https://communities.bentley.com/products/geotech-analysis/f/forum/236021/embedded-beam-row-permeability-skin-frictionHello, I have a couple of questions regarding the embedded beam row: How can I make an embedded beam row impermeable (i.e. so water has to flow around the base of the wall)? When specifying the skin friction in the input program I am assumingen-USTelligent Community 12https://communities.bentley.com/thread/734661?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 30 Sep 2022 12:44:46 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:0d869855-65f9-471e-84c4-c2c27f545764Dennis Waterman<p>Dear Charlie,</p> <p>1) You can&#39;t. An embedded beam row is not a wall, it is a row of individual line elements like a row of piles or a row of anchors. Hence, water will always be able to flow in between through the soil that is inbetween the piles. If you want to model a wall, you should use a plate element.</p> <p>2) That is correct.</p> <p>3) Note that in Output it shows the skin friction per meter length per meter out of plane whereas in input you specify the max skin friction for a single element. Hence, the results in output should be multiplied with the spacing to compare them with the input values.</p> <p>With kind regards,</p> <p>Dennis Waterman</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>