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 3D Tutorial 09: Free vibration and earthquake analysis of a building
Application
PLAXIS 3D
Version
PLAXIS 3D
Date created
04 Oct 2018
Date modified
27 Feb 2023
This example demonstrates the natural frequency of a long five-story building when subjected to free vibration and earthquake…
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…
PM4Silt - PLAXIS UDSM
Application
PLAXIS 2D
Version
PLAXIS 2D CONNECT Edition V22.02
Date created
25 January 2021
Date modified
12 October 2022
With the release of PLAXIS 2D/3D CONNECT Edition V21, a new User Defined Soil Model is introduced…
Geotechnical Analysis webinars March 2021 on soil liquefaction
Geotechnical Analysis webinars March 2021 on soil liquefaction
This March 2021, PLAXIS showcased two new constitutive soil models that target liquefaction types of problems. March 09 we told about the PM4Silt model, and on March 10, Mike Jeffries discussed…
Fluid - PLAXIS UDSM
Application
PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D
Version
PLAXIS 2D CONNECT Edition V21 PLAXIS 3D CONNECT Edition V21
Date created
25 January 2021
Date modified
25 January 2021
With the release of PLAXIS 2D/3D CONNECT Edition V21…
Dynamics / Seismic Features in PLAXIS, 12 Jan 2021 SIG Workshop - Geotechnical Analysis
Title: SIG Virtual Workshop: Geotechnical Analysis - Modelling Piles in PLAXIS Date/Time: January 12, 2021 at 10:00 A.M. CET and again at 04:00 P.M. CET Presenter: Micha van der Sloot, Senior Manager User Success - Geotechnical, Bentley Systems, Inc.…
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…
Effects of Dynamic Excitation on a Dam
Application
PLAXIS 3D
Version
PLAXIS 3D
Date created
07 May 2015
Date modified
07 May 2015
In this movie, the Dynamics module of PLAXIS 3D will be illustrated. The effects of a dynamic excitation on a dam at full…
PLAXIS 2D Dynamics
Application
PLAXIS 2D
Version
PLAXIS 2D AE
Date created
09 May 2011
Date modified
09 May 2011
The Dynamics module of PLAXIS 2D allows us to perform dynamic analyses of the propagation of waves through the soil…
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…
Remarks on site response analysis by using Plaxis dynamic module
Application
PLAXIS 2D
Version
PLAXIS 2D
Original Author
C. Visone, E. Bilotta, F. Santucci de Magistris
Date created
14 November 2011
Date modified
24 October 2016
Dynamic FE analyses can be considered…
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…
Simulation of Soil Nail's Dynamic Pullout Response
Application
PLAXIS 2D
Version
PLAXIS 2D
Original Author
W. L. Cheang, S. A. Tan, P. H. Ooi
Date created
15 November 2011
Date modified
24 October 2016
The assessment of an in-situ nail – soil interface…
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…
Using an accelerogram for Dynamics
Application
PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D
Version
PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D
Date created
23 July 2014
Date modified
23 July 2014
In PLAXIS it is possible to import an accelerogram (or any time data serie) for a dynamic signal as…
Plaxis uses SMC files for earthquakes, but what kind of format is this?
Application
PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D
Version
PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D
Date created
05 November 2012
Date modified
05 November 2012
SMC (Strong Motion CD) is a format used by the U.S. Geological Survey National Strong-Motion…
Drift correction for dynamic input signal from file
Application
PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D
Version
PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D
Date created
23 July 2014
Date modified
23 July 2014
Due to integration of the accelerations and velocities, a drift might occur in the displacements. When…
On the use of dynamic boundary conditions
Application
PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D
Version
PLAXIS 2D 2015 PLAXIS 3D AE
Date created
23 July 2014
Date modified
23 July 2014
While setting up a dynamic model you may choose from the following dynamic boundary conditions…