#################################################### # # --- Command log file --- # PLAXIS 2D 2025.1 # Tutorial - 08 # Dry excavation using a tie back wall - ULS # Note: Use the PLAXIS Commands runner to execute this # #################################################### _initializerectangular SoilContour 0 0 100 30 _setproperties "Title" "Dry excavation using a tie back wall - ULS" "Company" "Bentley Systems Inc" "Comments" "" "UnitForce" "kN" "UnitLength" "m" "UnitTime" "day" "UnitTemperature" "K" "UnitEnergy" "kJ" "UnitPower" "kW" "WaterWeight" 10 "ReferenceTemperature" 293.15 "LiquidSpecificHeatCapacity" 4181.3 "LiquidThermalConductivity" 0.0006 "LiquidLatentHeat" 334000 "LiquidThermalExpansion" 0.00021 "LiquidTemperature" 293.15 "IceSpecificHeatCapacity" 2108 "IceThermalConductivity" 0.00222 "IceThermalExpansion" 5E-5 "VapourSpecificHeatCapacity" 1930 "VapourThermalConductivity" 2.5E-5 "VapourSpecificGasConstant" 461.5 "UseTemperatureDepWaterPropsTable" False "ModelType" "Plane strain" "ElementType" "15-Noded" _borehole 0 _soillayer 0 _soillayer 0 _soillayer 0 _set Soillayer_1.Zones[0].Top 30 _set Soillayer_1.Zones[0].Bottom 27 _set Soillayer_2.Zones[0].Bottom 15 _set Borehole_1.Head 23 _soilmat "Identification" "Silt" "SoilModel" "Hardening Soil" "Colour" 15262369 "gammaUnsat" 16 "gammaSat" 20 "E50Ref" 20000 "EOedRef" 20000 "EURRef" 60000 "nuUR" 0.2 "PowerM" 0.5 "cRef" 1 "phi" 30 "UseDefaults" True "GroundwaterClassificationType" "USDA" "GroundwaterSoilClassUSDA" "Silt" "GwUseDefaults" True "GwDefaultsMethod" "From data set" "InterfaceStrengthDetermination" "Manual" "Rinter" 0.65 "GapClosure" True _soilmat "Identification" "Sand" "SoilModel" "Hardening Soil" "Colour" 10676870 "gammaUnsat" 17 "gammaSat" 20 "E50Ref" 30000 "EOedRef" 30000 "EURRef" 90000 "nuUR" 0.2 "PowerM" 0.5 "phi" 34 "psi" 4 "UseDefaults" True "GroundwaterClassificationType" "USDA" "GroundwaterSoilClassUSDA" "Sand" "GwUseDefaults" True "GwDefaultsMethod" "From data set" "InterfaceStrengthDetermination" "Manual" "Rinter" 0.7 "GapClosure" True _soilmat "Identification" "Loam" "SoilModel" "Hardening Soil" "Colour" 10283244 "gammaUnsat" 17 "gammaSat" 19 "E50Ref" 12000 "EOedRef" 8000 "EURRef" 36000 "nuUR" 0.2 "PowerM" 0.8 "cRef" 5 "phi" 29 "UseDefaults" True "GroundwaterClassificationType" "USDA" "GroundwaterSoilClassUSDA" "Loam" "GwUseDefaults" True "GwDefaultsMethod" "From data set" "GapClosure" True "POP" 25 _setmaterial Soillayer_1 Silt _setmaterial Soillayer_2 Sand _setmaterial Soillayer_3 Loam _gotostructures _plate (40 30) (40 14) _plate (60 30) (60 14) _platemat "Identification" "Diaphragm wall" "MaterialType" "Elastic" "Colour" 16711680 "W" 8.3 "PreventPunching" True "EA1" 12000000 "EI" 120000 "StructNu" 0.15 _set (Plate_1.Material Plate_2.Material) DiaphragmWall _setmaterial Plates DiaphragmWall _posinterface (Line_1 Line_2) _neginterface (Line_1 Line_2) _line (40 23) (60 23) _line (40 20) (60 20) _n2nanchor (40 27) (31 21) _n2nanchor (60 27) (69 21) _n2nanchor Point_5 (31 17) _n2nanchor Point_6 (69 17) _anchormat "Identification" "Anchor rod" "MaterialType" "Elastic" "EA" 500000 "LSpacing" 2.5 _setmaterial NodeToNodeAnchors AnchorRod _embeddedbeam (31 21) (28 19) _embeddedbeam (69 21) (72 19) _embeddedbeam (31 17) (28 15) _embeddedbeam (69 17) (72 15) _embeddedbeammat "Identification" "Grout body" "MaterialType" "Elastic" "Colour" 9392839 "LSpacing" 2.5 "Diameter" 0.3 "E" 7070000 "TSkinEndMax" 400 "TSkinStartMax" 400 _setmaterial embeddedbeams GroutBody _set (Line_12.EmbeddedBeam.Behaviour Line_11.EmbeddedBeam.Behaviour Line_10.EmbeddedBeam.Behaviour Line_9.EmbeddedBeam.Behaviour) "Grout body" _group (Line_5 Line_9 Line_6 Line_10) _group (Line_7 Line_11 Line_8 Line_12) _rename Group_1 "GroundAnchor_Top" _rename Group_2 "GroundAnchor_Bottom" _lineload (28 30) (38 30) _mergeequivalents Geometry _gotomesh _mesh 0.06 ################################# #Phases without design approaches ################################# _gotostages _phase InitialPhase _set Model.CurrentPhase Phase_1 _set Phase_1.Identification "Activation wall and load" _activate Plates Phase_1 _activate LineLoads Phase_1 _set LineLoad_1_1.qy_start Phase_1 -10 _activate (NegativeInterface_1_1 NegativeInterface_1_2 NegativeInterface_1_3 NegativeInterface_1_4 NegativeInterface_1_5) Phase_1 _activate (PositiveInterface_1_1 PositiveInterface_1_2 PositiveInterface_1_3 PositiveInterface_1_4 PositiveInterface_1_5) Phase_1 _activate (NegativeInterface_2_1 NegativeInterface_2_2 NegativeInterface_2_3 NegativeInterface_2_4 NegativeInterface_2_5) Phase_1 _activate (PositiveInterface_2_1 PositiveInterface_2_2 PositiveInterface_2_3 PositiveInterface_2_4 PositiveInterface_2_5) Phase_1 _phase Phase_1 _set Model.CurrentPhase Phase_2 _set Phase_2.Identification "First excavation" _deactivate (BoreholePolygon_1_2) Phase_2 _phase Phase_2 _set Model.CurrentPhase Phase_3 _set Phase_3.Identification "First anchor row" _activate (Line_5_1 Line_6_1 Line_9_1 Line_10_1) Phase_3 _set (NodeToNodeAnchor_1_1.AdjustPrestress NodeToNodeAnchor_2_1.AdjustPrestress) Phase_3 True _set (NodeToNodeAnchor_1_1.PrestressForce NodeToNodeAnchor_2_1.PrestressForce) Phase_3 500 _phase Phase_3 _set Model.CurrentPhase Phase_4 _set Phase_4.Identification "Second excavation" _deactivate (BoreholePolygon_2_1) Phase_4 _phase Phase_4 _set Model.CurrentPhase Phase_5 _set Phase_5.Identification "Second anchor row" _activate (Line_7_1 Line_8_1 Line_11_1 Line_12_1) Phase_5 _set (NodeToNodeAnchor_3_1.AdjustPrestress NodeToNodeAnchor_4_1.AdjustPrestress) Phase_5 True _set (NodeToNodeAnchor_3_1.PrestressForce NodeToNodeAnchor_4_1.PrestressForce) Phase_5 1000 _phase Phase_5 _set Model.CurrentPhase Phase_6 _set Phase_6.Identification "Final excavation" _deactivate (BoreholePolygon_2_2) Phase_6 _gotoflow _waterlevel (-5 23) (4 23) (40 20) (60 20) (96 23) (105 23) _setglobalwaterlevel UserWaterLevel_1 Phase_6 _rename UserWaterLevel_1 "LoweredWaterLevel" _set Phase_6.PorePresCalcType "Steady state groundwater flow" ########################### #Defining design approaches ########################### _gotostructures _designapproach _set DesignApproach_1.Identification "Eurocode 7 - DA 3" _set DesignApproach_1.LoadFactorTable[2].Factor 1.3 _set DesignApproach_1.MaterialFactorTable[1].Factor 1.25 _adddesignapproachmateriallink DesignApproach_1 Loam.cref MaterialFactorLabel_2 _adddesignapproachmateriallink DesignApproach_1 Loam.cinc MaterialFactorLabel_2 _adddesignapproachmateriallink DesignApproach_1 Loam.phi MaterialFactorLabel_2 _adddesignapproachmateriallink DesignApproach_1 Sand.cref MaterialFactorLabel_2 _adddesignapproachmateriallink DesignApproach_1 Sand.cinc MaterialFactorLabel_2 _adddesignapproachmateriallink DesignApproach_1 Sand.phi MaterialFactorLabel_2 _adddesignapproachmateriallink DesignApproach_1 Silt.cref MaterialFactorLabel_2 _adddesignapproachmateriallink DesignApproach_1 Silt.cinc MaterialFactorLabel_2 _adddesignapproachmateriallink DesignApproach_1 Silt.phi MaterialFactorLabel_2 _mergeequivalents Geometry _gotostages _set Model.CurrentPhase Phase_1 _phase Phase_1 _set Model.CurrentPhase Phase_7 _set Phase_7.Identification "Activation wall and load - ULS" _set Phase_7.DesignApproach DesignApproach_1 _set LineLoad_1_1.LoadFactorLabel Phase_7 LoadFactorLabel_3 _set Model.CurrentPhase Phase_2 _phase Phase_2 _set Model.CurrentPhase Phase_8 _set Phase_8.Identification "First excavation - ULS" _set Phase_8.DesignApproach DesignApproach_1 _set LineLoad_1_1.LoadFactorLabel Phase_8 LoadFactorLabel_3 _set Model.CurrentPhase Phase_3 _phase Phase_3 _set Model.CurrentPhase Phase_9 _set Phase_9.Identification "First anchor row - ULS" _set Phase_9.DesignApproach DesignApproach_1 _set LineLoad_1_1.LoadFactorLabel Phase_9 LoadFactorLabel_3 _set Model.CurrentPhase Phase_4 _phase Phase_4 _set Model.CurrentPhase Phase_10 _set Phase_10.Identification "Second excavation - ULS" _set Phase_10.DesignApproach DesignApproach_1 _set LineLoad_1_1.LoadFactorLabel Phase_10 LoadFactorLabel_3 _set Model.CurrentPhase Phase_5 _phase Phase_5 _set Model.CurrentPhase Phase_11 _set Phase_11.Identification "Second anchor row - ULS" _set Phase_11.DesignApproach DesignApproach_1 _set LineLoad_1_1.LoadFactorLabel Phase_11 LoadFactorLabel_3 _set Model.CurrentPhase Phase_6 _phase Phase_6 _set Model.CurrentPhase Phase_12 _set Phase_12.Identification "Final excavation - ULS" _set Phase_12.DesignApproach DesignApproach_1 _set LineLoad_1_1.LoadFactorLabel Phase_12 LoadFactorLabel_3 _phase Phase_6 _set Model.CurrentPhase Phase_13 _set Phase_13.Identification "Factor of Safety - Final" _set Phase_13.DeformCalcType "Safety" _phase Phase_12 _set Model.CurrentPhase Phase_14 _set Phase_14.Identification "Factor of Safety - Final ULS" _set Phase_14.DeformCalcType "Safety" _set Model.CurrentPhase Phase_13 selectmeshpoints /output addcurvepoint "node" Plate_1_2 (40 23) /output addcurvepoint "stresspoint" Soil_2_5 (44.3 20) /output addcurvepoint "node" Plate_1_1 (40 27) /output update