CFVR1608 - Active Pressure acting on 2D solids
Active Pressure of a terrain acting on a 2D solid structure.
A terrain surrounds a structure made up of shell elements. The purpose of this example is to apply the equivalent loads of the terrain on the structural model.
The structure is a wall with inclined walls as shown in the figure, with a total height
The terrain is defined by a single soil material with the following parameters:
- Friction angle between the ground and wall: 15º
- Slope angle of the ground: 10º
- Uniform surface load on the ground per unit of slope length: 0.1 Tn/m2
- Ground level: 5.0 m measured from the bottom of the structure
- Water table level: 3.0 m measured from the bottom of the structure
- Porosity: 0.3
- Dry specific weight 2.0 Tn/m3
- Internal friction angle: 30º
Element types used in the model: PLANE42 Needed CivilFEM Modules: |
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| Model Statistics | |
| Number of elements | 6 |
| Number of nodes | 9 |
| Number of civil materials | 1 |
| Number of cross sections | 0 |
| Number of shell vertices | 0 |
Log file: CFVR1608.DAT
! DESCRUPTION: of 2.0 m. FINISH ~CFCLEAR,,1 NomFile='CFVR1608' /TITLE, %NomFile%, Active Pressure on 2D Solids ~CFACTIV,GETC,Y ! Geotechnical module activation ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! Model definition ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! Civil Setup ~UNITS,,LENG,M ~UNITS,,TIME,S ~UNITS,,FORC,MP /PREP7 ! Preprocessor ET,1,Plane42 N,1,0,0 N,2,0,1 N,3,0.5774,2 N,4,2*0.5774,1 N,5,2*0.5774,0 N,6,0.5774/2,1.5 N,7,3*0.5774/2,1.5 N,8,0.5774,0 N,9,0.5774,1 TYPE,1 E,1,8,9,2 E,2,9,6,6 E,6,9,3,3 E,3,9,7,7 E,4,7,9,9 E,8,5,4,9 EPLOT /IMAGE, SAVE, %NomFile%,BMP DELTA= 15 ! Friction angle between the ground and wall, in degrees BETA= 10 ! Slope angle of the ground, in degrees Q= 0.1 ! Uniform surface load on the ground per unit of slope length EAKCN= 0 ! Reference number of the coordinate system in which the ground is defined EAH= 5.0 ! Ground level next to the wall WKEY= 1 ! Code identifying the influence of the water WH= 3.0 ! Water Table ~CFMP,1,LIB,SOIL,,SW ~CFMP,1,SOIL ,N ,,0.3 ~CFMP,1,SOIL ,GAMD ,,2.0 ~CFMP,1,SOIL ,PHIMCEFF,,30 ~TERDEF,1,NEW,2,EAKCN,Y,EAH,BETA, Q, WKEY, WH, Terrain 1 ~TERDEF,1,LAYER,1,1,1.0,0,CLMB,DELTA ~TERDEF,1,LAYER,2,1,2.0,0,CLMB,DELTA NSEL,S,NODE,,1,7 ~ETHSF,ACT,1 ! Active Pressure NSEL,ALL /POST1 ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! DATA CHECK ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! Data comparison number NComp = 20 NComp_ch = 0 ! Marix dim. *DIM,LABEL,CHAR,Ncomp,1 *DIM,LABEL_CH,CHAR,Ncomp_ch,1 *DIM,VALUE,,Ncomp,3 *DIM,VALUE_CH,CHAR,Ncomp_ch,3 *DIM,TOLER,,Ncomp,2 ! Labels ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LABEL( 1) ='P1' LABEL( 2) ='P2' LABEL( 3) ='P3' LABEL( 4) ='P4' LABEL( 5) ='P5' LABEL( 6) ='P6' LABEL( 7) ='Fx1' LABEL( 8) ='Fy1' LABEL( 9) ='Fx2' LABEL(10) ='Fy2' LABEL(11) ='Fx3' LABEL(12) ='Fy3' LABEL(13) ='Fx4' LABEL(14) ='Fy4' LABEL(15) ='Fx5' LABEL(16) ='Fy5' LABEL(17) ='Fx6' LABEL(18) ='Fy6' LABEL(19) ='Fx7' LABEL(20) ='Fy7' ! Correct Values VALUE( 1,1)= 5.6517 VALUE( 2,1)= 6.1115 VALUE( 3,1)= 5.2126 VALUE( 4,1)= 4.3137 VALUE( 5,1)= 5.2126 VALUE( 6,1)= 4.2208 VALUE( 7,1)= 0.0 VALUE( 8,1)= -0.3553 VALUE( 9,1)= -0.1590 VALUE(10,1)= -0.2975-.2754 VALUE(11,1)= 0.0 VALUE(12,1)= -0.4440 VALUE(13,1)= -VALUE( 9,1) VALUE(14,1)= VALUE(10,1) VALUE(15,1)= -VALUE( 7,1) VALUE(16,1)= VALUE( 8,1) VALUE(17,1)= -.1436-.1436 VALUE(18,1)= -.2487-.2487 VALUE(19,1)= -VALUE(17,1) VALUE(20,1)= VALUE(18,1) ! Obtained values *GET,VALUE( 1,2),ELEM,1,PRES,4 *GET,VALUE( 2,2),ELEM,2,PRES,4 *GET,VALUE( 3,2),ELEM,3,PRES,4 *GET,VALUE( 4,2),ELEM,4,PRES,4 *GET,VALUE( 5,2),ELEM,5,PRES,1 *GET,VALUE( 6,2),ELEM,6,PRES,2 *GET,VALUE( 7,2),NODE,1,F,FX *GET,VALUE( 8,2),NODE,1,F,FY *GET,VALUE( 9,2),NODE,2,F,FX *GET,VALUE(10,2),NODE,2,F,FY *GET,VALUE(11,2),NODE,3,F,FX *GET,VALUE(12,2),NODE,3,F,FY *GET,VALUE(13,2),NODE,4,F,FX *GET,VALUE(14,2),NODE,4,F,FY *GET,VALUE(15,2),NODE,5,F,FX *GET,VALUE(16,2),NODE,5,F,FY *GET,VALUE(17,2),NODE,6,F,FX *GET,VALUE(18,2),NODE,6,F,FY *GET,VALUE(19,2),NODE,7,F,FX *GET,VALUE(20,2),NODE,7,F,FY ! Warning and error tolerances *DO,I,1,NComp TOLER(I, 1)= 1E-4 $ TOLER(I, 2)= 1E-4 *ENDDO ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! Results Comparison ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPARA.MAC |
Results
| Label | Target | CivilFEM | Ratio | Tolerance |
| P1 | 5.6517 | 5.6517 | 1.000 | 0.0001 |
| P2 | 6.1115 | 6.1114 | 1.000 | 0.0001 |
| P3 | 5.2126 | 5.2125 | 1.000 | 0.0001 |
| P4 | 4.3137 | 4.3137 | 1.000 | 0.0001 |
| P5 | 5.2126 | 5.2125 | 1.000 | 0.0001 |
| P6 | 4.2208 | 4.2208 | 1.000 | 0.0001 |
| Fx1 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.0001 |
| Fy1 | -0.3553 | -0.35526 | 1.000 | 0.0001 |
| Fx2 | -0.159 | -0.15902 | 1.000 | 0.0001 |
| Fy2 | -0.5729 | -0.57295 | 1.000 | 0.0001 |
| Fx3 | 0 | 2.7756e-017 | 0.000 | 0.0001 |
| Fy3 | -0.444 | -0.44395 | 1.000 | 0.0001 |
| Fx4 | 0.159 | 0.15902 | 1.000 | 0.0001 |
| Fy4 | -0.5729 | -0.57295 | 1.000 | 0.0001 |
| Fx5 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.0001 |
| Fy5 | -0.3553 | -0.35526 | 1.000 | 0.0001 |
| Fx6 | -0.2872 | -0.28719 | 1.000 | 0.0001 |
| Fy6 | -0.4974 | -0.49739 | 1.000 | 0.0001 |
| Fx7 | 0.2872 | 0.28719 | 1.000 | 0.0001 |
| Fy7 | -0.4974 | -0.49739 | 1.000 | 0.0001 |
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