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

*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

For “Loading
input” accept
default and
select “Define…”
*see section 4.4.3-8 of the
PLAXIS reference manual for
load stepping applications
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
Note
Note the
the
prescribed
prescribed ultimate
ultimate
state
state has
has been
been
reached
reached fully and
fully and
proceed to the
proceed to the
output
output

A successful
calculation is noted by
a green check mark,
while a red “x” implies
an error was
encountered
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
2p
What's to come?

1. Output & Curve

Interface

2. Modeling a loaded
flexible plate vs. a
prescribed displacement