Geocentrix Repute - Non-linear pile group analysis

Repute vs PGROUP/PC-PGROUP

Feature	Program
Feature	PGROUP/PC-PGROUP	Repute
Latest version (date)	3.0 (1981)	1.0 (2002)
Engineering features
Method of analysis	Boundary Element Method	Boundary Element Method
Group effects solution	Continuum-based	Continuum-based
Maximum no of piles (x elements) analysed	200 (x 11)	100 (x 50)
Multi-layered soil profile/Gibson soil	2-only /	/
3-dimensional loading
Non-linear soil model		hyperbolic
Allows general (asymmetric) pile layout
Piles with different lengths/moduli in group	/	/
Independent axial and lateral pile moduli
Flexible pile cap/effective pile cap contact*	/	/
Pile head pinned/rigidly connected to cap	/	/
Rigid layer below pile toe
Usability features
Operating system	DOS	Windows 9x/NT4/2000/XP
User interface	Command-line	Notebook-style
Validation of date on input/calculation	/	/
Graphical display of results
HTML/XML reports using internal/external browser
*Both programs provide rigid pile cap/non-effective pile cap contact

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