This document describes an example that has been used to verify the behaviour of plates in PLAXIS. The problem involves a concentrated load and a uniformly distributed load on a plate.

Figure 1 Loading scheme for testing plates (2D)

Used version:

• PLAXIS 2D: 2018.00 | 2016.01 | 2015.00
• PLAXIS 3D: 2018.00 | 2016.00 | AE.00