Hi all, In Plaxis 3D tutorial (V20.04), why they have mentioned specifically the Phase_3 as failure mechanism is devloping? Thanks.

Hi all, In Plaxis 3D tutorial (V20.04), why they have mentioned specifically the Phase_3 as failure mechanism is devloping? Thanks.

I am a very new user of Plaxis 3D. I am trying to model a laterally loaded pile. In the Plaxis Tutorial manual there is an example of loading of a suction pile in which the pile is modelled as a rigid body but no material or thickness of pile is assigned…