ZSOIL.PC: A UNIFIED APPROACH TO STABILITY, BEARING CAPACITY, CONSOLIDATION, CREEP AND FLOW FOR TWO AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS IN GEOTECHNICAL PRACTICE.1/
Th. Zimmermann 1,2, A. Truty 2, A. Urbanski 3,1, S. Commend 2 & K. Podles 3,1
1 - Zace Services Ltd, Lausanne Switzerland
2 - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland
3 - Cracow University of Technology, Poland

Acknowledgements

The financial support of the Swiss Commission for Technology and Innovation (CTI) under grants 2672.1, 2387.1 and 2995.1 is acknowledged. In addition, several engineering companies have supported the development of custom versions with scientific contributions, validations and financial support : Bonnard & Gardel ingénieurs-conseils SA, Lausanne, Intron SME B.V., Yverdon, GEOS ingénieurs conseils SA, Genève, GVH ingénieurs-conseils SA, Tramelan, Schneller-Ritz und Partner AG Ingenieurbüro, Brigue, Stucky ingénieurs conseils SA, Lausanne, KBM bureau d'ingénieurs civils SA, Sion.

Parts of these developments were done at the Laboratory of Structural and Continuum Mechanics (Prof. F. Frey) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne with contributions from the Laboratory of Rock Mechanics (Prof. F. Descoeudres, Dr. M. Kharchafi).

In addition, the contributions of the following individuals are also acknowledged: W. Atamaz Sibai, C. Rodriguez, B. Dendrou, D. Alvarez, F. Delaray, J. Diaz, B. Rutscho, Ph. Menétrey, P. Bomme, W. Farra, L. Vernier, B. Radic,  P. Roelfstra, J.-L. Sarf, E. Davalle, A. Bisetti, J. L'Eplattenier, D. Tendon, F. Vuilleumier, D. Collomb, S. Domon, C. Gindroz, C. Carron, M. Favre.