Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction ............................................................................................................. 5

Chapter 2: Foundation in overconsolidated clay ......................................................................... 6
2.1 Case A: Rigid foundation ....................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.1.1 Create a new project .................................................................................................................................... 8
2.1.2 Define the soil stratigraphy .................................................................................................................. 10
2.1.3 Create and assign material data sets ................................................................................................ 11
2.1.4 Define the structural elements ............................................................................................................15
2.1.5 Generate the mesh .................................................................................................................................... 16
2.1.6 Define and perform the calculation ....................................................................................................18
2.1.7 View the calculation results ..................................................................................................................22
2.2 Case B: Raft foundation .......................................................................................................................................................23
2.2.1 Create a new project ................................................................................................................................. 24
2.2.2 Create and assign a material data set ............................................................................................... 24
2.2.3 Define the structural elements ............................................................................................................24
2.2.4 Generate the mesh .................................................................................................................................... 27
2.2.5 Define and perform the calculation ....................................................................................................27
2.2.6 View the calculation results ..................................................................................................................28
2.3 Case C: Pile-Raft foundation ..............................................................................................................................................30
2.3.1 Create a new project ................................................................................................................................. 31
2.3.2 Define the structural elements: Foundation piles .......................................................................31
2.3.3 Generate the mesh .................................................................................................................................... 33
2.3.4 Define and perform the calculation ...................................................................................................33
2.3.5 View the calculation results ..................................................................................................................34
Chapter 3: Excavation in sand ...................................................................................................36
3.1 Create a new project .............................................................................................................................................................37
3.2 Define the soil stratigraphy ..............................................................................................................................................38
3.3 Create and assign the material data sets ..................................................................................................................... 38
3.4 Define the structural elements ........................................................................................................................................ 40
3.4.1 Walings and Struts .....................................................................................................................................40
3.4.2 Ground anchors ...........................................................................................................................................41
3.4.3 Pile sheet walls and loads ....................................................................................................................... 43
3.5 Generate the mesh ............................................................................................................................................................... 44
3.6 Define the calculation .......................................................................................................................................................... 44
3.6.1 Execute the calculation ........................................................................................................................... 46
3.7 Results ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 47
Chapter 4: Loading of a suction pile .......................................................................................... 51
4.1 Create a new project .............................................................................................................................................................52
4.2 Define the soil stratigraphy ..............................................................................................................................................52
4.3 Create and assign the material data sets ..................................................................................................................... 52
4.4 Define the structural elements ........................................................................................................................................ 54
4.4.1 Create a suction pile ..................................................................................................................................54
4.4.2 Create helper objects for local mesh refinements ....................................................................... 58

PLAXIS 2 PLAXIS 3D - Tutorial Manual