It is possible for projects to have various loads being deactivated in a calculation phase, effectively by setting the load value to zero. When checking PLAXIS Output results, it can happen that the visualization of the load is still visible (blue arrows).

In Plaxis calculations, when it comes to a staged construction loading type, the activation of all loads and self-weight of soils, structures are considered to be an out-of-balance force. In order to solve this out-of-balance, the calculation will use a linear relationship with the ΣM_stage multiplier to activate these new loads: once ΣM_stage reaches one [1], the full weight and loads are active in the model.

The same logic is being followed in the case when a load is being deactivated, i.e. the load will be deactivated once ΣM_stage reaches one [1].

When checking the calculation results of a phase that failed or any of the intermediate steps, the load visualization may still be visible as the load is not yet fully deactivated, as ΣM_stage is not yet equal to one (1).

In the example below, the line load is being deactivated for the current phase (Phase_2).
For Phase_1 the calculation finished with ΣM_stage equal to one, however, for Phase_2 it is stopped while the ΣM_stage is equal to 0.80. This means that the line load is still not fully deactivated in this step.

To check the current value of the applied load (and, therefore, determine the remaining load to be deactivated), you can check this under Project>Load information and search for the load values with the subscript “a”, which stands for “applied”, e.g. q_a,y.