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Dear community, when modelling a shallow footing using the plate element in PLAXIS(2D or 3D), does the extrusion of the thin plate makes it actually embedded in the soil leading to an equivalent surcharge of q=gamma x Df as shown in Case (A) below? Or…

Hi all! I am wandering that PLAXIS 2d is able to do the plate loading test for shallow foundation or not? Lack some literatures for this. I want to know how to do the loading test by adding some loads to the foundation and how to find the ultimate bearing…

Hi Dears, I have tried many way to excavate or add a plate at a certain depth in plaxis to simulate the embedement depth, but none of them gave a reasonable answer. Is there any one can help of how to embedded a foting in Plaxis 2d? I could not…