Interface - PLAXIS 2D Output objects documentation

Interface

Result types for Interface
Property Long name Unit Description
X X Length X coordinate
Y Y Length Y coordinate
Ux ux Length Total displacement in x direction
Uy uy Length Total displacement in y direction
Utot |u| Length Total displacement
dUx Δux Length Incremental displacement in x direction
dUy Δuy Length Incremental displacement in y direction
dUtot |Δu| Length Total incremental displacement
PUx Pux Length Summed displacement per phase in x direction
PUy Puy Length Summed displacement per phase in y direction
PUtot |Pu| Length Total summed displacement per phase
Vx vx Length/Time Velocity in x direction
Vy vy Length/Time Velocity in y direction
Vtot |v| Length/Time Total velocity
Ax ax Length/Time2 Acceleration in x direction
Ay ay Length/Time2 Acceleration in y direction
Atot |a| Length/Time2 Total acceleration
IRelUx ux,rel Length Difference in displacement between opposing nodes in a structure in x direction
IRelUy uy,rel Length Difference in displacement between opposing nodes in a structure in y direction
IRelUtot |urel| Length Total difference in displacement between opposing nodes in a structure
IReldUx Δux,rel Length Difference in incremental displacement between opposing nodes in a structure in x direction
IReldUy Δuy,rel Length Difference in incremental displacement between opposing nodes in a structure in y direction
IReldUtot |Δurel| Length Total difference in incremental displacement between opposing nodes in a structure
IRelPUx Pux,rel Length Difference in summed displacement between opposing nodes in a structure per phase in x direction
IRelPUy Puy,rel Length Difference in summed displacement between opposing nodes in a structure per phase in y direction
IRelPUtot |Purel| Length Total difference in summed displacement between opposing nodes in a structure per phase
InterfaceEffectiveNormalStress σ'Force Force/Length2 Normal stress in direction of interface
InterfaceTotalNormalStress σForce Force/Length2 Total interface normal stress
InterfaceShearStress τ1 Force/Length2 Shear stress on interface in first direction
InterfaceRelativeShearStress τrel - Relative shear stress in interfaces
InterfaceTauMax τmax Force/Length2 Maximum value of shear stress on interface
PExcess pexcess Force/Length2 Excess pore pressure
PActive pactive Force/Length2 Active pore pressure
PSteady psteady Force/Length2 Steady state pore pressure
Temperature Temperature ° Temperature of the soil at the interface
PlasticPoint Plastic points - Plastic point IDs of the interface
Agx ax('g') - Acceleration in g in x direction
Agy ay('g') - Acceleration in g in y direction
Agtot |a|('g') - Total acceleration in g
Suction Suction Force/Length2 Suction
EffSaturationAsPercentage Saturationeff % Effective saturation
VirtualInterfaceThickness Virtual interface thickness factor Length Simulated thickness of the interface. Only used for internal calculations
U1 u1 Length Total displacement in first local axis direction
U2 u2 Length Total displacement in second local axis direction
dU1 Δu1 Length Incremental displacement in first local axis direction
dU2 Δu2 Length Incremental displacement in second local axis direction
PU1 Pu1 Length Summed displacement per phase in first local axis direction
PU2 Pu2 Length Summed displacement per phase in second local axis direction
Height Elevation Length Elevation
PSteadyWithSuction Steady state pore pressures with suction Pressure Steady state pore pressure with suction
IsCurved IsCurved - Whether the element is curved
QualityLinLength QLength - The ratio between this element'Time length and the maximum structure element length that exists in the entire mesh
Length Length - The length of the structure element
MaterialID Material - ID of material used by element
UxMin ux,min Length Minimum displacement in x direction
UyMin uy,min Length Minimum displacement in y direction
UxMax ux,max Length Maximum displacement in x direction
UyMax uy,max Length Maximum displacement in y direction
UtotMax |u|max Length Total maximum displacement
VxMin vx,min Length/Time Minimum velocity in x direction
VyMin vy,min Length/Time Minimum velocity in y direction
VxMax vx,max Length/Time Maximum velocity in x direction
VyMax vy,max Length/Time Maximum velocity in y direction
VtotMax |v|max Length/Time Total maximum velocity
AxMin ax,min Length/Time2 Minimum acceleration in x direction
AyMin ay,min Length/Time2 Minimum acceleration in y direction
AxMax ax,max Length/Time2 Maximum acceleration in x direction
AyMax ay,max Length/Time2 Maximum acceleration in y direction
AtotMax |a|max Length/Time2 Total maximum acceleration
AgxMin ax,min('g') - Minimum acceleration in g in x direction
AgyMin ay,min('g') - Minimum acceleration in g in y direction
AgxMax ax,max('g') - Maximum acceleration in g in x direction
AgyMax ay,max('g') - Maximum acceleration in g in y direction
AgtotMax |a|max('g') - Total acceleration in g
PlasticPointHistoryMohrCoulomb Plastic point history, Failure points - The stress points that are marked as failure points. The value is the same as what PlasticPoint returns for failure points, but all other stress points are 0
PlasticPointHistoryTensionCutOff Plastic point history, Tension cut-off points - The stress points that are marked as tension cut-off points. The value is the same as what PlasticPoint returns for tension cut-off points, but all other stress points are 0
PlasticPointHistoryCap Plastic point history, Cap points - The stress points that are marked as cap points. The value is the same as what PlasticPoint returns for cap points, but all other stress points are 0
PlasticPointHistoryHardening Plastic point history, Hardening points - The stress points that are marked as hardening points. The value is the same as what PlasticPoint returns for hardening points, but all other stress points are 0
PlasticPointHistoryCapHardening Plastic point history, Cap + hardening points - The stress points that are marked as cap hardening points. The value is the same as what PlasticPoint returns for cap hardening points, but all other stress points are 0
PUxMin Pux,min Length Minimum displacement per phase in x direction
PUyMin Puy,min Length Minimum displacement per phase in y direction
PUxMax Pux,max Length Maximum displacement per phase in x direction
PUyMax Puy,max Length Maximum displacement per phase in y direction
PUtotMax |Pu|max Length Maximum displacement per phase
PVxMin Pvx,min Length/Time Minimum velocity per phase in x direction
PVyMin Pvy,min Length/Time Minimum velocity per phase in y direction
PVxMax Pvx,max Length/Time Maximum velocity per phase in x direction
PVyMax Pvy,max Length/Time Maximum velocity per phase in y direction
PVtotMax |Pv|max Length/Time Total maximum velocity per phase
PAxMin Pax,min Length/Time2 Minimum acceleration per phase in x direction
PAyMin Pay,min Length/Time2 Minimum acceleration per phase in y direction
PAxMax Pax,max Length/Time2 Maximum acceleration per phase in x direction
PAyMax Pay,max Length/Time2 Maximum acceleration per phase in y direction
PAtotMax |Pa|max Length/Time2 Total maximum acceleration per phase
PAgxMin Pax,min('g') - Minimum acceleration in g per phase in x direction
PAgyMin Pay,min('g') - Minimum acceleration in g per phase in y direction
PAgxMax Pax,max('g') - Maximum acceleration in g per phase in x direction
PAgyMax Pay,max('g') - Maximum acceleration in g per phase in y direction
PAgtotMax |Pa|max('g') - Total acceleration in g per phase
SPUx ΣPux Length Summed displacement over phases in x direction
SPUy ΣPuy Length Summed displacement over phases in y direction
SPUtot |ΣPu| Length Total summed displacement over phases
PWater pwater Force/Length2 Pore water pressure
EffSuction Suctioneff Force/Length2 Effective suction
EffSaturationAsRatio Saturationeff % Effective saturation
Qn Qn Length/Time Water flow along the interface normal.
Q1 Q1 Length3/Time/Length Groundwater discharge of the interface
NodeID Node ID - Returns the ID of the nodes
StressPointID Stress point ID - Returns the ID of the stress points
ElementID Element ID - Returns the ID of the nodes
LocalNumber Local number - The n-th node or stress point in a structure element (also displayed in the tables of Output program)