APES documentation: program version 5.0 (updated: 17.07.07)

Analysis Program for Earth Structures
written by

Victor N. Kaliakin

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware 19716
voice: 302.831.2409 ; FAX: 302.831.3640 ; e-mail


Information is available on the following topics:

  • General Information / Historical Note: ( PDF file ).

  • Information Regarding Program Input: ( PDF file ).

  • Overview of Print Control Options: ( PDF file ).

  • Commands Defining Solution Control.

  • Commands Describing the Mathematical Model.

  • Sample Analyses

  • THEORETICAL UNDERPINNINGS
    • Generalized Biot formulation for anisotropic poroelasticity
    • Generalized Biot formulation for soils

  • TRANSLATORS
    • Input translators:
      • ANTIPASTO to APES translator (the AP2APES program): ( PDF file ).
      • PATRAN to APES translator (the PAT2APES program): ( PDF file ).
    • Output translators :
      • APES to ANTIPASTO (the APES2SEACO program): ( PDF file ).
      • APES to PATRAN (the APES2PAT program): ( PDF file ).

  • Further Information:
    • Using ANTIPASTO as pre- and post-processor for APES: ( PDF file ).

  • APPENDICES
    • Lexical Analyzer & Command Line Processor Associated with the APES Program: ( PDF file ).
    • Format of APES results for subsequent post-processing: ( PDF file ).
    • Notes on using the ANTIPASTO program with APES: ( PDF file ).
    • Details Concerning Quasilinear Elastic (Hyperbolic) Material Idealizations: ( PDF file ).





    V. N. Kaliakin, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware