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Engineering Example of 3D Plate Materials: Sheet Pile Wall in Bending

This document provides parameters and equations for modeling a 3D sheet pile wall in bending using the PLAXIS 3D material model. It defines geometric properties like thickness, height, and area and material properties like modulus of elasticity and unit weights for steel and soil. Assumptions are made that bending is dominant and ratios are provided for moments of inertia, shear areas, and Poisson's ratio. Equations are given to calculate the material parameters needed in PLAXIS 3D like stiffness, shear modulus, and effective unit weight based on the defined geometric and material properties.

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Engineering Example of 3D Plate Materials: Sheet Pile Wall in Bending

This document provides parameters and equations for modeling a 3D sheet pile wall in bending using the PLAXIS 3D material model. It defines geometric properties like thickness, height, and area and material properties like modulus of elasticity and unit weights for steel and soil. Assumptions are made that bending is dominant and ratios are provided for moments of inertia, shear areas, and Poisson's ratio. Equations are given to calculate the material parameters needed in PLAXIS 3D like stiffness, shear modulus, and effective unit weight based on the defined geometric and material properties.

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Engineering example of 3D plate materials: sheet pile wall in bending

based on 3D2011's Material Models manual, chapter 14.6


Use at own risk. The PLAXIS program Disclaimer applies

Known parameters Alternative units


t m 0 mm
h m 0 mm
A m2 per meter wall 0 cm2/m
I1 m4 per meter wall 0 cm4/m
Esteel kN/m2
gsteel kN/m3
gsoil *)
kN/m3
note: axis 1 is the vertical direction

Assumptions: bending dominant


I2 I1 / I 2 20
I12 I1 / I12 10
n 0
effective area for shear in vertical direction 1/ 3
effective area for shear in horizontal direction 1/10

PLAXIS 3D Material set parameters


parameter equation value unit
d h 0 m
E1 12 E I1 / d3 #DIV/0! kN/m2
E2 12 E I2 / d ≈ E1 * ( I2 / I1 )
3
#DIV/0! kN/m2
G12 6 E I12 / ( ( 1 + n ) * d ) ≈ 6 E ( I1 / 10) / d
3 3
#DIV/0! kN/m2
G13 E * A13 / ( 2 * ( 1 + n ) * d ) ≈ E (A / 3) / 2 d #DIV/0! kN/m2
G23 E * A23 / ( 2 * ( 1 + n ) * d ) ≈ E (A / 10) / 2 d #DIV/0! kN/m2
n 12 0 -
g effective A * ( gsteel - gsoil) / d #DIV/0! kN/m3

*)
needed to accurately calculate the added (effective) weight by the sheet pile wall by taking the surrounding soil into acco
e wall in bending

ng the surrounding soil into account to calculate the sheet pile's weight

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