for the output of a plate element unit, I understand in Plaxis 2D, output unit is kN*m/m, that is in/out of plane issue.
In plaxis 3D, i have a piled protection slab for gas main, the output unit of plate element is still kN*m/m, how do I interpret the total moment, just ignore the /m ?
M11 and M22 is in 2 different directions of local axis, the plate is very long along the gas main and I don't believe I need to times the length of plate to represent the total moment kN*m. So why the output is shown as kN*m/m
Hi all,
I am using Plaxis 3D to estimate the settlement of a strip footings. I export the table of Uz displacement of a cross section through the middle of the footing to get the settlement. There are three elements: Plate\_1\_1 (El. 3), Element 1-3 (Plate) (El. 3), (Strip\_footing) (El. 3) as shown in the picure below. So which one I should consider to take the settlement? Thank you,
Dear Nam,
As you can see in PLAXIS Output, the plate object comprises of several parts. PLAXIS computes the deformations per element. If you need to consider one value for the whole footing, there is a decision to be made by you as a modeller. Here you can see that part of your footing settles more than the edges.
What would then be your single value for a real case as such? As a designer, you should be able to answer that better than any of us.
Thank you Stefanos