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Work Flow For Plaxis and GSA

The document describes an iterative process between the Plaxis and GSA programs to calculate spring stiffness values and pile displacements. Plaxis is used to calculate initial spring stiffness for a slab, which are input into GSA to determine pile forces and displacements. These values are then fed back into Plaxis to update the spring stiffness values. The process iterates until the spring stiffness values converge within 10% between iterations. Once complete, the maximum pile displacement is extracted from all modeling stages.

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Work Flow For Plaxis and GSA

The document describes an iterative process between the Plaxis and GSA programs to calculate spring stiffness values and pile displacements. Plaxis is used to calculate initial spring stiffness for a slab, which are input into GSA to determine pile forces and displacements. These values are then fed back into Plaxis to update the spring stiffness values. The process iterates until the spring stiffness values converge within 10% between iterations. Once complete, the maximum pile displacement is extracted from all modeling stages.

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Plaxis GSA

Calculate the
spring stiffness
for the slab
k GF, L= 59MN/m
k LG, L= 159MN/m k LG, R= 159MN/m Input the spring stiffness into
k B1, L= 231MN/m k B1, R= 231MN/m Plaxis' anchor elements (slab)
k B2, L= 1386MN/m k B2, R= 1386MN/m
and begin the analysis
Stage 12
Input the updated Stage 15
spring stiffness into Stage 17 Calculate the lateral
Plaxis' anchor Extract the forces (kN/m) TBC and axial stiffness for
elements (slab) and from the anchor elements the piles from ALP
begin the analysis Input forces for slab from plaxis k axial=142MN/m
k lateral=3.5MN/m
and lateral & axial stiffness
form ALP into GSA and begin
the analysis
Model 12
Model 15
Model 17
Model 19
Extract the spring stiffness for
slab from each model and the
lateral force in GSA
No Is the spring stiffness for
each stage/model within 10%? Iteration between
Plaxis and GSA

Yes

Extract the maximum pile


displacement out of all stages.
Plaxis GSA

Stage 12
P12(1)GF, L
x12(1)GF, L

Stage 12
P12(1)LG, L P12(1)LG, R
k 12(1) GF, L x12(1)LG, L x12(1)LG, R

k 12(1) LG, L k 12(1) LG, R

k B1, L
k 12(1) B1, R
P12(1)B1, L
12(1)
P12(1)B1, R
k 12(1) B2, L k 12(1) B2, R x12(1)B1, L x12(1)B1, R

P12(1)B2, L P12(1)B2, R
x12(1)B2, L x12(1)B2, R

Stage 15
Stage 15 P15(1)GF, L
x15(1)GF, L

kkk12(
GF,LL
GF,12(1)
15(1)

1)
k LG, L k LG, R
GF,
15(1) 12(X)

kL B1, L
15(1) k 15(1) B1, R P15(1)LG, L
k 15(1) B2, L
k 15(1) B2, R x15(1)LG, L

P15(1)B1, L P15(1)B1, R
x15(1)B1, L x15(1)B1, R

P15(1)B2, L P15(1)B2, R
x15(1)B2, R
Stage 17 x15(1)B2, L

k 15(X) GF, L Stage 17


P15(X)GF, L
k 15(X) LG, L
x15(X)GF, L
k 15(X) B1, L

k 15(X) B2, L

P15(X)LG, L
x15(X)LG, L

P15(X)B1, L
x15(X)B1, L

Legend:
k 15(1) GF, L
P15(X)B2, L
left or right x15(X)B2, L
spring slab
stiffness iteration no.

Stage 19
stage/model
numbering

P19(X)GF, L
x19(X)GF, L

P19(X)LG, L
x19(X)LG, L

P19(X)B1, L
x19(X)B1, L

P19(X)B2, L
x19(X)B2, L

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