The Program and its Applications Part II by Ari Cohen
Tutorial 1 Continued: The Modeling the Settlement of a Circular Footing on Sand
12. General Calculations
Default Calculation Interface
12. General Calculations cont. Phases can be named for clarification
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*see section 4.4.1&2 of the PLAXIS reference manual for info on calculation types and phase insertion
13. Calculation Parameters
Accept default values for control parameters and iterative procedure
*see section 4.4.3-8 of the PLAXIS reference manual for load stepping applications
For “Loading input” accept default and select “Define…”
14. Calculation Multipliers Apply a displacement factor of 0.1 to the prescribed displacement
*see section 4.6 of the PLAXIS reference manual for info on Multipliers &
15. Select points for curves Now one is ready to calculate phases, but first select points for curve generation later
This window appears (Output interface) asking one to select points at node locations
16. Verifying Ultimate State
A successful calculation is noted by a green check mark, while a red “x” implies an error was encountered
Note the the Note prescribed prescribed ultimate ultimate state has state has been been reached fully fully and and reached proceed proceed to to the the output output
17. Checking Reached Values
Moving back to the Multipliers tab, select “Reached Values” to view corresponding Fy
Fy corresponds to 1 radian of the axisymmetric footing. For total force multiply by 2
What's to come? 1.
Output & Curve Interface Modeling a loaded flexible plate vs. a prescribed displacement
