After a consolidation analysis I have excess pore pressures in "drained" material sets. Why?


ApplicationPLAXIS 2D
PLAXIS 3D
VersionPLAXIS 2D
PLAXIS 3D
Date created24 April 2013
Date modified24 April 2013

The material type setting Drained, Undrained A and Undrained B refers to a plastic, dynamics and phi/c reduction analysis. In consolidation analysis the material type is ignored for the types Drained, Undrained A and Undrained B, and the actual specified permeabilities are used. Therefore a "drained" material set can show excess pore pressures during or at the end of a consolidation phase.