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Hello, I need any kind of feedback regarding 3D Foundation Plaxis software. Do you have any experience using it? Any successful achievements? Problems? Any pitfalls? Whatever u know, please contact me. Respect to all.

Hi, I need to calculate increase in tension in free lenght of ground anchor due to settlements. I am working on quay wall project. Wall is supported by ground anchors. With relation to the working condition of quay wall I expect some settlements behing quay wall. This settlements cause increase...

Hello, I am working as geotechnical consultant in Europe. We carry out a big project : The construction of underground storage tanks for crude oil. There are 4 tanks. Each tank has a capacity of 40 000 m3.b We designed the backfill reinforced with geosynthetics to prevent any problems with...

It is possible to make ground improvement for windmill foundation on loess-like subgrade?

When I consider remedy measures for foundation of a windmill, it´s correct to taking into account triangle distribution of stress on the level of the toe? It´s composition of: 1. stress from transformation of the moment 2. stress from weight of foundation 3. stress from weight of a tube and...

Hello, When I consider remedy measures for foundation of a windmill, it´s correct to taking triangle distribution of stress on the level of the toe? It´s composition of: 1. stress from transformation of the moment 2. stress from weight of the foundation 3. stress from weight of the tube and...

Loading of foundation for the windmill consists: -horizontal forces from absorption of the wind kinetic energy, means rotor+tube, -vertical forces from the weights, -overall moment from the horizontal forces, and what else? Am I miss something? What about vibration dynamics? Thanks

dgillette my problems comes with misunderstanding of the code. From a my point of view PLAXIS can not be a black box. It is not just a curiosity. Your answer regarding maintaining equilibrium with minor change in boundary conditions seems to me pretty interesting. Indeed Plaxis can do it in...

Raising water table in embankment I obtained deformation, like 0.01 m, how it is possible? what cause deformation in Plaxis?

using other words, when I used UM option, Plaxis based solution on deformed geometry? and this´s a key difference comparing to conventional FE theory? but such a solution is correct from a physical point of view? do you compare any of yours updated mesh solution to the monitoring value on site...

What do you mean available Lagrangian analysis in Plaxis? you mean large deformation analysis??

1. Can anybody show me some advantage/disadvantage of using Flac software in deformation analysis of reinforced soils? 2. Maybe some experience or practical point of view? 3. Currently Im using Plaxis and Im not sure with my outputs so I try to find a new codes. 4. Tell me something about...

how to model sands in nonlinear fashion? Linear-elastic models and elasto-plastic with Mohr-Coulomb failure seems to me less acurate in many cases. What is your point of view or experience?

jdonville, from the in-situ test we obtain low value of deformation of fills, so it was better to replaced local materials by more suitable.

my questions comes from responsibility for decisions, I am a quite young geotechnical engineer (means experience from mathematical modeling field mostly). I wolud like to obtain answers consistent with real behaviour of construction. at this particular site, I am involved in computation of...