Ground Grid Design Assessment Software
The next generation Ground Grid Systems module enables engineers to quickly and accurately design and analyze a safe and cost effective ground protection.
Brochure
ETAP
Overview
Brochure
(8.82 MB)
Methods
- Finite Element
- IEEE 80-1986
- IEEE 80-2000
- IEEE 665-1995
Ground Grid Design Assessment Software Key Features
- Calculate the tolerable Step and Touch potentials
- Compare potentials against the actual, calculated Step and Touch potentials
- Optimize the number of conductors with fixed rods based on cost and safety
- Optimize the number of conductors and rods based on cost and safety
- Calculate the maximum allowable current for specified conductors
- Compare allowable currents against fault currents
- Calculate ground system resistance
- Calculate ground potential rise
- User-expandable conductor library
- Allow a two-layer soil configuration in addition to the surface material
- Ground grid configurations showing conductor and rod plots
- Display 3-D/contour Touch, Step and Absolute voltage plots
- Calculate Absolute, Step and Touch potentials at any point in the configuration
- Conductor/Rod can be oriented in any possible 3-D direction
- Handle irregular configurations of any shape
- Grid rotation animation