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% PROGRAM : HPILE V.1                        %
% AUTHOR  : ALAN TACKIE                	     %
% DATE    : MAY, 2004                        %
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                     CAUTION
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THIS SOFTWARE IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.
USER AGREES TO INSTALL AND RUN HPILE AS INSTRUCTED AND AT USER'S 
OWN RISK.

THE AUTHOR OF THIS PROGRAM ASSUMES NO RISK IN THE IMPROPER USE OF HPILE.
THE OUTPUT FROM HPILE SHALL BE USED IN CONSULTATION WITH A PROFESSIONAL
LICENSED STRUCTURAL ENGINEER.



HPILE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS BELOW.
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I	System Requirements
	
	HPILE works effectively with MATLAB 6.5, R-13 version on a Windows 95 or higher platform. 
	A minimum storage requirement of 40MB and 32MB RAM is recommended.

II	Installation

a)	Insert the attached HPILE Installation CD Plate into the CD-ROM drive
b)	Move or Copy the folder titled hpile into C-Drive (C:\) so that the final path name is: C:\hpile
c)	When copying is completed, open the hpile folder and right-click the piles folder Select properties from the dropdown list. 
	Uncheck the read-only attribute if it is not unchecked and click OK.
d)	Open the MATLAB command window and under the file menu, select
	
	Set path
	Click Browse to add hpile to the path list
	Save settings and close the set path dialog box

III     Using HPILE
       
        Make sure the current directory in the MATLAB environment is set to hpile.

        In the command window, type hpile. 
        This opens the HPILE graphical user interface (GUI). From the GUI,
        Choose a Pile. Example: PILE 4E
        Choose a Test Date from the listed dates. Example: Choose JUL27_99 for PILE 4E
        Choose a test spreadsheet from the listed spreadsheets. Example: MOM07279.XLS	
        Select a sheet from the drop down list of sheets available. Example: sheet1
        Choose segment height from the dropdown list. Example: 4.5
        A default E of 29000 ksi is provided for the tested piles. This value may be revised.
        The default moment of inertia, I, of 226 in4 may also be revised.		
        Select Yes or No for HPILE to perform a p-y analysis. Selecting Yes may cause a 
        significant delay in the analytical process. The length of delay is dependent on the computer system processor.
        A HPLOT GUI with cleared axes opens at the end of the process. 
        Choose a MOMENT, SHEAR, DEFLECTION, SOIL REACTION, or P-Y CURVE plot from the dropdown list. 
        Click the PLOT button to display result. If user indicated No for a p-y analysis, no result will be displayed when P-Y CURVE is chosen.
        Click the View Results button to review the finite difference solutions. 
        Tabulated results are also presented in the MATLAB command window for printing.
        To print plots, go to the file menu on the HPLOT GUI and select print. 

IV      Analyzing piles not cataloged

        To analyze non-cataloged piles, open the provided input template in the hpile folder and edit entries as needed. 
        Use the SAVE AS command in the file dropdown menu of Excel to save the file in the following path: C:\hpile\piles\NEW\CURRENT
        Run hpile as directed above, but select NEW from the piles list and CURRENT from the date list. 
        Candidate pile for analysis should be displayed in the Excel list