Powerful New Features in Phase2 9.

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Now with consolidation, dynamic analysis, and much more

Phase2 9.0 is a major upgrade, which delivers a number of substantial new features.
This article summarizes the new features of version 9.0 including:

1. Coupled/uncoupled fluid-solid analysis (consolidation)

2. Dynamic analysis
3. New constitutive models
4. Custom (user-defined) constitutive models
5. New support-capacity curves
6. Tunnel Wizard
7. Interface improvements

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Coupled/Uncoupled Fluid-Solid Analysis (Consolidation)

Phase2 9.0 can now be used to conduct coupled

consolidation analysis based on Biots theory. A
number of different failure criteria are available to
use in Phase2; these include the Mohr-Coulomb,
Hoek-Brown, Modified Cam-Clay and Cap-Cone
models. Using these different models, the consoli-
dation analysis may be performed for linear and
non-linear material behavior. In addition, in Phase2
9.0 coupled consolidation analysis can be con-
ducted for drained, undrained and fully drained Option to carry out coupled / uncoupled analysis
conditions.
The example on the following page shows the
analysis of Non-Linear Elastoplastic Consolidation;
this example involves a two-dimensional flexible
strip footing on a porous soil layer in plane strain
conditions, with a surface load that is varied with
time.

Stages tab Specifying drainage conditions by stage

These figures show the excess pore water pressure
below the applied load on the strip footing, and
compare the displacement contours at day 5 and
day 10 of the analysis.
Excess pore water pressure dissipation
Project Settings Transient finite element analysis
Vertical displacements on Day 5
Vertical displacements on Day 10
In Phase2 9.0, it is also possible to conduct transient ground-
water analyses, similar to the groundwater functionality
available in RS3 and Slide. This analysis may be performed us-
ing a number of different soil-water models such as the Fred-
lund and Xing, Gardner, and van Genuchten models, as well
as models created using user-defined parameters.
Dynamic Analysis

A significant addition to Phase2 in version 9.0 is the ability to

run dynamic simulation of soil models. This will allow users
to model several dynamic loading conditions, such as earth-
quakes, blast, and machine loading scenarios.
Dynamic analysis is activated in the Project Settings and the
project-wide dynamic properties, such as Rayleigh damping
and integration scheme parameters, are also defined here.

Editing Dynamic Loads

Project Settings Dynamic

In addition to the original line point and distributed

loads, Phase2 9.0 will allow users to define loads that
vary over time. These loads may be applied nodal
forces or prescribed motion that constrain the nodes
to adhere to a displacement, velocity or acceleration
curve in the x, y or normal direction.
Specifying the load function
The time-dependent load function may be entered
manually or users can import the data from a text file
that contains two columns of data corresponding to the
time and load values.
 In addition to these dy-
namic loads Phase2 9.0
will provide a number of
boundary conditions that
Figure 6: Effect of c-phi skin resistance method on load-displacement response
are specific to dynamic
analysis. These dynamic
boundary conditions allow
the user to absorb incom-
ing pressure and shear
waves, transmit motion
into the model, and in-
sert user defined dashpot
dampers and nodal masses
Figure 5: Effect of linear skin resistance on load-displacement response to the system. The figures
below illustrate Sigma 1
contours and deformed
meshes for 3 stages in
a dynamic analysis. The
green circles are dynamic
query points.

Figure 5: Effect of linear skin resistance on load-displacement response

New Material
Models

The following are a few of

the new material models in
Phase2 9.0:

s Anisotropic
models
s Mohr-Coulomb
with cap
s Softening/
hardening
models Mohr-Coulomb with Cap

Softening/hardening
model
The figures below illustrate typical This final pair of figures show drained
behavior of sands in drained triaxial triaxial compression test results for
compression tests. The variation different soils, illustrating the flex-
of deviatoric stress with deviatoric ibility of the newly developed model.
strain shows the hardening behavior The model captures the hardening
of the material as it approaches its and softening behavior for loose and
failure state. The volumetric behav- dense sand, as well as for soft and
ior for loose sand shows that the stiff clay. By utilizing the new models
sample undergoes compaction while Cap yield surface, the densification
shearing. The dense sand exhibits of loose sands and the compaction of
dilation and increase in volume. soft clays can be simulated.

The figures above shows the behavior

of sands in undrained triaxial compres-
sion tests. Loose sand samples tend to
generate excess pore water pressure
and in some cases, as shown above,
exhibit static liquefaction. Dense sands,
which tend toward dilative behavior,
generate negative excess pore water
pressure and can withstand higher lev-
els of deviatoric stress.
New Support-Capacity Curves

In Phase2 9.0 there are now five support-capacity

envelope types:

s Carranza-Torres & Diederichs

s CSA A23.3 Code
s ACI 318-11 Code
s Eurocode2 EN 1992-1
s Unfactored
For each of the code-based methods, the user
specifies the Liner Parameters and the Code
Parameters. By default, the liner properties are Tutorial 33 ACI 318.11 and CSA 23.3 support-capacity plots
the same as those specified in the Modeler.

Code Parameters dialog

Liner Parameters dialog

Tunnel Wizard

Many users use Phase2 for tunnel design. The new Tunnel Wizard makes modeling a tunnel in Phase2 9.0 much easier.

Tunnel Wizard in Phase2

Simply select the Tunnel Shape, then specify the The preview window in the Tunnel Wizard dialog helps
Tunnel Settings and the tunnel center. Available you ensure that youve specified the tunnel geometry
Tunnel Shapes include: properly, before placing the tunnel in the model.

s Square Cavern s Horseshoe

s Shoulder Cavern s Three Curve
s Curved Horseshoe s Five Curve
s Circular Horseshoe
Interface Improvements

One of the major interface updates in Phase2 9.0 is the addition of work flow tabs. These tabs will guide you through the
process of creating a model, and reduce the icon clutter.

Geometry tab

The new features introduced in this article make

Phase2 version 9.0 an exciting, major upgrade.

We are confident that you will find that the many

new features outlined above are a valuable addition
to the latest version of Phase2.

Join the beta program now and try it for yourself!