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Soft Soil Creep model – undrained triaxial creep behaviour of Haney clay
This document validates the Soft Soil Creep model in PLAXIS. The undrained triaxial creep behaviour of Haney clay is simulated, using the material parameters reported by Matsui & Abe (1988). The...
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Hoek-Brown material model
This document verifies that the Hoek-Brown model is correctly implemented in PLAXIS. For that purpose, the elasto-plastic behaviour of a rock mass is studied via a circular opening subjected to in situ...
View ArticlePLAXIS 2D 2016.01
Fixed issues in PLAXIS 2D 2016.01 A large number of issues have been addressed, including: some issues in the automatic centerline calculation a bug in the snaplinear command for particular geometric...
View ArticleManual Axis function for lines leads to crash while loading the model in...
Unfortunately, there is no workaround for the issue with a manual Axis function for line elements in PLAXIS 3D 2016.00. Users are advised not to use a manually defined local axis function for line...
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The Frozen and Unfrozen Soil Model
The Frozen and Unfrozen Soil model constitutes a soil model implemented in PLAXIS, capable of describing the mechanical behaviour of frozen soils as a function of temperature, up to the unfrozen state...
View ArticleNew in PLAXIS 3D 2016: Polar array tool
With the polar array tool, you can effortlessly copy objects in circular patterns. Useful to create circular shafts, and forepoling. The post New in PLAXIS 3D 2016: Polar array tool appeared first on...
View ArticleNew in PLAXIS 3D 2016: Improved Import of CAD data
In PLAXIS 3D 2016 the CAD import functionality has been improved, supporting *.DXF, *.STEP and *.brep formats. NURBS surfaces, solids, splines can now be imported easily. Native Autocad solids can be...
View ArticlePLAXIS Connect
PLAXIS Connect can be used for updating your CodeMeter licence, to validate your installed software, and keep it up to date. Furthermore it will warn you when updates are available, and show you the...
View ArticleCrash after adding phases in 3D 2016 to projects made in PLAXIS 3D AE
When using the latest PLAXIS 3D version with existing projects created in older versions and you want to modify your phases you are advised to: delete the existing phases that you don’t need anymore in...
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PLAXIS 3D Tutorial 08: Free vibration and earthquake analysis of a building
This example demonstrates the natural frequency of a long five-storey building when subjected to free vibration and earthquake loading. The building consists of 5 floors and a basement. It is 10 m wide...
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PLAXIS 3D Tutorial 07: Dynamic analysis of a generator on an elastic foundation
In this tutorial the influence of a vibrating source on its surrounding soil is studied. To reduce the calculation time, only one-quarter of the overall geometry is modelled, using symmetry boundary...
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PLAXIS 3D Tutorial 06: Rapid drawdown analysis
This example concerns the stability of a reservoir dam under conditions of drawdown. Fast reduction of the reservoir level may lead to instability of the dam due to high pore water pressures that...
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PLAXIS 3D Tutorial 05: Phased excavation of a shield tunnel
The lining of a shield tunnel is often constructed using prefabricated concrete ring segments, which are bolted together within the tunnel boring machine to form the tunnel lining. During the erection...
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PLAXIS 3D Tutorial 04: Construction of a road embankment
The construction of an embankment on soft soil with a high groundwater level leads to an increase in pore pressure. As a result of this undrained behaviour, the effective stress remains low and...
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PLAXIS 3D Tutorial 03: Loading of a suction pile
In this lesson a suction pile in an off-shore foundation will be considered. A suction pile is a hollow steel pile with a large diameter and a closed top, which is installed in the seabed by pumping...
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PLAXIS 3D Tutorial 02: Excavation in sand
This lesson describes the construction of an excavation pit in soft clay and sand layers. The pit is a relatively small excavation of 12 by 20 m, excavated to a depth of 6.5 m below the surface....
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PLAXIS 3D Tutorial 01: Foundation in overconsolidated clay
In this chapter a first application of PLAXIS 3D is considered, namely the settlement of a foundation in clay. This is the first step in becoming familiar with the practical use of the program. The...
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Codemeter Drivers
All PLAXIS products require the CodeMeter dongle with current drivers and active licences for PLAXIS 2D and/or PLAXIS 3D in order to run. The driver package can be used for 32-bits and 64-bits...
View ArticlePLAXIS 2D 2017.00
New and improved features PLAXIS 2D 2017.00 all applications are 64-bit only for better performance and ability to handle larger projects massively improved performance and memory use, particularly...
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