• Thermal cyclic loads

    I'm attempting to simulate how thermal loads may affect the backfill behind an integral abutment by deploying PLAXIS 2D. I modelled the concrete bridge deck as a Linear Plate element and included a prescribed displacement near the top of the abutment…
  • RC-PIER Material Properties tab

    I'm designing a pile cap abutment in RC-PIER, but I'm unsure how to input the material properties. In the material properties tab, there are inputs for concrete cap, concrete footing, and concrete pile. I have a concrete cap on steel H-piles. RC-PIER…