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Geotechnical Finite Element Analysis

This document summarizes the features and capabilities of a finite element package for 2D geotechnical analysis. The package can model a variety of geotechnical problems and soil models, including linear elastic, Mohr-Coulomb, hardening soil, and soft soil creep models. It generates meshes automatically and allows for staged construction, consolidation analysis, and other capabilities such as load stepping controls and output of stress-strain results.

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Geotechnical Finite Element Analysis

This document summarizes the features and capabilities of a finite element package for 2D geotechnical analysis. The package can model a variety of geotechnical problems and soil models, including linear elastic, Mohr-Coulomb, hardening soil, and soft soil creep models. It generates meshes automatically and allows for staged construction, consolidation analysis, and other capabilities such as load stepping controls and output of stress-strain results.

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Finite Element Package- 2d analysis

of deformation and stability in


geotechnical engineering
Geotechnical problems- Non linear,
time dependent anisotropic, pore
pressure, interaction

Graphical input of geometry models


Automatic mesh generation
Has Quadratic 6-node and 4th order
15-node triangular elements
Plates- EI, EA, elastic, elasto-plastic
Interfaces, Anchors, Geogrids,
Tunnels

Linear elastic model


Mohr Coulomb Model- E, , , c and - Isotropic
Elastic plastic- E50 Eur Eoed Einc Cinc
Hardening Soil Model- Hyperbolic model- Longer
calculation time- material stiffness matrix is formed
and decomposed each step
Soft soil creep model- Viscous effects- Overpredict
elastic soil behaviour
User defined soil models
Jointed rock model- Anisotropic elastic-plastic- , c, E,
, , G,
Soft soil model- cam clay model

Automatic Load stepping


Arc length control
Stagged construction
Consolidation analysis
Safety factors
Updated Lagrangian analysis
Stress paths

Decomposition of the domainselection of element


Derivation of elemental equations
Assembly of element equations
Imposition of boundary conditions
Solution procedure
Post processing of the results
Remarks

General settings
Plane strain or axisymmetric
Gravity and acceleration
Units, Dimensions, Grid

Geometry

Points and Lines


Plates
Hinge and rotation springs
Geogrids- only tensile no compression
Node-to-node anchors- 2 node elastic
spring element- Both tensile and
compressive
Fixed end anchors
Tunnels

Loads and boundary


conditions

Prescribed displacements
Fixities- standard, rotation
Distributed loads, point loads
Drains, wells

Material type- drained, undrained, non-porous


Mesh generation- unstructured meshes- Very coarse,
coarse, medium, fine, very fine
Local coarseness and refinement
Initial conditions
Water conditions- water weight, phreatic levels,
cluster phreatic level, interpolation of pore pressures
from adjacent clusters or lines, cluster dry and user
defined
Boundary- Closed flow boundary, seepage surface
Generate by phreatic levels/ground water calculation

Tolerated error, over-relaxation,


maximum iterations
Mweight- gravity loading
Plastic calculation, consolidaiton
analysis, phi-c reduction analysis,
dynamic calculation

Load stepping procedures


Load advancement ultimate level,
load advancement number of steps,
automatic time
stepping(consolidation)
Arc length control
Control parameters
Iterative procedure control
parameters

Load multipliers

Mdisp, Mdisp
Mload, Mload
Mweight, Mweight
Maccel, Maccel
Msf, Msf
Marea, stiffness, force, Pmax

Global error check


Local error check
Compression- negative
Load- displacement curves
Time- displacement curves
Stress-strain diagram
Stress paths and strain paths

LRFD approach
Boreholes
Embedded piles- beam elements with
embedded interface elements
Hoek- brown model- 8
E,,ci,mi,GSI,D,max,
Inviscid model- 7
Hydraulic models

Generator on elastic foundation


Pile driving
Building subjected to an earthquake

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