Writing the Inputs and Analysis Results of a Piled Raft Problem by

Abaqus 2017 On Microsoft Word

Basic model information

User's name Group 1 Members

Output database C:/temp/piled-raft1000.odb

Time created Mon Mar 09 16:41:52 E. Africa Standard Time 2020

Solver Abaqus/Standard 3DEXPERIENCE R2017x

Precision SINGLE_PRECISION

Work directory C:/temp

HTML directory C:/temp/htmlReport

Image directory C:/temp/htmlReport\images

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Solution
General steps of Abaqus/CAE for solving the problem
1. Creating part
2. Creating material
3. Defining the assembly/Instant
4. Configuring analysis
5. Applying boundary conditions and loads to the model
6. Meshing the model
7. Creating an analysis job
8. Checking the model
9. Running the analysis
10. Postprocessing with Abaqus/CAE

Abacus Processing steps for the particular problem

1. Part
a. Renaming model name: model 1
b. Create part:
a. Piled raft:
Name: piled raft
Modeling space: 3D
Type: deformable
Base feature: 1) shape: solid
2) type: extrusion
Approximate size: 50

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 Edit base extrusion:
End condition
Type: blind
Depth: 0.5

Create solid: extrude

Edit extrusion:
Type: blind
Depth: 16
The radius of each pile in the model is 0.23
Generally, under piled raft part three features are defined.

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 1. Solid extrude – 1 (raft part)
Section sketch

2. Solid extrude – 2 (pile part)

3. Partition cell – 1

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 Section assignment:
edit section assignment
region: the raft part
section: concrete
type: solid homogeneous
material: concrete
b. Name: soil
Modeling space: 3D
Type: deformable
Base feature: 1) shape: solid
2) type: extrusion
Approximate size: 100
Edit base extrusion
End condition: type: blind
Depth: 20

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 Partitioning

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Generally, under soil part seven features are defined.
1. solid extrude – 1

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 2. Material
Name: concrete
Material behaviors
• Uniform mass distribution of density 2400 is used.
• Elastic behavior
o Isotropic type
o Long term moduli time scale
o Young’s modulus E = 20590000000
o Poison’s ratio v = 0.2

Name: sand
Material behaviours
• Uniform mass distribution of density 1600 is used.
• Elastic behavior
o Isotropic type
o Long-term moduli time scale
o Young’s modulus E = 45 MPa
o Poison’s ratio v = 0.35
• Mohr-Coulomb plasticity

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 o Plasticity
▪ Friction angle 𝜑 = 30°
▪ Dilation angle = 20°
o Cohesion
▪ Cohesion yield stress = 1
▪ Absolute plastic strain = 0

3. Section
Name: concrete
Type: solid, homogeneous
Name: sand
Type: solid homogeneous
Section assignment

3. Assembly/Instant

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 Table 2.1 Instance Table
Instance Name Color # Elements # Nodes Element type (# elements)
SOIL-1 31750 35394 C3D8R : (31750),
piled raft-1 7658 10356 C3D8R : (7658),

Figures Containing Instance SOIL-1

Figures Containing Instance SOIL-1 Bottom view Figures Containing Instance SOIL-1 Front view

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Figures Containing Instance piled raft-1 Bottom view Figures Containing Instance piled raft-1 Front view

5. Mesh
a. Element Type: select the regions to be assigned element type then click done
b. Mesh control: select the regions to be assigned mesh control then click done
c. Seed: select the part instances to be assigned global seeds then click done
d. Mesh: select the part of instances to be meshed then click done

Creating mesh

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Finally after meshing the assembled model looks like the figure below.

6. Configuring analysis
Set
a. Master
b. Slave
7. Step
8. Constraint
a. Constraint Master
b. Constraint Slave
9. Boundary Condition
a. Settlement
b. Rough Base
c. BC's Left
d. BC's Right
e. BC's Bottom

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10. Job
a. Create Job

b. Data Check
c. Monitor
d. Submit
e. Result
Output Results
The analysis results of the given problem using the finite element-based software ABAQUS
2017 are shown below.

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11. Transfer the result data to MATLAB/excel data

depth stress Displacement Reaction

(m) (N/m2) 𝜎1 (N/m2) 𝜎3 (N/m2) Plastic strain (m) force (N)
0 -449966 -182557 -449967 0 1.82E-37 -7095.7
1 -444636 -174909 -444637 0 0.000995 0
2 -438283 -159563 -438292 0 0.002274 0
3 -431292 -149472 -431304 0 0.003958 0
4 -419190 -142385 -419202 -0.000168121 0.005722 0
5 -430722 -143603 -430811 -0.000728057 0.007886 0
6 -465890 -155325 -465978 -0.000845011 0.011988 0
7 -461852 -181078 -461960 -0.000285074 0.015684 0
8 -401172 -193555 -401327 0 0.018248 0
9 -343570 -147229 -343625 -0.000301224 0.018786 0
10 -309614 -103212 -309641 -0.00109919 0.021421 0
11 -281886 -93972.4 -281921 -0.00107174 0.024079 0
12 -279331 -93129.3 -279391 -0.000312442 0.026225 0
13 -294181 -98076.7 -294234 -0.000310775 0.027647 0

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 14 -292179 -97391.9 -292179 -0.00049486 0.030698 0
15 -284092 -94740.4 -284107 -0.000272523 0.033139 0
16 -285235 -96027.6 -285253 -8.44E-05 0.035864 0
17 -287414 -98079.1 -287425 -4.62E-05 0.038456 0
18 -288507 -100144 -288520 -1.56E-05 0.041624 0
19 -289080 -103617 -289089 -4.02E-06 0.044681 0
20 -287720 -108899 -287728 0 0.048205 0
21 -284421 -116143 -284427 0 0.051583 0
22 -277572 -124310 -277575 0 0.055177 0
23 -267325 -130961 -267326 0 0.058556 0
24 -256236 -134559 -256238 0 0.061945 0
25 -250877 -135795 -250880 0 0.065265 0
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25 -297048 1.04E+06 2.98E+05 0.065483 0
25 -346662 325049 -753443 0.065489 0
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25 -396277 -394536 1.21E+06 0.065488 0

The graphical representation of some of the analysis output (stress in z direction, principal stress
variations and displacements) are shown below.

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 stress variation in depth

-200000

-250000

-300000
Stress (N/m )
2

-350000

-400000

-450000

-500000
0 5 10 15 20 25

Depth (m)

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 maximum principal stress variation with depth

1200000

1000000
maximum principal stress (N/m )
2

800000

600000

400000

200000

-200000

-400000

-600000
0 5 10 15 20 25

depth (m)

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 minimum principal stress variation in depth

-200000

-400000
minimum principal stress (N/m )
2

-600000

-800000

-1000000

-1200000

-1400000
0 5 10 15 20 25

depth (m)

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 displacement variation in depth

0.07

0.06

0.05
displacement (m)

0.04

0.03

0.02

0.01

0.00

0 5 10 15 20 25

depth (m)

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