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  • Mstage and Surface load

    Hi Plaxis Forum I have a model of a shield tunnel in plaxis3d. The model is run to an Mstage=0,8 for the excavation of the tunnel (Phase 1); in the following phase, a concrete lining is activated and the model run to Mstage=1 (Phase 2). My question…
  • Leapfrog - Central - PLAXIS - Seequent’s Connected Geotechnical Workflow

    Application PLAXIS 2D Leapfrog Works Central Version PLAXIS 2D 2023.2 Date created 26 October 2023 Date modified 26 October 2023 The following video illustrates Seequent’s Connected Geotechnical Workflow between Leapfrog…
  • Pile-slurry interaction

    What are custom interface materials usually used for? Can it be used to simulate pile-slurry interaction?
  • Dynamic analysis-tunnel lining

    Hello, I am running a dynamic analysis model in Plaxis to find a vertical displacement of the pipeline in liquefiable soil, but it takes one day and is still running in 11.21 seconds. Is it normal for this kind of analysis in Plaxis? If so, anyone could…
  • Damage assessment of adjacent buildings caused by excavations using the Burland's chart

    Application PLAXIS 2D Version PLAXIS 2D 2023.1 PLAXIS 2D 2023.2 Original Author Hung Ho Manh - Technical Support Group Date created 10 October 2023 Date modified 10 October 2023 Introduction Excavations (open…
  • Live webinar: Coffee Corner: Assessment of Excavation-Induced Building Damage using PLAXIS automation

    Title Assessment of Excavation-Induced Building Damage using PLAXIS automation Date Tuesday, October 10, 2023 Time 10.00 AM CET and 16.00 (4 PM) CEST Presenters Hung Ho Manh , Geotechnical Engineer, Seequent Wai Liong Lai , Technical…
  • PLAXIS 30 years: pave the way for a promising future

    Over the last 30 years, PLAXIS innovation has driven the geotechnical analysis industry, enabling engineers to design much of the global infrastructure we use today. However, we don’t want to write only about PLAXIS history without reflecting on the future…
  • How to identify the material name of an object in Output using Python scripting

    Application PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Version PLAXIS 2D 2023.2 PLAXIS 3D 2023.2 Date created 21 September 2023 Date modified 21 September 2023 Original author Stefanos Papavasileiou - Bentley Technical Support Group …
  • Coffee Corner: Streamlining Geotechnical Analysis: Integrating LeapFrog and PLAXIS with Central

    Title Streamlining Geotechnical Analysis: Integrating LeapFrog and PLAXIS with Central Date Tuesday, September 12, 2023 Time 10.00 AM CET and 16.00 (4 PM) CEST Available on-demand Presenters Vasileios Basas Pedro Reis…
  • Groups created in green modes are lost when reloading

    Application PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Issue status Solved First Affected Version PLAXIS 2D CONNECT Edition V22.01 PLAXIS 3D CONNECT Edition V22.01 Found in Version PLAXIS 2D CONNECT Edition V22.01 and V22.02 PLAXIS 2D 2023.01 and 2023…
  • Interpreting interface results in tables

    Application PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Version PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Date created 25 August 2023 Date modified 25 August 2023 Original author Vasileios Basas - Bentley Technical Support Group When viewing nodal interface…
  • PLAXIS 2D Tutorial: Stabilisation of a rock slope

    Application PLAXIS 2D Version PLAXIS 2D Date created 25 Aug 2023 Date modified 25 Aug 2023 This tutorial illustrates the use of PLAXIS 2D for simulating the excavation of a road cut in a siltstone rock mass with…
  • How can I overcome/rectify this void around the tunnel?

    Hello, I modeled a tunnel of 2.5 m in the soil layer. In the calculation result at the lining stage voids are created around the pipe. How can I remove these voids? what is the reason behind this phenomenon? Many thanks for your help.
  • Material replacement and fixed displacement

    Hello, If in phase 1, there are two layers of soil in the model, but in phase 2, I need to replace the material of the upper soil with concrete, and at the same time, at this stage, I do not want this layer of concrete to cause any pressure on the lower…
  • PLAXIS 2D 2023.2 Release notes

    New in PLAXIS 2D 2023.2.1 Release: October 2023 PLAXIS 2D 2023.2.1 (23.2.1.1079), superseding PLAXIS 2D 2023.2.0 (23.2.0.1059), contains the following improvements and updates compared to PLAXIS 2D 2023.1 : Compatibility notes : Due to the major…
  • There is no plxscripting module!

    Hello, I need to use the Plaxis script to get the result but I have this error (No module plxscripting) in the script! I did below steps: 1- Activated remote scripting server 2- Started SciTE editor 3- Included boilerplate below: from plxscripting. easy…
  • On-demand: Coffee Corner: Geotechnical Analysis - Tips and Tricks to getting more from PLAXIS

    Title Tips and Tricks to getting more from PLAXIS Date Tuesday, June 13, 2023 Time On-demand 10.00 AM CET and 16.00 (4 PM) Central European Time Presenter Vasileios Basas Watch on-demand! Discover how to use…
  • 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…
  • Finite element modelling of unsaturated soils using a modified version of the Barcelona Basic Model

    Application PLAXIS 2D Version PLAXIS 2D 2023.1 Original Title Finite element modelling of unsaturated soils using a modified version of the Barcelona Basic Model Original Author A. Laera, T.A. Bui, S. Brasile Publication…
  • Effect of suction on soil strength, compressibility and slope stability

    Application PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Version PLAXIS 2D 2023.1 PLAXIS 3D 2023.1 Date created 8 May 2023 Date modified 8 May 2023 Original author Faseel Khan - Bentley Technical Support Group PLAXIS 2D and PLAXIS…
  • OpenSSL vulnerability - not affecting PLAXIS 2D or PLAXIS 3D [Solved]

    Application PLAXIS 2D Issue status Solved First Affected Version PLAXIS 2D 2023.1 Found in Version PLAXIS 2D 2023.1 Fixed and Released in Version PLAXIS 2D 2023.2 Issue # 1149242 Date created 24 April…
  • Plaxis 3D_How to model post-tension concrete slab that acts as permanent support for retention system?

    Hi All, I am working on the analysis job for an excavation work? So far I have proceeded to the completion of excavation that has been temporarily supported by struts? I am about to activate the ground floor level slab and deactivate the struts…
  • Critical slip surface in PLAXIS

    Hello, How can I find my critical slip surface in PLAXIS by SSR (shear strength reduction)? Regards, Mariele
  • Some questions about the parameters of plate element

    I have the following three questions about the input of the plate's unit weight. (1) If the groundwater level is -0.5m, the model has two layers of soil, the depth of the first layer is 1m, γunsat=17, γsat=18, and the depth of the second layer is 2m…
  • Deriving parameters for soil hardening model

    Hi all, I have a couple of questions related to some parameters that are required for the soil hardening model. I would appreciate it if you can provide some insight. 1. Stress dependent stiffness parameter m How do I actually derive it? I have…