RE: RINTER VALUE

Dennis Waterman — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 11:03:22 GMT

Dear Cristina,

I recommend reading paragraph 6.1.7.2 of the PLAXIS 2D 2023 Reference Manual.

With kind regards,

Dennis Waterman

RE: RINTER VALUE

Cristina Nhatuve — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 10:48:02 GMT

Dear Stefanos

Could you please explain why do we reduce the strength and stiffness of the interface??

King Regards

RE: RINTER VALUE

Stefanos Papavasileiou — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 16:17:15 GMT

Dear Shaija,

I would strongly advise you to check our Manuals, Reference and Tutorials to better understand about Rinter.

In short, this is a generic factor to reduce both the strength and the stiffness of the interfaces. This value should not be a parameter for which the design can drastically change. This is a rough way of reducting strength and stiffness. This depends on the materials you have. In principle concrete with clay material has a completely different relative behaviour compared to sand or granular material.

If changes in the Rinter highly affect the analyses you perform you should choose to create a dedicated material for the interface behaviour and switch the option to Custom as shown below. Then you can directly provide the properties of the interface: