This lesson demonstrates the applicability of PLAXIS to agricultural problems. The potato field lesson involves a loam layer on top of a sandy base. Regional conditions prescribe a water level at the position of the material interface. The water level in the ditches remains unchanged. The precipitation and evaporation may vary on a daily basis due to weather conditions. The calculation aims to predict the variation of the water content in the loam layer in time as a result of time-dependent boundary conditions.
In order to inspect the calculation results, please recalculate the Plaxis project: the results are not included to minimize the download size.
This exercise requires the PlaxFlow module in order to be able to perform calculations in the Flow mode
The attached *.p2dxlog file contains all the commands to generate the models up to calculation (without point for curves selection). With a PLAXIS VIP licence you can use the commands runner to open the *.p2dxlog file and to execute all commands in one go. Without a VIP licence, you can open the *.p2dxlog file with any text editor, like Notepad, and then execute the commands via the command line command by command.