EMstage in plaxis analysis for tunnel excavation

Hi all, In one of the webinar regarding the tunnel explanation, the presenter used Emstage 0.5 when excavating tunnel. Can anyone tell what is the purpose of that? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
PLAXIS 3D Tutorial 05: Phased excavation of a shield tunnel

Generally speaking, after the tail of the shield machine is completely passed, there will be continuous consolidation settlement on the surface, that is, the settlement value at the same point will gradually...
Plaxis 3d Phased excavation of a shield tunnel tutorial - surface contraction

Hi all, In tutorial 7 of plaxis 3D - Phased excavation of a shield tunnel, I wonder why the surface contraction is not applied on the surface of 1.5-m-long ring segments after the TBM because the section...
Structural Forces Tunnel

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen! I have tried to evaluate the structural forces in a tunnel with the help of the automated tool from plaxis (Structural Forces in Volume Plate), This works pretty good for the...
Drained zone around the tunnel

Hi all, I created a 2D Plaxis model where we have a tunnel 16m under the surface. The water level is 11m above the ridge. In the construction state, the water is drained 4m around the tunnel. I have...