• how to add multiple steps in a single phase?

    How can I emulate the above phase and step division in PLAXIS 3D? the problem involves staged construction of an embankment.
  • Save analysis while calculating a phase

    Hi all, I am running an analysis of many phases in which a phase may take 3 hours to complete. I understand that I can save the analysis results after an individual phase has been completed and then continue with the rest of the phases. I would like to…
  • Activate and deactivate elements with python

    Hello, I am building a python script that allows us to optimize piles length in Plaxis. I have a problem with the python command to activate or deactivate an element in an existing phase. You will find below the script and in red the command that…
  • construction of an embankment on subgrade reinforced by stone columns covered with geosynthetic

    Hello, My project is about construction of an embankment on subgrade reinforced by stone columns covered with geosynthetic...so i need to know what's the phases of calculation required...is it the same of the stone columns without geosynthetic? Or should…
  • Different results for two phase sequence approaches

    Hi, I'm trying to reproduce the results of a publication that deals with pile test loads. Here, a displacement load is applied to the pile. However, the simulations fail depending on the phase sequence. I have tried two different approaches. First,…
  • Workflow of PLAXIS 2D - 05: Staged Construction mode

    Application PLAXIS 2D Version PLAXIS 2D AE Date created 20 February 2014 Date modified 20 February 2014 This movie focusses on the Staged Construction mode, the fifth mode of PLAXIS 2D. A tunnel construction is…
  • Phase view

    Application PLAXIS 3D Version PLAXIS 3D 2012 Date created 07 January 2013 Date modified 07 January 2013 In PLAXIS 3D 2012, the Phase View window has been reorganised and improved. Several functional additions…
  • Modelling an open excavation

    Application PLAXIS 3D Version PLAXIS 3D 2010.01 Date created 09 May 2011 Date modified 09 May 2011 To create more complex soil layers, tools of the Structures mode can be used in addition to boreholes. In this…