The Program and its Applications

Part III
by Ari Cohen

Tutorial 1 Continued: The Modeling the Settlement of a Circular Footing on Sand

18. Select Output File

Select phase to be viewed

19. Deformations
Choosing incremental displacements allows one to see the displacement per calculation step, helping visualize an eventual failure mechanism

Select orientation of displacement

Deformed mesh is displayed by default upon opening program

20. Stresses

View effective stresses or total stresses (active pore pressure + effective stress)

21. Viewing Tabular Results

Table output can be viewed for specific areas of concern

22. Flexible Footing

Save as under a different name

Instead of prescribed displacement a load will be imposed on the soil yielding a displacement later

23. Modify the Geometry

Choose to create a beam element

24. Modify the Boundary Condition

Apply a traction to the boundary simulating the applied force on the footing

25. Assign Materials for the Footing

Beam Material Properties

Select New beam material

Input material properties as with soil layer

26. Assign Materials cont.

Drag n drop footing material onto the beam element

27. Generate Mesh

28. Initial Conditions

Regenerate initial stresses

29. Calculations
Name the phase

30. Calculations cont.

Check that points are still selected for curves

Accept default for parameters

Apply a multiplier of 350* to the traction load A

*note: (350) x (1kN/m2) x (p)(1)2 1200kN

31. Output

Double click the beam in the out put program to view bending moments or displacements in the beam

32. Curves Program

Select new chart upon entering the program for the first time

33. Generating a Load-Displacement Curve

Choose Multiplier

Choose Displacement

Select point A assigned in the calculations phase Choose to plot the loading multiplier along the yaxis Select Uy and check Invert sign for negative vertical displacement of footing @ center

34. Curve Output

Once generated, curve presentation can be altered using chart and curve settings

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