NEW Plaxis Webinar - Embankment on Rigid Inclusions

Interesting webinar focusing on the modelling of rigid inclusions as Embedded beam elements under embankment. The reason for the rigid inclusions are layers of softer materials that have to be reinforced to enable the embankment to be built on top.

This webinar is a good introduction to these kinds of problems with a live demonstration where the full model with embankment and two types of embedded piles are created and run.

The introduction part of the webinar was sufficient to understand the creation of the model and the trick used for the embedded beam row where a small part of the beam is created in the material above the connection-point to overcome the problem with the fixed connection. Instead of the fixed connection, an axisymmetric model is created with the same material for one beam only. The correct skin friction for each beam is extracted and used for the connection-part of the beam in the layer above.

Overall, the Webinar was good and well built with a good combination of introduction/theory and axial modelling. The amount of information however does not enable a non-experienced user to create their own models.

With the amount of Tutorials etc. for Plaxis being so low, it is very good that Plaxis has these webinars.

As soon as the webinar is uploaded, a link will be posted.

Also a teaser for Plaxis 2D 2016 has been uploaded on the official Plaxis channel. Link in the News section

New Midas GTS NX - Webinar videos

List of new Midas GTS NX - Webinar videos; 2015/2016


This List will be updated as new Midas GTS NX webinars have been held and announced!
Here are some dates for upcoming webinars which have been announced by Midas:

•  Expert Webinar - Evaluating the stability of landslide and geostructures with numerical analyses - 1 April 2016

Previous Webinars:
1. Limit Equilibrium vs 2D FEM vs 3D FEM of Embedded Retaining Wall in Birmingham New St

This webinar is interesting and provides a summary of research project with a contiguous piled retaining wall analysed in Midas GTS NX in both 2D and 3D. The selected geometry, construction staging and site conditions are from a project where excavation where made for a rainwater tank in Birmingham.

2. Evaluating the stability of landslide and geostructures with numerical analyses
This webinar goes through the methods and paths for assessing the stability of landslide and geo-structure. Both simple and complex cases are shown with step-by-step description in both 2D and 3D.