Piled embankments in PLAXIS 2D, 3DTunnel and PLAXIS 3D 2011


Application PLAXIS 2D
PLAXIS 3D
Version 3DTunnel
PLAXIS 2D
Original Author E. Oskam
Date created 18 June 2012
Date modified 24 October 2016

In recent years, there is a growing interest in the use of piled embankments. This interest also initiated several investigations, the publication of for example the Dutch design guideline for piled embankments (CUR226, 2010) and the German EBGEO (2010). The slip road, containing a piled embankment, of the highway A12 in Woerden (25 km south of Amsterdam) was designed using CUR226. The reinforcement of the piles was, as prescribed in CUR226, designed using PLAXIS 2D (9.0). During the construction of the road several types of sensors were placed on the piles, pile caps and geogrids. In order to predict especially the moments in the piles, measured with optical fibres attached to the steel piles, a 3DTunnel model was build. Recently, this model was adapted and rebuild in PLAXIS 3D 2011. This paper compares the results of the models with PLAXIS 2D (9.0), 3DTunnel (2.4) and PLAXIS 3D 2011. The measurements are not yet available.

 

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