ENGINEERING SOFTWARE

Cathie Associates uses industry standard 3rd party software whenever possible but we also write our own software for specific applications.

PLAXIS 2D is used as our basic geotechnical analysis package for 2D problems
FLAC3D is used for 3D geotechnical analysis and when specific material behaviour is required since this can be easily programmed in the FISH language incorporated with FLAC.
ABAQUS is being introduced as our general purpose finite element code for both geotechnical and structural projects.
GRLWEAP for pile driving simulation
CAPWAP for back analysis of pile driving monitoring data to determine shaft and tip resistance and dynamic pile capacity
gINT for borehole log preparation and presentation

In-house software includes:

CAISSON – a design tool for sizing caisson foundations in clay using a simplified limiting equilibrium method to facilitate rapid parametric studies and dimensioning.
VHM – a tool to determine the dimensions of a rectangular surface foundation on clay subject to generalised vertical, horizontal and moment loading.
PILE DEVIATION – a tool for assessing deviation of bent conductor piles during driving
OPILE – for the analysis of single piles (capacity, SRD, axial and lateral response analysis)