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…
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…
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…
Memory usage in dynamic calculations
Application
PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D
Version
PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D
Date created
28 April 2014
Date modified
28 April 2014
A dynamic calculation will use more RAM memory than a static (Plastic) analysis of the same model…
PLAXIS 3D Dynamic free field elements and its corners
Application
PLAXIS 3D
Issue status
Solved
First Affected Version
PLAXIS 3D 2016
Found in Version
PLAXIS 3D 2016
Fixed and Released in Version
PLAXIS 3D CONNECT Edition V20
Issue #
SW-31619
Date created …
Plastic behaviour in free field elements in PLAXIS 3D AE.00 may lead to a severe divergence error
Application
PLAXIS 3D
Issue status
✔ Solved
First Affected Version
PLAXIS 3D AE.00
Found in Version
PLAXIS 3D AE.00
Fixed and Released in Version
PLAXIS 3D AE.01
Issue #
23608
Date created
13 May…
Free field boundaries without compliant base bottom may turn into viscous boundaries
Application
PLAXIS 2D
Issue status
✔ Solved
First Affected Version
PLAXIS 2D AE.00
Found in Version
PLAXIS 2D AE.00
Fixed and Released in Version
PLAXIS 2D AE.02
Issue #
21525
Date created
11 June…