Demonstration and Information

For further information, please contact:- Dr Amir Rahim

The CRISP Consortium Ltd, 164 Cotton Av,
London W3 6YG, UK
Telephone +(44) (0)771 888 0943 Fax +(44) (0)845 280 2743
E-mail: info@mycrisp.com
 Overview Of SAGE CRISP

 SAGE CRISP is a purpose-written Geo-

technical, Finite Element Analysis package
 CRISP (the FE Analysis engine) has been
used successfully by universities and
companies for over 20 years
 Nearly 100 academic papers have been
published using CRISP
 Overview Of SAGE CRISP
 SAGE Engineering have added a new user-
friendly Graphical User Interface operating
under Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows
NT.
 The SAGE CRISP software suite comprises:
 Pre-Processor  Report Generator
 FE Analysis Program  Help on the GUI
 Post-Processor  Help on FE errors
 Graphical User Interface

 CAD-style, graphical input window allows

meshes to be quickly built and altered
 Graphical selection of nodes, edges and
elements
 Full support for WYSIWYG printing and
clipboard cut-and-paste operations
 Graphical User Interface

 Graphically apply displacement fixities to

nodes and edges
 Graphically apply total or excess pore water
pressure fixities to nodes and edges
 Graphically apply point or distributed loads
to nodes and edges
 Graphical User Interface

 Graphically add and remove elements to

and from the mesh to simulate construction
or excavation activity
 Graphical representation of each discrete
stage of analysis; including the display of
loads, fixities and construction sequences
 Automatically generate unstructured or
structured finite element meshes
 Reporting

 Report on selected input and output data

using the SAGE CRISP Report Generator
 Apply formatting to Reports in a standard
spreadsheet environment
 Store preferred formats as re-usable
Templates that can be applied to any Report
 Print Reports directly, or export the data for
use in other applications
 Analysis Types

 Drained, Undrained and Fully Coupled

(Biot) Consolidation analysis
 Two dimensional analysis in Plane Strain or
Axisymmetry
 Three dimensional analysis
(Note: 3D is only available without the
graphic pre and post processors)
 Constitutive Models

 Cam-clay based models including

Original Cam clay (half ellipse)
Modified Cam clay (half circle)
Schofield model with no-tension cutoff limits
Three Surface Kinematic Hardening model
 Elasto-plastic Models
 Homogeneous, anisotropic, linear elastic
 Non-homogeneous, anisotropic, linear
elastic
 Elastic-perfectly plastic with the following
failure criteria:
 Mohr-Coulomb  Tresca
 Drucker-Prager  Von Mises
 Structural elements

 Beam, bar and slip (interface) elements

 Parametric Analysis

 Run parametric studies to examine the

effect of changing:
 Material Properties  Applied Loads
 Drainage Conditions  Numerical
 Construction Dependence
Sequences  ...and more
 Compare results from parametric analyses
using the SAGE CRISP Post-Processor
 Building a Mesh

 Create nodes and elements by drawing them

directly onto the screen
 Use the Automatic Mesh Generator to
quickly and easily build complex finite
element meshes from simple super meshes
 Unstructured and Structured Automatic
Mesh Generators
 Unstructured Mesh Generation

 Create a freeform Super Mesh containing

Super Elements of any shape and with any
number of sides
 Finite Elements are generated according to
grading parameters specified at nodes in the
Super Mesh
 Structured Mesh Generation

 Create a Super Mesh of quadrilateral Super

Elements
 Finite elements are generated according to
the pattern of divisions specified for each
edge in the Super Mesh
 Boundary Conditions

 Fix nodes and edges against horizontal,

vertical or rotational movement
 Apply prescribed displacements
 Drain nodes and edges to either atmosph-
eric pressure, or to a static pressure head
 Set total or excess pore water pressures
 Graphical display of boundary conditions
Pore pressure fixities applied to top surface
 Define Material Zones

 Create ‘Zones’ representing homogeneous

regions of soil
 Choose constitutive models and define soil
parameters for material zones via the
Material Properties dialogue box
 Coloured display of material zones
 Set-up Insitu Conditions

 Define in situ conditions in terms of:

 Stresses (total or effective)
 Pore water pressures (total or excess)
 Preconsolidation pressure (for critical state
soil models)
 Use the Stress Converter to automatically
calculate the in situ conditions
 Set-up Increment Blocks
 An analysis is divided into a number of
discrete stages called Increment Blocks
 Use Increment Blocks to:
 Model each stage of a construction sequence
 Apply new or modified boundary conditions
 Apply new or modified loads
 Allow consolidation to occur
 Control numerical accuracy
 Example Analysis
The following screens are taken from an
analysis of the construction of a deep
basement close to two tunnels of London
Underground’s Central line.
 Stage 1
In Situ Finite Element Mesh
 Stage 2
Install tube tunnels
 Stage 3
Install top slab and simulate
overhead road
 Stage 4
Excavate beneath top slab to
base of second slab
 Stage 5
Install second slab
 Stage 6
Excavate beneath second slab
to base of third slab
 Stage 7
Install third slab
 Stage 8
Excavate to bottom of base slab
and install it
 Running An Analysis

 The analysis can be run through the Pre-

Processor, or directly by command line
 Progress messages are issued whilst the
analysis is running
 Once complete, all analysis output is stored
in Microsoft Access database file
 Post-Processing

 Analysis output can be visualised and

reported on in the SAGE CRISP Post-
Processor
 Post processing features include:
 Graphs  Deformed Mesh Plots
 Contour Plots  Report Generator
 Stress State Plots
 New in version 4
 32bit compatible for Win95 and NT
 Introducing Layers for easy meshing and selection
of superimposed elements.
 Find feature for searching location of elements
and nodes in a mesh.
 Animated display of deformed mesh and stresses
 Improved display of stress contours.
 Improved display of stress state codes
 New in version 4
 3-Surface Kinematic Hardening model allowing
simulation of stiffness of soils which exhibit high
stiffness at small strain by tracing the soil stress
history.
 New Mohr-Coloumb model with non-associated
plasticity, friction hardening, cohesion hardening
and dilation.
 New in version 4
 Duncan and Chang's Hyperbolic model for hard
soils.
 Large deformation formulation based on the
Updated Lagrangian method.
 Iterative solution scheme based on Modified
Newton Raphson method.
 User Services

 For the latest on Crisp check our web site

http://www.crispconsortium.com
 An Internet discussion forum is available for
Crisp users. Check the following for more details:
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/crisp-users/
 Training and Courses

 The Crisp Consortium Ltd, partners of SAGE

Engineering, organise courses in the UK and
around the world. For more information contact:
Professor Mike Gunn,
email: mike.gunn@sbu.ac.uk
 Users are also welcome for program
demonstration at our London office
 CRISP Publications
 During the past 20 years, many papers have been
written using CRISP
 A list of 66 such publications is provided with this
demo
 Reproductions of many of these papers are
distributed with each copy of SAGE CRISP
 A list of these papers is available in file
PAPERS.WRI on the installation disk
 Overview of the
CRISP Consortium
 The Consortium was setup in 1996 and consists of
various academics and geotechnical experts in the
UK. The Consortium was established by
Cambridge University to take care of development
of CRISP and organise courses.
 In 2000 the Consortium took over the marketing
of SAGE CRISP from SAGE Engineering
 The Consortium’s office is based in South Bank
University, London.
 Overview of the
CRISP Consortium
Institutions represented on the board of
the Consortium are:
 Cambridge University  Southampton University
 SAGE Engineering Ltd  Glasgow University
 South Bank University  Napier University
 Birmingham University  Swansea University
 Bristol University  City University

The CRISP Consortium Ltd main office is at:

South Bank University, 202 Wandsworth Road, London SW8 2JZ. UK
Telephone: +44 20 78157190, Fax: +44 20 78157189,
e-mail: crisp@crispconsortium.com.com
Website: http://www.crispconsortium.com
 Overview of the
SAGE Engineering
SAGE Engineering Ltd was formed in 1991 having operated since 1984 as
Structural and Geotechnical Engineering Ltd.
From a background of geotechnical site investigation, SAGE had developed
skills in geophysics, geotechnics, rock mechanics, structural and foundation
engineering, pipeline design, and in 1994 Sage Engineering formed a
partnership with Cambridge University to produce SAGE CRISP.
SAGE Engineering’s USA. affiliate, SAGE Engineering Inc, was formed in
1995 by the acquisition of assets and personnel of Geocognetics, Inc., a
Houston-based consulting and engineering services firm with consultants’
finite element experience dating from 1981 in Critical State geotechnics and
from 1967 in structural dynamics.
 Overview of the
SAGE Engineering
SAGE Engineering, Ltd released SAGE CRISP with a 2-D Windows-based
graphical user interface in 1996, and in 1997 named SAGE Engineering Inc as
the sole SAGE CRISP distributor in North America.
In 1998 SAGE Engineering, Inc was authorized to make further developments
of the SAGE CRISP program. Current projects include the development of a
3-D interface.

SAGE Engineering, Inc, 9894 Bissonnet, Suite 290, Houston, TX, 77036, USA
Telephone: 713 988 6635, Fax: 713 988 6643, e-mail: crisp@sage-eng-usa.com
Website: http://www.sage-engineering-inc.com
 Further Information
UK and all other Areas:
The CRISP Consortium Ltd,
164 Cotton Av
London W3 6YG, UK
Telephone +(44) (0)771 888 0943
Telefax +(44) (0)845 280 2743
E-mail: info@mycrisp.com
www.mycrisp.com
USA:
SAGE Engineering, Inc,
2509 Robinhood Street, Suite 160
Houston,
TX, 77005, USA
Telephone: 713 988 6635,
Fax: 713 988 6643,
e-mail: crisp@sage-eng-usa.com
Web: http://www.sage-engineering-inc.com

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