
on Numerical Models in Geomechanics NUMOG X, 475-480. Improved embedded beam elements for themodelling of piles. Meanwhile many applications in practice (piles and ground anchors)ġ. Research on large deformation analysis (MPM) due to pile installation Idea: Impose modified stress and density on wished-in-place pile Research on installation effects of driven piles at TUDelft: Terrasol, France Plaxis Bulletin 29, 2011) El-Mossallamy)31 / 40DFIMEC 2014įoundation of high-rise building in Singapore Since 2012 several applications in practice (piles and ground anchors)įoundation of high-rise building in Frankfurt (Japan Centre) Realistic pile-soil interaction (shaft friction, end bearing)Ĭalibration of interface stiffness, based on out-of-plane spacing (Ls) (Sluis, 2012)(out-of-plane)25 / 40DFIMEC 2014Įfficient 2D modelling of pile rows (out-of-plane)
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How to model a row of piles (out-of-plane) in 2D ?Ĭalibration of interface stiffness from 3D calculations Realistic pile-soil interaction (shaft friction, end bearing, group effects) Soil stress points inside elastic region are forced to remain elasticĭisplacements, bending moments, axial forces, shaft friction, foot forceĩLateral movement of pile in horizontal soil slice:Įmbedded pile almost behaves as volume pile due to elastic regionĮmbedded pile Validation by TUDelft (Dao, 2011)Įfficient 3D modelling of pile foundations (bored piles, piled rafts)

Interface nodes: Virtual nodes, 3 d.o.f.s per node (ux uy uz),Įxpressed in volume element shape functionsīearing capacity = (Ttop+Tbot)Lpile + FmaxĮmbedded pile Deformation behaviourPile bearing capacity is input and not result of FEM calculation

Most practical applications involving pile foundations require a 3D model !Įfficient 3D modelling feature: Embedded pile elementsīeam nodes: Real nodes 6 d.o.f.s per node (ux uy uz rx ry rz) Plane strain: Pile (beam) becomes a wall Axisymmetry: Axially loaded single pile Realistic simulation of soil, structure, soil-structure interaction and Deformation (stress, strain) analysis (SLS) and ULS design Numerical solution of boundary value problems:

BrinkgrevePlaxis / Delft University of TechnologyĮfficient modelling of pile foundationsin the Finite Element Methodįinite Element Method (FEM) in geotechnical engineering:
