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- There are a number of methods that can be used to analyze piled foundations in ANSYS Mechanical:
COMBIN39
COMBIN39 is a unidirectional element with nonlinear generalized forcedeflection capability that can be used in any analysis.
To use COMBIN39 with a Mechanical model, the process required on a jacket model is:
Create soil properties file Change element formulation Define named selections for each Pile cap node named Pile1, Pile2 etc.
COMBIN39 Notes
Important if running for the first time! Copy P14.MAC and P12.MAC to either C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v140\ansys\apdl
or
C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v145\ansys\apdl
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Soil Properties
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A new Branch appears in the Outline Tree. Click on the highlighted cell in the Details of Selection window and then click on the vertex selection tool
Create as many named selections as piles there are, one for each vertex (pile cap), and rename them to PILE1, PILE2, PILE3,
Soil properties file location (change the path if needed) Macro invoked for generating the spring elements. Sintax: Pile Diameter (1.2 m) Pile Thickness (0.03 m) Pile Lenght (25 m) Number of elements in pile (25) Depth multiplier (1)
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