News on Finite Element Method

3D Finite Element Analysis of a Contiguous Pile Wall

By Ian Williams, Ph.D. Introduction This article provides a brief summary of a 3D finite element analysis carried out using RS3 to model a contiguous pile retaining wall at the site of a proposed c...

New foundation design to tackle the effect of earthquake induced deformations

Scientists from the University of Technology (UTC) in Sydney, Australia, have introduced a new method to protect buildings from earthquakes. An earthquake can be devastating for civil engineering inf...

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Developing Safe Mine Re-Entry Plans Using RS2: Case Study

Developing Safe Mine Re-Entry Plans Using RS2 It would be a perfect world if slope failure didn’t need to be on an engineer’s mind. However, even with advanced technology like radar monitoring and s...

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Bentley introduces regularized Hoek-Brown model in PLAXIS 2D

Bentley has recently applied a generalized Hoek and Brown (HB) model to simulate the behavior of brittle rocks in underground excavations. The HB failure criterion has been widely utilized over the p...

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Finite Element Analysis Shootout: RS2 vs Plaxis vs DIANA

When it comes to selecting the right geotechnical software, functionality and precision are key factors. With the increasing complexity of problems, it’s imperative that the chosen software can gener...

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