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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...
View ArticlePLAXIS Output Phase/Step object compatibility
Versions: PLAXIS 2D 2017, PLAXIS 3D 2017 Description With the released versions of PLAXIS 2D 2017 and 3D 2017, an improvement was made in structuring the properties for Phase and Step objects in PLAXIS...
View ArticleIgnore suction in Fully coupled flow-deformation analysis
For now, we strongly advise not to check the Ignore suction option for a fully coupled flow-deformation analysis in PLAXIS 2D and PLAXIS 3D to allow for full development of suction in the unsaturated...
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Modelling of Thermosyphons Foundation System
Thermosyphon systems are passive refrigeration devices, helping to protect the permafrost to support buildings, pipelines, railroad embankments and highways (Wagner (2014)). They are charged with a...
View ArticlePLAXIS 2D 2017.01
Improved features and fixed issues PLAXIS 2D 2017.01 A large number of issues have been addressed, including: the trim/extend options for generated tunnels an uncommon crash when going to mesh mode an...
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[Solved] Staged construction/Flow condition settings might not be loaded...
The problem is already fixed for PLAXIS 2D 2017.01 When using PLAXIS 2D 2017.00 this workaround can be followed: Delete all Safety phases Execute the following command in staged construction mode:...
View ArticlePLAXIS Software updates
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View Article2D 2017.01: Drawing area not updated with small tunnel arc segments
When switching modes, the complete geometry is redrawn and the model appears properly on screen. So, if you zoom in when in Structures mode, switch to Soil mode and back to Structures mode to get the...
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Import of point clouds (experimental) – 3D 2017
With the release of PLAXIS 3D 2017, there is a possibility with the NURBS surface generation from point cloud functionality to generate surfaces based on point cloud data. Note: Since the feature is...
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Connect a node-to-node anchor with an embedded beam row halfway
PLAXIS 2D 2017 has been released with several new features. One of them is the option to connect a node-to-node anchor to an embedded beam row not only at the top, but also to any intermediate point...
View ArticleAutomatic line cross-section chart generation using Python
Versions: 3D 2016, 3D 2017, 2D 2017 Description In this article, a simple example is provided on how to create a line cross-section by using the Remote Scripting feature in the Plaxis Output program....
View ArticleElastoplastic geogrid material datasets from 2D 2016 turn Elastic in 2D 2017
When opening files created with older versions, please verify that the correct geogrid material behaviour is used. When having the original file, you can use the PLAXIS 2D 2016 Viewer to check the...
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Stress relaxation due to creep in concrete structures
Introduction Often, structural engineers have to deal with the behaviour of long-term behaviour of concrete structures (modelled either as plate or volume elements). In this context, the concrete...
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Changing the material colour using Python scripting
The generation of the colour numbers for Plaxis material datasets is based on a function that combines Red, Green and Blue (RGB) colour codes into one number, using a function that involves...
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Set and export a plot in PLAXIS Output
Versions: 2D 2017.01, 3D 2017 Introduction The PLAXIS Output program offers the possibility using the command line to configure the plot settings in order to export this plot to a file for...
View ArticleUBCSAND3D Model
The Plaxis Liquefaction Model (UBC3D-PLM) is a full 3D implementation of the UBCSAND model by P. Byrne et.al. Initially started as a User Defined Soil Model back in 2010, since the release of PLAXIS 3D...
View ArticleUDSM – PM4Sand
With the release of PLAXIS 2D 2018, a new User Defined Soil Model for liquefaction analysis is introduced, the PM4Sand model (Boulanger & Ziotopoulou, 2017). The PM4Sand model is defined in the...
View ArticlePLAXIS 2D 2018.00
New and improved features PLAXIS 2D 2018.00 export geometry to step and dxf import step and dxf files added functionality in tunnel designer to create subsection curves from existing curve endpoints...
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