PLAXIS 2D Tutorial 12: Flow through an embankment


 

Application PLAXIS 2D
Version PLAXIS 2D CONNECT Edition V21.01
PLAXIS 2D 2024.1
PLAXIS 2D 2024.2
Date created 20 May 2017
Date modified 21 August 2024

In this chapter, the flow through an embankment will be considered in the Flow mode. The crest of the embankment has a width of 2.0 m. Initially, the water in the river is 1.5 m deep. The difference in water level between the river and the polder is 3.5 m.

 

This exercise requires a PLAXIS 2D Ultimate license.

The attached *.log file contains all the commands to generate the model. With a Bentley Geotechnical SELECT Entitlement [GSE] licence, you can use the commands runner to open the *.log file and to execute all commands in one go, see also this instruction.

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