earth pressure on retaining walls in abaqus · interaction as ‘soil-wall’ and ... select soil...
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Module: Interaction1- Click on the
CreateInteraction tool
2- In the dialog box, name theinteraction as ‘soil-wall’ and select ‘Surface-to-Surface contact’’. Click onContinue
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Module: Interaction1- Name the new
surface as ‘Wall-soil’
2- Click on theRemoveSelected tool
3- From the listselect Instances
4- Click on the soil toremove thisinstance
5- Click on Done twice
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Module: Interaction1- Click on the line
on the right of theWall
2- Click on Done. The master surface is nowdefined.
3- Click on Surface as the slavesurface type
4- Name the new surface as “soil-wall”
5- Click on theReplace All tool2
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Module: Interaction1- Click on the
RemoveSelected tool
2- From the listselect Instances
3- Click on the wallto remove thisinstance
4- Click on Done twice
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Module: Interaction1- Click on the line
on the left of thesoil part
2- Click on Done. The slave surfaceis now defined.
3- Click on OK
4- Click on theReplace All tool
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Module: Load1- From the Module
list select theModule: Load
2- Click on theCreate Load tool
3- Name the firstload as ‘Gravity’ and complete thedialog box. Clickon Continue
4- Set the gravity as 10 m/s2. Click onOK
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Module: Load1- Click on the
Create Load tool
2- Name the secondload as ‘Pressure’ and complete thedialog box. Clickon Continue
3- Name the new Surface as ‘top’
4- Click on the line on the top of thesoil part
5- Click on Done
6- Set the pressure magnitude as 10 kPa. Click onOK
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Module: Load1- Click on the
Create BC tool
2- Name the first BC as ‘right’ and complete thedialog box. Clickon Continue
3- Name the new set as ‘right’
4- Click on the line on the right of thesoil part
5- Click on Done
6- Set U1=0 as theBC. Click on OK
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Module: Load1- Click on the
Create BC tool
2- Name the secondBC as ‘Bottom_soil’ and complete thedialog box. Clickon Continue
3- Name the new set as ‘bottom_soil’
4- Click on the line on the bottom ofthe soil part
5- Click on Done
6- Set U1=U2=0 as the BC.
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Module: Load1- Click on the
Create BC tool
2- Name the third BC as ‘Bottom_wall’ and complete thedialog box. Clickon Continue
3- Name the new set as ‘bottom_wall’
4- Click on the line on the bottom ofthe wall part
5- Click on Done
6- Set U1=U2=0 as the BC. Click onOK
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Module: Load1- Click on the
BoundaryConditionManager tool
2- Click onPropagated and on Edit
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Module: LoadTo evaluate theactive lateral earth pressure:
1- Modidy the BC as U1= -0.005 m. Click on OK
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Module: Load1- Click on Dismiss
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Module: Load1- Click on the
CreatePredefined Field tool
2- Complete thedialog box tocreate thePredefined fieldfor the geostaticstresses. Click onContinue
3- Click on Sets
4- Click on ‘Soil-1.soil’ and onContinue
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Module: Load1- Complete the
dialog box. Thelateral coefficientis calculated as:
Click on OK
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Module: Mesh1- From the Module
list select theModule: Mesh
2- Click on Part and select Soil fromthe list
3- Click on the SeedEdges tool
4- If the regionselection dialogbox appears, clickon Dismiss
5- Click on the top and bottomsurfaces (pressing Shift to selectboth)
6- Click on Done
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Module: Mesh1- Complete the
dialog box
2- If the arrows do not point to thewall, then click onSelect and onDone
3- Click on OK
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Module: Mesh1- Click on the red
cross to cancel theprocedure
2- Click on the seedPart tool
3- Set theapproximateglobal size as 0.2. Click on OK
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Module: Mesh1- Click on the
Assign ElementType tool
2- Click on the soilpart
3- Click on Done
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Module: Mesh1- Complete the
dialog box. Clickon OK
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Module: Mesh1- Click on the Mesh
Part tool
2- Click on Yes
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Module: Mesh1- Click on Part and
select Soil fromthe list
2- Click on the SeedEdges tool
3- Click on the top and bottomsurfaces (pressing Shift to selectboth)
4- Click on Done
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Module: Mesh1- Complete the
dialog box. Clickon OK
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Module: Mesh1- Click on the
Assign MeshControls tools
2- Click on Quadelement shape, Sweep techinqueand on OK
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Module: Mesh1- Complete the
dialog box. Clickon OK
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Module: Mesh1- Click on the Mesh
Part tool
2- Click on Yes
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Module: Job1- From the Module
list select theModule: Job
2- Click on theCreate Job tool
3- Name the new jobas ‘active’. Clickon Continue
4- Click on OK
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Module: Job1- Right click on the
name of the job in the Model Tree. And Click onSubmit
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Results: Active failure1- Right click on the
name of the job in the Model Tree. And Click onResults
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Results: Active failure1- Select ‘PE’ from
the list tovisualize theplastic strains at active failure
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