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CFVR3208 - Slope stability from FEM analysis

Slope stability analysis from FEM analysis results.

A plane model as shown in the figure is used to check the slope stability analysis from FEM analysis results.
The model is made off four layers of materials with the following dry specific weight (from top to bottom):

  • 12600 N/m2
  • 14400 N/m2
  • 11200 N/m2
  • 9000 N/m2
The terrain is considered dry. No water table is defined.
The only action on the structure is its self weight.

Element types used in the model: PLANE82

Needed CivilFEM Modules:
Geotechnical Module
Bridges and Civil Non Linearities Module
Advanced Prestressed Concrete Module

The example cannot be launched on an educational license.
KEYWORDS
Geotechnics
Slope Stability


Model Statistics
Number of elements 197
Number of nodes 650
Number of civil materials 4
Number of cross sections 0
Number of shell vertices 0

Log file: CFVR3208.DAT


  FINISH
  ~CFCLEAR,,1
  ~CFACTIV,GETC,Y
  NomFile='CFVR3208'
  /TITLE, %NomFile%, Slope stability (FEM analysis)

! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! 1. Initial data
! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! CivilFEM SETUP
  ~UNITS,SI

/PREP7
! 2. Materials
! --------------------------------------------------
~CFMP,1,LIB,SOIL,,OH
~CFMP,2,LIB,SOIL,,CH
~CFMP,3,LIB,SOIL,,SC
~CFMP,4,LIB,SOIL,,PH
~CFMP,1,Soil,GAMD,,12600 ! OH
~CFMP,2,Soil,GAMD,,14400 ! CH
~CFMP,3,Soil,GAMD,,11200 ! SC
~CFMP,4,Soil,GAMD,,9000  ! PH

! 3. Elements
! --------------------------------------------------
ET,1,PLANE82

! 4. Model
! --------------------------------------------------
K, 1,-12,28
K, 2,  1,29
K, 3, 10,37
K, 4, 19,38
K, 5, 35,28
K, 6, 50,27
K, 7,  6,33
K, 8, 20,29
K, 9, 26,34
K,10, 18,24
K,11, 50,21
K,12,-12,19
K,13, 50,16
K,14,-12, 6
K,15, 50,10
A,7,8,9,4,3
A,2,7,8,9,5,6,11,10
A,1,2,10,11,13,12
A,15,13,12,14

AESIZE,ALL,3

*DO,I,1,4
  MAT,I
  AMESH,I
*ENDDO
/NUMBER,1
/PNUM,MAT,1
EPLOT
/IMAGE, SAVE, %NomFile%,BMP

! 5. Capturing Model
! --------------------------------------------------
pp1=node(kx(1),ky(1),kz(1))
pp2=node(kx(6),ky(6),kz(6))
pp3=node(kx(5),ky(5),kz(5))
~SLPIN,PP1,PP2,PP3

! 6. Circles Centres Grid Input
! --------------------------------------------------
K,16,21,41
K,17,35,32
K,18,42,43
k,19,28,52
~SLPCIRK,16,19,17,5,6

! 7. Tangents Input
! --------------------------------------------------
K,20,34,27
K,21,34,11
K,22, 0,11
K,23,18,37
~SLPTANK,20,23,22,21,10

! 8. Solve
! --------------------------------------------------
/SOLU
ALLS
KSEL,S,,,14,15
LSLK,S,1
NSLL,S
D,ALL,ALL,0
ALLS
ACEL,,9.8
SOLVE

/POST1
~SLPOPT,,,,,2
~SLPSOL,10

!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! 9. Data Check
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Data comparison number
  NComp    = 3
  NComp_ch = 0

! Marix dim.
  *DIM,LABEL,CHAR,Ncomp,1
  *DIM,LABEL_CH,CHAR,Ncomp_ch,1
  *DIM,VALUE,,Ncomp,3
  *DIM,VALUE_CH,CHAR,Ncomp_ch,3
  *DIM,TOLER,,Ncomp,2

!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! 10. Labels, Correct data, obtained data
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  VALUE(  1,1) =  1.535
  LABEL(  1) = 'FEM262'
  ~CFGET,VALUE(  1,2),SLOPE,,RES,F,,2,262
  VALUE(  2,1) =  1.559
  LABEL(  2) = 'FEM202'
  ~CFGET,VALUE(  2,2),SLOPE,,RES,F,,2,202
  VALUE(  3,1) =  1.686
  LABEL(  3) = 'FEM152'
  ~CFGET,VALUE(  3,2),SLOPE,,RES,F,,2,152

! Warning and error tolerances
  *DO,II,1,NComp
    TOLER(II,1) = VALUE(II,1)*0.12
    TOLER(II,2) = VALUE(II,1)*0.12
  *ENDDO

!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! 11. Results comparison
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  COMPARA.MAC

Results

LabelTargetCivilFEMRatioTolerance
FEM262 1.535 1.63220.937 0.1842
FEM202 1.559 1.70050.909 0.1871
FEM152 1.686 1.86540.894 0.2023


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