Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Operation of Program PLATE and SLOPE2000
Operation of Program PLATE and SLOPE2000
of pro
ogram PLATE and SLOPE2000 for simp
ple cases
PLATTE 1.0 Buildin
ngs Departm
ment Approval S0848
1 Define a geometric laayout, eitherr rectangular,, polygonal ccomposing off quadrilaterals or
1.
circular
Input thee ordinates for x and y grrids into the aabove input dialogue to ddefine a
rectanguular foundatioon or transfeer plate.
2. Define th
2 he Young’s mmodulus and Poisson ratio o for the platte from PLATTE PROPERTIEES
3 Select plate thicknesss from PLATEE THICKNESS menu
3.
4 Define Point loads orr Line loads from this men
4. nu
5 Define yo
5. our boundarry conditions for Foundation analysis
he default settting from DEEFAULT if necessary, say the maximum
6 Select th
6. m size of element
menu to geneerate the finite element m
7 Choose FForm Mesh m
7. mesh
8 Choose A
8. Analysis optio
on
9 View you
9. ur output ressults in text fform from the RESULT meenu
The results for individ dual points ccan be chosen by Specify
dual elementt or at individ
element and Specify point Option ns. The resultts along a secction can be specified byy
Specify SSection optio
on.
Results sspecify by po
oint R
Results specif
fy by elemen
nt
Specify rresults alongg two points Results along the section as specified
1 The conttour display o
10. of the resultss can be view
wed by the PLLOT menu
1 In case p
11. pile is to be defined, it can
n be applied as below. Th here is howevver a very
importannt option to b be chosen byy the users : coupled analysis or not. For coupled
analysis, pile group eeffect will be considered, with the soill in‐between the soil
considerred. If this op
ption is not enabled, the ppile is assumed to be isolated spring o
only.
SLOPPE 2000, BD approval G0
0135 (when u
use mouse in
nput, click right button to select option after
defin
ning your datta)
1 Define a new file by cchoosing NEW
1. W from FILE,, then acceptt the option
2 Define th
2. he number o
of soil and soiil parameterss
3 Define th
3. he soil profilee, from top to bottom, layer by layer. You can usee mouse draw w or
type the coordinatess directly. Clicck the numbeer of points tto define thee ground proffile.
4 Define th
4. he water table, perch water table in aa similar wayy as step 3.
5 Define th
5. he soil nail frrom Soil Nail Option
There are two ways tto define a so oil nail. You ccan use mouse click from
m the Pick Points
Option to o define the soil nail headd and length. Alternativeely, you can type in coordinates
of nail heead, length aand inclinatio
on of nail.
The effecctive bond lo oad can be deefine by either (1) HK meethod where the grout ho ole
diameter is defined; (2) given a co onstant load; (3) Proportional bond w where the tottal
bond loaad of the nail is defined. TThe user can choose 1 to 3 options in defining thee bond
load. If m
more than 1 o option is defined, the smaller effectivve bond load will be used in the
calculatioon.
6 The userr can choose the shape off failure surfaace, either ciircular of non
6. n‐circular, for
optimizaation search. A user can also define a given circulaar or non‐circcular failure ssurface
from thee Prescribed C
Circular or Prrescribed non‐circular Opption.
There are two ways tto define a ciircular failuree surface, and the user caan use eitherr the
mouse click (through
h Pick Points option) or diirectly input into the inpu ut dialogue.
User can
n also define prescribed nnon‐circular ffailure surfacce by mouse click or click the
number of slices, theen input the ccoordinates oof the failuree surfaces dirrectly.
7 User can
7. n then choosee analysis of a single failu
ure surface wwith the meth hod of analyssis as
allowed. Choose RUN N after you have selected d the method d of analysis.
8 If the crittical failure ssurface is to b
8. be found, deefine the searrch range forr the entry and exit
points off the critical ffailure surfacce. For inexp
perienced useer, just definee a range as long
as possib
ble. The x‐ord dinates of the left and rigght exit pointts will be searched within
n the
range as specified. Th hen choose o optimization search with the specified d method of
analysis.
9 Choose rrun to start the analysis. TThe analysis will continuee until the m
9. minimum factor of
safety is reached.
ults from the Result Outp
1 View thee output resu
10. put Menu.