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  • Thermal cyclic loads

    Am trying to model the effect of thermal loading on the backfill behind integral abutment by using Plaxis 2D. I modelled the concrete bridge deck as Linear Plate element and provide a prescribed displacement near the top of the abutment. The applied displacement…
  • Free field boundary conditions for PLAXIS 2D: new improvements and recommendations for practical use

    Application PLAXIS 2D Version PLAXIS CONNECT Edition V22 Update 2 PLAXIS 2D 2023.1 Date created 20 March 2023 Date modified 20 March 2023 Introduction One of the greatest challenges in dynamic finite element analysis…
  • PLAXIS 2D Tutorial 14: Dynamic analysis of a generator on an elastic foundation

    Application PLAXIS 2D Version PLAXIS 2D Date created 20 May 2017 Date modified 27 Feb 2023 Using PLAXIS, it is possible to simulate soil-structure interaction. Here the influence of a vibrating source on its surrounding…
  • Criteria for Dynamic Slope Failure

    Hi, I am using PLAXIS 2D to perform earthquake time-history analysis for a slope using different accelerograms. As a result of this analysis, I will need to estimate the potential volume of soil that may fail and mobilize as a result of the earthquake…
  • View Plate Forces at intermediate timesteps for Dynamic Analysis

    Hello Everyone! Does anybody know if its possible to view the plate forces (Bending Moment/Shear/Axial) for a chosen timestep in a dynamic analysis? At the moment I am only able to view these forces at the final step (Step 222, Time = 0.175s) of the…
  • Load - Displacement Curve for Dynamic Analysis

    Good Day Everyone I'm trying to plot a Load- Displacement curve for a Dynamic Analysis on Plaxis 2D but im not sure how to do so since the MStage Method doesnt work for Dynamic Analysis I have the Load-Time curve which I have input as a Load Multiplier…
  • Unit of Acceleration

    kindly look to the screenshot. I have El centro earthquake acceleration in "g" unit , and my project unit in "m" and "days" , So I used scaled value 9.8 to transform the multiplier to m/s2 units .. but it seems the displacement of the soil is so high…
  • How to simulate the clay soil in the "site response analysis and liquefaction evaluation 2015"?

    Hello, I want to build soil model as the manual " Site response analysis and liquefaction evaluation (2015)". I can't do the perfect validation in the clay layer when inspect the pore pressure ratio. Regarding the setting of clay parameters, is…
  • Speed Up PLAXIS Cross Section Curve Export

    Hi, I am currently working on a dynamic modelling project in PLAXIS where we are obtaining the lateral earth pressures on a gravity retaining wall. The retaining wall is modelled as a linear elastic material. To export the results, I have preselected…
  • Dynamic/energy load on an avalanche wall

    Hello! I am currently trying to model my avalache wall with a load given to me in the unit kJ (kiloJoule), this concludes the data I have available about the load in this situation. Is it in any way possible to model this directly into Plaxis 2D,…
  • PLAXIS fails to model MC frictional interfaces in dynamic conditions.

    I have tried validating PLAXIS 2D for the very simple case of a block connected through a linear-elastic perfectly plastic Mohr Coulomb interface to an oscillating base. The model consists in a large soil cluster of linear elastic material (the oscillating…
  • Deformed shape of model-Reinforced earth retaining wall

    Dear Sir, I am herewith attaching images of A)model,1)End of construction, 2)0.2g cyclic loading,3)0.4g loaing 4) case-1 loading(as a line load) and 5) Case 2-line load.The deformed shapes in cyclic loading were may not correct.Why i am getting like…
  • Cyclic loading in Reinforced earth retaining wall

    While I am doing cyclic loading(dynamic time=5s) in RE wall, sigma Mstage is not increasing during calculation.I am herewith giving images of plaxis 2D model and calculation image.Pl.inform the reason.
  • Free field

    Hello Sir; Do I need to add a dummy plate when I use the Free field and complain base? If I use drift correction it gave a mistake and I need to deactivate it? And How can I model these boundaries in the plaxis ?
  • Seismic behavior and design of strutted diaphragm walls in sand

    Hello everyone, I am trying to model a science paper in the deep excavation under seismic condition "Seismic behavior and design of strutted diaphragm walls in sand, Mohammad Bahrami" my results didn't much with his results under seismic condition. All…
  • Dynamic Load with Perpendicular Distribution

    Application PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Version PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Date created 24 February 2020 Date modified 24 February 2020 In a time-dependent Dynamics analysis, the dynamic load is defined through a combination of…
  • Westergaard's added mass for hydrodynamic pressures: a simple case

    Application PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Version PLAXIS 2D CONNECT Edition V20 Update 1 PLAXIS 3D CONNECT Edition V20 Update 1 Date created 7 January 2020 Date modified 7 January 2020 The attached document describes the…
  • How to create a model for ground response analysis in PLAXIS 2D

    Application PLAXIS 2D Version PLAXIS 2D Date created 12 February 2016 Date modified 12 February 2016 This movie shows how to create a model to perform a ground response analysis and is based on the article listed…
  • PM4Sand - PLAXIS UDSM

    Application PLAXIS 2D Version PLAXIS 2D Date created 23 March 2018 Date modified 12 October 2022 With the release of PLAXIS 2D 2018, a new User Defined Soil Model for liquefaction analysis is introduced, the PM4Sand…
  • Site response analysis and liquefaction evaluation

    Application PLAXIS 2D Version PLAXIS 2D Original Author A. Laera, R. B. J. Brinkgreve Date created 07 October 2015 Date modified 18 November 2016 When an earthquake occurs, the seismic waves propagate from…
  • Ground response analysis

    Application PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Version PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Original Author A. Laera, R. B. J. Brinkgreve Date created 05 June 2015 Date modified 04 August 2017 Earthquakes propagate from the bedrock to…
  • Hysteretic damping in a small-strain stiffness model

    Application PLAXIS 2D Version PLAXIS 2D Original Author P.G. Bonnier, M. H. Kappert, R. B. J. Brinkgreve Date created 20 May 2011 Date modified 24 October 2016 The paper shows a derivation of hysteretic…
  • Compliant base and free field boundaries: check on input signal

    Application PLAXIS 2D Version PLAXIS 2D AE Date created 23 July 2014 Date modified 23 July 2014 When using the free field and/or compliant base boundary condition we need to create so-called node pairs along the boundary…
  • Fixed and Compliant base: what input motion is required?

    Application PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Version PLAXIS 2D 2012 PLAXIS 3D AE Date created 23 July 2014 Date modified 23 July 2014 Fixed base The fixed base can be set up by selecting the “none” option from the Dynamic model…
  • How does Plaxis deal with water pressures during dynamic calculations?

    Application PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Version PLAXIS 2D CONNECT Edition PLAXIS 3D CONNECT Edition Date created 15 September 2014 Date modified 16 December 2022 In relation to water pressures in a dynamic calculation we…