Plaxis 2D: Structural forces in volume plates results in specific points

Question

Hello everyone,

I am currently studying a double lining tunnel problem on Plaxis 2D and i would like to present to you a case. I need to present the results of structural forces calculation in specific points on my lining and i can't seem to find a way of getting around this problem. Any input on this would be highly apreciated.

Regards,

Stefanos Papavasileiou · Answer

Dear Islam Lotfi Hadj-Arab, 
 When you use the Structure forces in volume plates functionality, you can check the results in the table. The tabular results are available in the top toolbar (next to when you change the phase in Output).

Stefanos Papavasileiou · Answer

Dear Islam, 
 You can only select to retrieve results on nodes (and stress points) that are generated by the mesh as explained here: https://communities.bentley.com/products/geotech-analysis/w/plaxis-soilvision-wiki/45998/selecting-points-for-curves 
 If you have added a plate element, there must be many nodes along the line, however, you can also split the plate into multiple parts so that the location you want is added by the mesher. 
 The same logic works if you are using volume elements; if you want to have a specific point at a specific location you can add a geometry point at that location so the mesher will be forced to generate a note there.

Stefanos Papavasileiou · Answer

Dear Islam, 
 The point command supports multiple coordinates and will create multiple points in one go. So, all you need to do is to write a long command like this: 
 point 0 0 10 0 15 0 20 0 OR optionally point (0 0) (10 0) (15 0) (20 0) 
 Note that our command runner access copied data from any spreadsheet, too: https://communities.bentley.com/products/geotech-analysis/w/plaxis-soilvision-wiki/45856/practical-use-of-the-commands-runner-pile-field 
 With Python this can be done if the point coordinates are in a list: 
 point_coordinates = [ 0, 0, 10, 0, 15, 0, 20, 0 ] g_i.point(* point_coordinates)

Stefanos Papavasileiou · Answer

Dear Islam, 
 What table are you referring to? The table with results we have in PLAXIS always includes all nodes. This is the same as running the getresults command. 
 If you are interested in the selected points, then you can use the getcurveresults command. Please check our Command reference for more information.