• Interface detached in the output

    Muhammad Abdur Rahman
    Muhammad Abdur Rahman
    Hi all, I am trying to simulate the curling of pavement subjected to temperature differentials at the top and bottom. In the contact surface of the concrete and base course, I defined interfaces and put Rint in the concrete as 0.01 to allow higher seepage…
    • 6 days ago
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  • Interpreting interface results in tables

    Stefanos Papavasileiou
    Stefanos Papavasileiou
    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…
    • 1 month ago
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  • Interface stiffness defined by "Direct"

    Yohei Usuki
    Yohei Usuki
    Dear Support Team, When I applied extremely low ks & kn values for a sensitivity check, I found a gap at the interface before activating the interface element . I suspect that ks & kn values defined by "direct" are applied to the interface element…
    • 2 months ago
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  • Interface value

    Nitharshan
    Nitharshan
    Hi all, I have some questions regarding the interface elements in Plaxis. 01. Soil interface elements is used to represent the soil structure interaction. These interface elements reduce strength and stiffness. Based on reference manual it is stated…
    • 3 months ago
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  • How to model bedrock

    Sondre Rørvik
    Sondre Rørvik
    Hi! I am modelling a foundation on blasted rock (thickness about 4 m) on top of bedrock. How do I easily and best model the bedrock? Currently I have modelled a fixed line displacement as bedrock, and I have added interfaces (r_inter=0,8) between blasted…
    • 10 months ago
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  • Interface Soil/Soil

    Adnan Sahyouni
    Adnan Sahyouni
    Hi PLAXIS community, I would like to ask you about the soil-soil interface, please. If I want to choose the formula for elastic sliding, which is determined by the elastic shear stiffness of the interface and the function of the interface thickness…
    • over 1 year ago
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  • Embedded Beam Row Permeability & Skin Friction

    Charlie Walsh
    Charlie Walsh
    Hello, I have a couple of questions regarding the embedded beam row: How can I make an embedded beam row impermeable (i.e. so water has to flow around the base of the wall)? When specifying the skin friction in the input program I am assuming…
    • over 1 year ago
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  • lateral soil slippage at the sides of the pile

    Faisal Ahmed
    Faisal Ahmed
    Hello, Can anyone please help as how can I model " lateral soil slippage at the sides of the pile" using embedded beam in PLAXIS. Thank you, Faisal
    • over 1 year ago
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  • Lateral resistance of embedded beams

    Faisal Ahmed
    Faisal Ahmed
    Hello, I have a question regarding the applicability of lateral resistance in piles. In many research works, I have seen it mentioned that " PLAXIS does not account for lateral resistance/slide for embedded beams". But in the software, I see I can…
    • over 1 year ago
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  • Problem to visualisation any axis or geometry on PLAXIS LE 2D slope stability

    Giovanni Fassina
    Giovanni Fassina
    Hello, I can´t visualize any axis or geometry on PLAXIS LE 2D slope stability. Already re-installed and change the version of PLAXIS LE 21.00.00.95 to V 21.05.00.043. The windows view is always blank, but when I use the command “print to PDF” I can…
    • over 1 year ago
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  • Model visualization problems

    Edoardo Cavalca
    Edoardo Cavalca
    Hello everyone, I'm approaching plaxis 2D LE software. I'm trying to open models from Plaxis LE Manager, but when I open them I cannot see anything in the 2D LE software. I've just a white screen. Can someone help me? Thank you
    • over 1 year ago
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  • Meshing Issue - Overlap of mesh at interfaces on mesh view.

    Graham Lemon
    Graham Lemon
    When refining my mesh after checking it is clear of any issues with geometry and selecting "View Mesh" I get this: An overlap between the interface and plate section - this area of the mesh looks incorrect and as if it is folding on itself. Interestingly…
    • Answered
    • over 1 year ago
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  • Line segment missing in Plaxis Python interface

    Tam Ngo
    Tam Ngo
    When requesting the Line input objects via the Python interface, I noticed that it returns a segmented line, not the single line that you put in through the GUI. Is it possible to get the Python interface to return the single line that you put in yourself…
    • over 1 year ago
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  • irregular high peak of stresses alona cut off wall

    Ahmad Jazzar
    Ahmad Jazzar
    Hi, by displaying the principal stresses of a line cross section in the middle of a cut off wall an irregular peak of stress keeps showing. The Plaxis Reference suggests adding interfaces to solve the problem of stress oscilations at the corners of…
    • over 2 years ago
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  • How to get Rinter value

    Yohei Usuki
    Yohei Usuki
    Referring to the question and answer about Rinter ( https://communities.bentley.com/products/geotech-analysis/f/plaxis-soilvision-forum/212033/rinter-value ) We typically do not recommend parameter values as this should be based on data collected…
    • over 2 years ago
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  • PLAXIS 2D: Tutorial 08 Questions regarding the interfaces

    Cho Sum Yip
    Cho Sum Yip
    Hi all, I have several questions regarding Tutorial 08 for PLAXIS 2D. 1. There seems to be a gap between my footing and upper interface. Although I have tried to merge equivalent geometric objects, it was suggested that "no equivalent geometric objects…
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    • over 2 years ago
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  • UDSM for Interfaces

    Jan Derksen
    Jan Derksen
    Dear Plaxis/Bentley community, we are working on soil-geogrid interaction and want to apply user-defined properties to the interface via a UDSM. The overall goal is to update the shear stiffness of the interface elements in each calculation step depending…
    • over 2 years ago
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  • PLAXIS fails to model MC frictional interfaces in dynamic conditions.

    Francesco Romagnoli
    Francesco Romagnoli
    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…
    • over 3 years ago
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  • Plaxis 2D snap to crossing

    Sasa Galuf
    Sasa Galuf
    Hello. In the Plaxis 2D v2019 one could move endpoint of line and it would snap to the crossing of two other lines - a green circle appers when hovering over crossing (left side of picture below). In Plaxis 2D v2020 I can only snap to one or other line…
    • over 3 years ago
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  • Convergence Issues with semi-permeable interface in dam 2d seepage analysis using PlaxFlow

    Mauricio Carcamo
    Mauricio Carcamo
    Dear all, I'm performing a 2D seepage analysis of a tailings dam using the 'PlaxFlow' module. Our design includes a geomembrane in the upstream face of the dam, we are currently modelling it as as an impervious interface element for. As a part of a…
    • over 3 years ago
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  • Numerical Analysis of Soil-Structure Interaction

    Micha van der Sloot
    Micha van der Sloot
    Application PLAXIS 2D Version PLAXIS 2D Original Author H. van Langen Date created 27 October 2011 Date modified 24 October 2016 The aim of this study is to improve some existing procedures for the finite…
    • over 3 years ago
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  • Permeability in interfaces: Practical situations

    Micha van der Sloot
    Micha van der Sloot
    Application PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Version PLAXIS 2D 2017 PLAXIS 3D Date created 04 July 2017 Date modified 04 July 2017 When modelling semi-permeable or impermeable structures like retaining walls or tunnel linings…
    • over 3 years ago
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  • Output of flow results through interfaces

    Stefanos Papavasileiou
    Stefanos Papavasileiou
    Application PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Version PLAXIS 2D 2017 PLAXIS 3D 2017 Date created 05 July 2017 Date modified 17 February 2022 For the case of semi-permeable interfaces , the output program shows the resulting specific…
    • over 1 year ago
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  • Permeability in interfaces

    Micha van der Sloot
    Micha van der Sloot
    Application PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Version PLAXIS 2D 2017 PLAXIS 3D 2017 Date created 03 July 2017 Date modified 03 July 2017 PLAXIS 2D 2017 and PLAXIS 3D 2017 have has several new features. One of them is permeability…
    • over 3 years ago
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  • Tension cut-off in interfaces for User Defined Soil Models

    Micha van der Sloot
    Micha van der Sloot
    Application PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Version PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Date created 23 July 2013 Date modified 23 July 2013 When defining a User Defined Soil Model in the material database, all the parameters describing the…
    • over 1 year ago
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