ordinal number of introduction in the data.

Data are given in 3 groups : A,B,C.

"A" GROUP

 Basic data describing initial state of wall or pile and soil.

 A1 : TITLE AND OPTIONS

- One title line (obligatory)

In this line options can be chosen.

Each option, indicated by a letter, must be written between two *. (The character *
cannot be used in the title part).
The option order is of no consequence.

Example: QUAY WALL AREA 4 *FA*

Six options are available in RIDO 4.0 :

A  = Boussinesq surcharges are (A)dded to soil pressures following the

 principle of superposition applicable to elastic states but spread out the plastic states
(see B-2-2 annex)

E  = The printout results are (E)xtended with the values of limits active and
 passive pressures. (Warning : the printed line contains 168 characters).

F = Buckling calculus of wall into account the vertical component of inclined
anchors (see C-2 annex)

L = the preceeding number define the useful number of (L)ine in each page of
the printout, example : 80L (default : 60L)

M  = if it is preferred to use a frequent sign convention : (M)oments and

curvatures are of opposite signs.

U  = choice of (U)nits independently of the data and the outputs (printouts,

 plotted graphs,...) with the following rule :
U:xy where x is the input’s units code and y is the output’s units code.
This codes are : T  practical units (Tonne Force): default
 N  S.I. units (Newton)
P  U.S.A. units (Pound)

Example : WALL NB 101 *120 L U:PN*

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 Hereafter you see the correspondences of units :

T N P

m m Ft
mm mm In
1/m 1/m 1/Ft
T kN KiP
T/m kN/m KiP/Ft
2
T/m kPa KsF : Pressure
3 3
T/m   kN/m KcF :Vol. density
3
T/m kPa/m KsF/Ft : Elastic rigidity
3
T/m kPa/m KsF/Ft : [Link]
2 2 2
T.m /m kN.m /m [Link] /Ft :EI product
m.T kN.m [Link]
m.T/m kN.m/m [Link]/Ft : Moment

The correct output units are also used in the plotting issues and result files.

 A2 : THE WALL

- A first line to define the level (m, Ft ) of the top of the wall

X0

followed by a line per each section with varied inertia described from top to bottom

X EI Rc

where

X (m, Ft ) is the level of the end of section

2 2 2
EI (T.m  /m, kN.m  /m, [Link]  /Ft ) is the inertia product

Rc (T/m3 , kPa/m, KsF/Ft ) is the cylindrical rigidity (for plane wall Rc=0).

It is possible to give zero inertia sections : that means these parts of wall does not exist
at the beginning of the works and will be added at a given time (see A-1 annex).

The last line permit the calculation of the height of the wall.

The sequence of the levels X 0 and X fix the direction of the axis of levels toward the
 bottom or toward the top according to the increasing or decreasing of their values.

Example : WALL Nb 101 *120L*

165
160 18744
151 9852
*Height of the wall: 165-151 = 14 meters

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  A3 : THE SOIL.

- One line to fix the initial level of soil (the same for each side of the wall)

Z (m, Ft )

This level can be upper than the top of wall.

- One line for each soil layer (described from top to bottom)

Xc PVw PVs Ka K 0 Kp C Da Dp Re Rp

with

Xc (m,Ft ) : bottom level of layer

PVw (T/m3 , kN/m3 , KcF ) : wet density

3 3
PVs (T/m  , kN/m  , KcF ) : submerged density

Ka : horizontal active pressure coefficient

K 0 : pressure coefficient at rest

Kp : horizontal passive pressure coefficient

2
C (T/m  , kPa, KsF ) : cohesion

(degrees): internal friction angle

Da,Dp : / with  for the inclination of stress on wall for active and passive
 [Link] values already taken into account in Ka and Kp must be given here for
the calculation of the cohesion terms in Caquot's formulae.

Re (T/m3 , kPa/m, KsF/Ft ) and Rp (1/m, 1/Ft ) : allow the calculation of the
subgrade reaction modules Ks (horizontal) at any point with earth load P by

Ks=Re + Rp * P

If constant coefficient Ks for the soil layer is wanted, then ignore Rp.

If in the data Ka = 0 and/or Kp = 0, that indicate a wanted calculus of their values by

resolution of the plastic limit equations of BOUSSINESQ-RANKINE integrated in the
RIDO program.

If in the data K 0 = 0, K 0 is calculated with the JAKY’s formula : K 0 = 1-sin.

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 Usually, the subtractive terms in passive pressure and additive terms in active pressure
due to cohesion, are calculated by RIDO with the CAQUOT formula according to the
technical annexes. It is possible to give the values of theses terms directly. To do it,
enter the cohesion with the minus sign (which starts this special process) and replace
respectively the /  ratios in passive pressure and active pressure by the subtractive
and additive terms for the soil layer parameters concerned.
The printouts are consequently changed.

- One line with :

Zh Step

with

Zh (m, Ft ) : initial water level (if no water table fix Zh under the bottom of the
wall )

Step (m, Ft ) : is the upper limit specified for the length of the wall elements
created by the program (if Step is too small, the maximum number of elements,
typically 200, will give their maximum length).
Current value is Step = 0.5 m or Step = 1 Ft

"B" GROUP 

These data describe work phases and results output control.

Each operation is defined by a keyword followed, eventually by brackets with 1 or 2

arguments and by a list of parameters.
Each keyword, except STOP, is exactly 3 characters long. These characters can be
upper or lower case; in this way CAL, cal, Cal are the same keyword.
If the last or the two arguments into brackets are zero they can be neglected :

Ex : CAL(2,0) same as CAL(2)

CAL(0,0) same as CAL

Soils are number 1 : left side of the wall

number 2 : right side of the wall

The following table contains the keyword’s list, their brief description, and the page of
this user’s manual where they are explained.
To facilitate the working with the English and the French languages versions,
keywords can be used equally in their English and French forms, with the two
versions.

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 KEYWORD
DESCRIPTION PAGE
ENGLISH FRENCH
GLO GLO GLOBAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL 7
LIM LIM BOUNDARY CONDITIONS 7
COE COE COEFFICIENTS APPLIED TO THE 8
PRESSURES
PRX PRX DIRECTLY INTRODUCTION OF SOIL 8
PRESSURES
SUX SUX DIRECTLY INTRODUCTION OF 9
SURCHARGE EFFECT PRESSURES
SUC SUC CAQUOT TYPE SURCHARGE 9
SUB SUB BOUSSINESQ TYPE SURCHARGE 10
SUG SUG SEMI-INFINITE GRAUX TYPE 11
SURCHARGE
SOL SOI REDEFINITION OF A SOIL LAYER 11
BAC REM INSTALLATION OF A BACKFILL 12
EXC EXC EXCAVATION - BANK - RISB 12
BER BER EXCAVATION « BERLIN » TYPE WALL 13
WAT EAU MODIFICATION OF WATER LEVEL 14
AND PRESSURES
HDC CHD HYDRODYNAMIC CORRECTION 15
STR BUT STRUTS 16
ANC TIR ANCHORS 16
CFM FMC CONCENTRATED FORCE AND/OR 17
COUPLE
LOA CHA TRAPEZOIDAL LOAD 18
INE INE INERTIA MODIFICATION 18
PLA FLU MODIFICATION OF PLASTIC 19
CHARACTERISTICS OF SOIL
ELA ELA ELASTIC REACTION MODULUS 20
MODIFICATION
CAL CAL CALCULUS AND CONTROL OF THE 20
OUTPUTS
END FIN END OF CALCULUS 21

Forces and displacements are positive from soil 1 to soil 2. Moments are positive
clockwise (and couterclockwise with the M option).
Only the used operations ending with the keyword CAL (equilibrium calculus
requested) is named a phase.

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 GLO : GLOBAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL

For a BETA-TEST purpose in this version there is an overall equilibrium model for a
 better calculus : it takes into account the little displacement of all the soils and the wall
toward the excavation side.
For example this model finds, in presence of struts with very big stiffness, a soil
 pressure concentration toward the struts level and a bigger reaction force in struts.

By default, RIDO 4.0 do not use this new model.

To use it, place the code GLO in the first phase and only in this first.
It is not possible to suppress this model on a later phase.

For tests purposes it is possible to modulate the effect of the model with a parameter :

GLO x
where x is an incidence factor.

For example GLO 0.8

take into account for 80% the overall displacement,

and GLO
or  GLO 1.0
take it into account for 100%.

This choice is clearly indicated on the outputs. The calculated value of this overall
displacement appears in each phase results.

LIM : MODIFICATION OF THE LINKS AT TOP OR TOE OF WALL

LIM(s,t)

where

s = 1 at top
s = 2 at toe

t = 0 : free
t = 1 : simple support at last displacement
t = 2 : imposed slope at last value (e.g. : pile embedded in pile cap)
t = 3 : embeddement in last position (displacement and slope)

Top and toe of wall are implicitly free.

If there is an elastic link see order CFM.

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 COE : ADDITIONAL COEFFICIENTS APPLIED TO THE SOIL PRESSURES

COE Z1 Z2 CO

From level Z1 to level Z2 pressures in soils 1 and 2 are multiplied by CO before being
applicated in the calculation to the one meter-wide wall (or one Ft-wide wall).
This can be useful in the following cases :

- Discontinuous toe of wall, where the lower part is periodically absent, then

CO = effective width / period

- Piles for which EI was not introduced per linear-meter of wall, then

CO = effective width of file

- Berlin wall : EI is defined by linear-meter of wall in "A" group and COE is used in
the first phase with :

Z1 = level (m, Ft ) of the top of the piles

Z2 = level (m, Ft ) of the bottom of the piles

CO = effective width of files / period

In case of it, in order to take into accept a tridimensionnel effect in the ground, must
 be taken a supplementary coefficient for the passive pressure state, then write
COE Z1 Z2 CO CB

and Kp is multiplied by CO * CB for the soils between Z1 and Z2.

This COE order modifies also the water pressures and the subgrade elastic reaction
modulus.

PRX : DIRECTLY INTRODUCTION OF SOIL PRESSURES

If it is required to use a different equilibrium plastic limit of soil theory from the
BOUSSINESQ-RANKINE theory or to use the CULLMAN’S method in case of non
horizontal surface of soil (RIDO as a build in model for banks and risbs : see the EXC
order) the curves of the soil pressures can been directly introduced : for the internal
coherence of the elasto-plastic equations of RIDO  it is necessary to describe the 3
curves : active pressure, at rest pressure, passive pressure.

For each level (linear interpolation between 2 levels) put a line

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 PRX(n) Z Pa P0 Pp

where

n is the soil number (1: the left, 2: the right)

Z (m, Ft ) the level

Pa (T/m3 , kPa, KsF ) the active pressure

P0 (T/m3 , kPa, KsF ) the at rest pressure

3
Pp (T/m  , kPa, KsF ) the passive pressure

In case of discontinuity, do not put two lines with the same level, but

PRX(n,1) Z Pa Po Pp Pa’ Po’ Pp’

where Pa’, Po’, Pp’ are the second values for the same level.
For the levels outside of the interval defined by a PRX sequence the soils pressures are
normally calculated from the weight of soil.

SUX : DIRECTLY INTRODUCTION OF SURCHARGE EFFECT PRESSURES

If surcharge’s models build in RIDO  are unusuable, it is possible to enter point by

 point the additive contribution of surcharges to the three curves of active, at rest,
 passive pressures by several lines as

SUX(n) Z Pa P0 Pp

with the same syntax as the PRX order (equally in case of discontinuities).

SUC : CAQUOT TYPE SURCHARGE

SUC(n) Q

where

n : soil number

Q : pressure (T/m2 , kPa, KsF ) on the free horizontal surface of soil n

To remove a previous surcharge give Q = 0

Successive Caquot surcharges are not cumulative (i.e. a new one on the same soil
replace the actual one).(see B-2-1 annex)

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 SUB : BOUSSINESQ TYPE SURCHARGE

SUB(n) Z A B Q

where

n : soil number

Z : level (m, Ft ) of load strip

A : smallest distance (m, Ft ) from strip to wall

B : largest distance (m, Ft ) from strip to wall

Q : uniform loading (T/m2 , kPa, KsF ) on strip parallel to wall.

This order makes all Boussinesq surcharges in soil n to be replaced by the new one.

If one requires an addition of a new surcharge

SUB(n,1) Z A B Q

then the previous surcharges are kept in place.

To suppress one elementary surcharge write

SUB(n,1) Z A B Q’

with an opposite load (Q’ = -Q)

To suppress all Boussinesq surcharges write only

SUB(n)

With Boussinesq surcharges existing before the wall is set, the soil is influenced by
this surcharge on each side of the wall. If this residual force is to be considered write :

SUB(n,1) Z A B Q C S

with 0 < CS < 1, coefficient applicated to the Boussinesq surcharge on soil n to give an
initialisation to the opposite soil.
This is only valid for the first phase.
This has been retained for compatibility with oldier RIDO versions. It is best in this
situation to calculate an equilibrium of the soil without the wall, and then to put it
(INE order). In this case multiply Q by 2, according to the image theory for a correct
initialization of stress at zero displacement.

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