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  • Plastic Point and Plastic History Point

    Hi Everyone, Thanks for the help in advance!! I understand the plastic failure point means the soil element is currently at the failure envelop and it could disappear in the next calculation step if unloading occurred. However, I figured there…
  • SHEAR Failure of RAFT in STAAD PRO - need asap help

    Hi, I am modelling a substructure in STAAD Pro and after application of loads when i ran analysis i got my raft failed in shear. my allowable shear is 0.675 KPa and the actual shear stress is 1.5 KPa, i have ignored the plates under the columns and even…
  • RAM Elements existing PEMB analysis always fails

    We often need to analyze existing PEMB structures and when only existing loads are applied the structure still fails. We have used the MBMA special considerations option in our design and that does not seem to help. What are we missing? Is there another…
  • Plastic analysis & safety analysis - different tolerance

    Dear All I am running a Plaxis 3D safety analysis for a shallow foundation with skirts for a subsea structure. I have the follow query and really appreciate if anybody can help In Plaxis, the safety analysis can only start after a successful plastic…
  • Large Displacement in Consolidation Phase

    Greetings to whoever reading this, I'm modeling construction of a pre-loading embankment on soft soil, to be improved by pre-loading and PVD's, to get the ultimate consolidation settlement and the time needed for it under the effect of the embankment…
  • RCDC Failure

    Is there any article that would cite the meanings of the different failures in RCDC It is difficult to know which part of the member to adjust since calculation is not provided for failed members. Failures such as: TOP: BM-detailing Shear Det…
  • Some clarification needed about boiling, heave and piping

    Hi all, In the sheetpile deep excavation seepage is possible which induces hydraulic failures. In the surface of the cohesion less soil at the exit position of the excavation there will be a boiling and we can find its FOS using ic/iexit. I need some…
  • Safety Factors <1.0

    Hi all, Can anyone give some advice about unstable situations due to soil collapse. I mean, can anyone recommend a way to calculate safety factors (<1.0) if you got a collapse in plastic phase using only plaxis results (without a limit equilibrium model…
  • MODELING THE UPLIFT LOAD BEHAVIOUR OF PLATE IN SAND

    Hello, I am modeling a small scale uplift test which was conducted on a circular plate embedded inside a sand bed. The circular plate was of diameter 75 mm and depth of the embedment was 750 mm. The same was modeled in PLAXIS 3D using plate element…
  • Residential Building Design G+5 Need suggestions

    Ive analysed and designed the building and Ive taken # loads 1. Dead 2. Live 3. earthquake. My structure is getting failed, please check and help me with the solution. Thank you!! Dabeerpura G+5 residential Building.std
  • [CONNECT .NET] Problem starting .NET AddIn on earlier version of MicroStation

    I developed an AddIn using the .NET API delivered with MicroStation CONNECT Update 14.2. The AddIn works fine on my computer. When customer attempts to load the AddIn using MicroStation CONNECT Update 10, it fails. The full error dump is attached, but…
  • Unwanted water load appear in sectional face when the ground surface formed by importing

    Hi, I am a newbie in Plaxis 3D. I am setting the model of deep excavation with lateral support. First, I creat the soil/existing ground by borehole only, and i set some volume to deactivate since the ground surface is not flat. And I creat all excavation…
  • L/R Exceeds Failure

    Can anyone enlighten me about this failure? It say failure since L/R Exceeds But removing this member, make the whole framing passed? How in the world can that member affect the whole frame? And why is the first one failed in L/R? Thanks…
  • Cyclic accumulation and optimisation tool tutorial- help!

    I'm trying to undertake cyclic loading on a torpedo anchor in PLAXIS. In order to understand how to model cyclic loading on PLAXIS I tried the "PLAXIS 2D Tutorial 08: Cyclic vertical capacity and stiffness of circular underwater footing" (via the link…
  • New on-demand video for December's Geotechnical Analysis SIG: PLAXIS: Understanding Non-converged Calculations

    I am happy to announce that we posted the recording of our December 2019 Special Interest Group (SIG) virtual event on the Bentley LEARN server in the Geotechnical Learning Path: https://learn.bentley.com/app/Public/ViewLearningPathDetails?lpId=113626…
  • On different failure criteria for soils

    Application PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Version PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Date created 04 June 2014 Date modified 04 June 2014 Most soil models in PLAXIS use the Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion in combination with tension cut-off…
  • Mesh generation might not work under Windows 7 due to security settings

    Application PLAXIS 2D Version PLAXIS 2D Date created 12 October 2011 Date modified 12 October 2011 In rare cases, it could be that the PLAXIS 2D mesh generation fails to work, due to Microsoft Windows security settings…
  • Consolidation phase may fail in model with 15-noded elements and interfaces

    Application PLAXIS 2D Issue status Solved First Affected Version PLAXIS 2D 2010.01 Found in Version PLAXIS 2D 2010.01 Fixed and Released in Version PLAXIS 2D 2011.01 Issue # 16551 Date created 27 February…
  • Consolidation phase fails in model with 15-noded elements

    Application PLAXIS 2D Issue status Solved First Affected Version PLAXIS 2D 2010.01 Found in Version PLAXIS 2D 2010.01 Fixed and Released in Version PLAXIS 2D 2011.00 Issue # 14645 Date created 13 May 2011…
  • Failure Type Field Not Recorded

    Problem This problem occurs when in the Acknowledgment Indicator Alarm Window, the Failure Tab data (Failure Type) is not recorded after clicking OK. Further, if we go to the failures sub tab under Performance Management View, its seen that the Failure…
  • HTML artifacts appended to RCA Analysis class Problem description when an Analysis is created from a Failure record

    Product(s): APM Implementation and Performance Management Version(s): 7.11 Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Problem When an RCA Analysis is created based on a Failure, HTML artifacts…
  • Failure attributes not all propagating from Acknowledgement to Failure record.

    Product(s): APM Implementation and Performance Management Version(s): 7.11 Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Problem User has found when Acknowledging an Alarm that the attributes, Preventable…
  • New APM Wiki entries of this week

    APM INSTALLATION FAILURE FOR VERSION 7.10 Asset Data loader is not processing records as expected
  • "Failure message" while importing data from GeoCoordination Services

    Product(s): OpenRoads ConceptStation Version(s): 10.00.00.108+ Area Geo coordination Services Problem Description : Failed to Import Data by using GeoCoordination Services as it throws failure messages. Solution:…
  • RAM Concept - Design Details

    I am using RAM concept to design an elevated slab supported by both interior columns and edge walls. This is an existing structure, so I have modeled all of the existing steel with hopes of checking it against the current and proposed future loading scenarios…