Connection between Plates : Internal Forces

RE: Connection between Plates : Internal Forces

Stefanos Papavasileiou — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 09:55:04 GMT

Unfortunately I cannot as the local axes depend on the orientation of your plates and I do not have the project.

Just head to PLAXIS Output, select the plates and show the local axes under View menu. Then, you can decide based on that.

RE: Connection between Plates : Internal Forces

Zakaria ZIRI — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 09:40:51 GMT

Thank you Stefanos ! Could you please tell me which local axe should we focus on while customizing Translation1 2 and 3?

RE: Connection between Plates : Internal Forces

Stefanos Papavasileiou — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 09:23:40 GMT

Dear Zakaria,

How is that considered in reality? What is the mechanism that is used in reality to avoid transmitting any forces between the panels?
That is usually how we start and then we try to find what PLAXIS offers.

In general for you could use custom connections and set them to Free for both rotation and translations. Interfaces on both sides are required to make them valid.

You can check more information on custom connections on our Reference manual.

Note that creating small gaps could introduce low-quality mesh which can cause problems in convergence later on. So, you could do that, but make sure to check your generated mesh quality.