We used tutorial-7 in Plaxis 3D to model the tunneling. We cut the section in the y-direction to create the Figure (attached).
How can we prevent the initial settlement in the tunneling model?
Thank You in Advance
Dear Nattavich,
It's not clear what tutorial you're referring to, because the tunnel tutorial in the PLAXIS 3D manual is tutorial 5 and not tutorial 7. Also, the tunnel tutorial has only 5 calculation phases and in your graph you're referring to phases 17, 30, 40, 50 and 55.Finally, I would like to point out that tutorial exercises are to demonstrate functionality of the software and should NOT be used as basis for a real project.
With kind regards,
Dennis Waterman