Plaxis Bulletin

The first article shows a comparison between the results of a lateral loading test on cast-in-place piles and a numerical simulation using Plaxis 3D Foundation. The Hardening Soil model with small-strain stiffness was used to model the behaviour of the stiff over-consolidated clay.
The second article is again an application of the 3D Foundation program. It describes how 3D FEM can be used for piled raft foundations. The embedded piles in the Foundation program prove to be very efficient in the modelling of such complex foundations.
The third article describes the results of a research project on the possibilities and limitations of the Dynamic module with respect to seismic site response analysis. The researchers have varied numerical parameters to evaluate their influence on the results.