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Soil input and their assignment to interfaces

Being in the toplogy input mode we define the structure geometry and material parameters of soils. Note that the safety factor analysis requires selection of plastic models to predict the material response (Mohr-Coulomb, Drucker-Prager). In this example we select the Drucker-Prager material model owing to a less stiff response of the structure when compared to the Mohr-Coulomb predictions. The results obtained for individual material models are summarized in the table at the end of this example.

Soil parameters input

Individual soils are then assigned to given layers as shown in the following figure.

Soil assignmentSoil assignment

To complete the topology input step we proceed with generating the finite element (FE) mesh.




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