PLAXIS 2D CONNECT Edition
2D FEM GeoEngineering WorkSuite
PLAXIS 2D CONNECT Edition performs 2D analysis of deformation and stability in geotechnical engineering and rock mechanics with PLAXIS 2D Suite.
PLAXIS 2D CONNECT Edition performs a powerful and user-friendly finite element package that is used worldwide by top engineering companies and institutions in the civil and geotechnical engineering industry on projects of all types, ranging from excavations, embankment, and foundations to tunneling, mining, and reservoir geomechanics.
PLAXIS 2D CONNECT Edition features:
- Model diverse geotechnical problems
- Create FE models quickly and efficiently
- Simulate various types of soil and rock behavior
- Achieve consistently accurate results
- Conduct powerful and versatile post-processing
- Increase the application’s versatility
PLAXIS 2D - Basic
PLAXIS 2D WorkSuite
Including add-on modules to integrate with PLAXIS 2D CONNECT Edition as follows:
1. PLAXIS 2D Dynamics
2D Geotechnical Dynamic loading modeling allows for performing a ground response analysis, and liquefaction analysis using the PM4Sand and UBCSand models
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- Analyze the effects of man-made or natural seismic vibrations in soil
- Perform dynamic analyses in a user-friendly, efficient, and accurate way regardless of the vibration source or scale.
- Accurately calculate the effects of vibrations with a dynamics analysis when the frequency of the dynamic load is higher than the natural frequency of the medium.
- Low-frequency vibrations can normally be calculated with a pseudo-static analysis by default available.
For more advanced seismic analysis, choose PLAXIS 2D Dynamics module.
PLAXIS 2D Dynamic - Dynamic loading with earthquake data
2. PLAXIS 2D PlaxFlow
2D Geotechnical Time-dependent groundwater, Flow analysis, beyond the default options of steady-state groundwater flow analysis
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- Perform time-dependent groundwater analysis and simulate the unsaturated, time-dependent, and anisotropic behavior of soil.
- Simultaneously calculate changes in pore pressures and deformation by performing a fully-coupled flow-deformation analysis.
PLAXIS 2D PlaxFlow - Time dependent flow boundary conditions
3. PLAXIS 2D Thermal
Analysis of heat flow on the hydraulic and mechanical behavior of soil and structures
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- Specialized capabilities to deal with changing soil properties due to temperature change.
- Anticipate and React to potential stability issues, such as foundation challenges in arctic areas.
If you need full thermal-hydro-mechanical coupling, the PLAXIS 2D PlaxFlow module is exactly what you will need.
PLAXIS 2D Thermal
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Capabilities
- 2D Basic - Create finite element models
- 2D Basic - Analyze the effects of vibrations in the soil
- 2D Basic - Perform time dependent groundwater analysis
- 2D Basic - Account for the effects of heat flow
- 2D Dynamic - Apply advanced model boundary conditions
- 2D Dynamic - Apply simple and advanced constitutive models
- 2D Dynamic - Perform dynamic loading with earthquake data
- 2D PlaxFlow - Access predefined properties for unsaturated soil behavior
- 2D PlaxFlow - Assign time dependent flow boundary conditions
- 2D Thermal - Analyze stress rotation due to thermal loading
- 2D Thermal - Optimize ground freezing design
2D Basic - Create finite element models
Efficiently create models with a logical geotechnical workflow. Define everything from complex soil profiles or geological cross-sections to structural elements, such as piles, anchors, geotextiles, and prescribed loads and displacements. Import geometry from CAD-files. Automatically mesh to create a finite element mesh almost immediately.
2D Basic - Analyze the effects of vibrations in the soil
Analyze the effects of man-made or natural seismic vibrations in soil with PLAXIS 3D Dynamics. Perform analyses on the effects of vibrations in the soil from earthquakes, pile driving, vehicle movement, heavy machinery, or train travel.
2D Basic - Perform time dependent groundwater analysis
Assign time-dependent variation or fluxes to water levels, model boundaries, or soil boundaries to simulate various complex hydrological conditions.
2D Basic - Account for the effects of heat flow
Consider the effects of heat flow on the hydraulic and the mechanical behavior of soils and structures in your geotechnical designs. Perform thermal analysis to anticipate and react to potential stability issues, such as foundation challenges in arctic areas.
2D Dynamic - Apply advanced model boundary conditions
Apply advanced model boundary conditions when dynamic analysis requires special boundary conditions. In addition to viscous boundaries, free-field and compliant base boundaries can also be selected to reduce spurious reflections of waves reaching the model boundaries.
2D Dynamic - Apply simple and advanced constitutive models
All material models contain extra parameters, which take into account damping due to material and/or geometry. Calculate excess pore pressure build-up during dynamic excitation with liquefaction models. For soils other than liquefaction susceptible sand, the (Generalized) Hardening soil model with small strain stiffness generally offers a good choice.
2D Dynamic - Perform dynamic loading with earthquake data
In modeling the dynamic response of a soil structure, the inertia of the subsoil and the time dependency of the load are considered. The time dependent behavior of the load can be assigned through harmonic, linear, or table multipliers. Via table input, users can import real earthquakes signals to perform meaningful seismic design of jetties or foundations. Dynamic multipliers can be assigned independently in the x- and y-directions in PLAXIS 2D Dynamics and x-, y-, and z-directions in PLAXIS 3D Dynamics.
2D PlaxFlow - Access predefined properties for unsaturated soil behavior
Take advantage of various predefined properties to define the unsaturated soil behavior, according to common soil classification systems such as Hypres, USDA, and Staring. Predefined data sets for the Van Genuchten and Approximate Van Genuchten model are available for all types of soil. For experts on groundwater flow modeling, Van Genuchten model parameters can be entered manually, or user-defined relationships between groundwater head, permeability, and saturation can be entered.
2D PlaxFlow - Assign time dependent flow boundary conditions
Assign time dependent variation or fluxes to water levels, model boundaries, or soil boundaries to simulate various complex hydrological conditions. The input of the time dependant properties is based on harmonic, linear, or table functions. This allows seasonal variations of river water levels behind embankments and their effect on the overall slope stability to be modeled. Precipitation, wells, and drains can be included in the model, allowing pumping tests or other hydrological applications to be modeled.
2D Thermal - Analyze stress rotation due to thermal loading
Analyze displacements, or the rotation of stress due to temperature changes. Coupling between thermal loading and mechanical process is required when the temperature change in soils results in thermal stresses. Deformation of a navigable lock due to sunlight absorption when the lock is empty is an example of this.
2D Thermal - Optimize ground freezing design
Whether the ground freezing is artificial to stabilize weak ground or natural you can study the complex interplay between the velocity of groundwater flow, temperature of the freezing pipes, and their effects on the formation of an ice wall through the various boundary conditions.
