Plate - PLAXIS 3D Output objects documentation

Plate

Result types for plate
Property Long name Unit Description
Name Name - Name of the plate.
Comments Comments - Comments on the plate.
X X Length x coordinate
Y Y Length y coordinate
Z Z Length z coordinate
Ux ux Length Total displacement in x direction
Uy uy Length Total displacement in y direction
Uz uz Length Total displacement in z direction
Utot |u| Length Total displacement
dUx Δux Length Incremental displacement in x direction
dUy Δuy Length Incremental displacement in y direction
dUz Δuz Length Incremental displacement in z 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
PUz Puz Length Summed displacement per phase in z 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
Vz vz Length/Time Velocity in z direction
Vtot |v| Length/Time Total velocity
Ax ax Length/Time2 Acceleration in x direction
Ay ay Length/Time2 Acceleration in y direction
Az az Length/Time2 Acceleration in z direction
Atot |a| Length/Time2 Total acceleration
N11 N1 Force/Length Normal force
N22 N2 Force/Length Hoop force
Q12 Q12 Force/Length Shear force
Q23 Q23 Force/Length Shear force
Q13 Q13 Force/Length Shear force
M11 M11 Force/Length Bending moment
M22 M22 Force/Length Bending moment
M12 M12 Force/Length Torsion moment
N11_EnvelopeMin N1min Force/Length Minimum normal force
N11_EnvelopeMax N1max Force/Length Maximum normal force
N22_EnvelopeMin N2z,min Force/Length Minimum hoop force
N22_EnvelopeMax N2z,max Force/Length Maximum hoop force
Q12_EnvelopeMin Q12min Force/Length Minimum shear force
Q12_EnvelopeMax Q12max Force/Length Maximum shear force
M11_EnvelopeMin M11min Force/Length Minimum bending moment
M11_EnvelopeMax M11max Force/Length Maximum bending moment
M22_EnvelopeMin M22min Force/Length Minimum bending moment
M22_EnvelopeMax M22max Force/Length Maximum bending moment
M12_EnvelopeMin M12min Force/Length Minimum torsion moment
M12_EnvelopeMax M12max Force/Length Maximum torsion moment
InterfaceRelativeShearStress τrel - Relative shear stress in plates
PlasticPoint Status - WHAT IS THIS??!!
QualityLength QualityLength - The ratio between the smallest and largest edge of an element
QualityAngle QualityAngle - The ratio between the smallest triangle angle and $\pi $/3 in soil elements
QualityQ QCircle - The uniformity of the element shape
Agx ax('g') - Acceleration in g in x direction
Agy ay('g') - Acceleration in g in y direction
Agz az('g') - Acceleration in g in z direction
Agtot |a|('g') - Total acceleration in g
Area Area Length2 Area
U1 u1 Length Total displacement in first local axis direction
U2 u2 Length Total displacement in second local axis direction
U3 u3 Length Total displacement in third local axis direction
dU1 Δu1 Length Incremental displacement in first local axis direction
dU2 Δu2 Length Incremental displacement in second local axis direction
dU3 Δu3 Length Incremental displacement in third 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
PU3 Pu3 Length Summed displacement per phase in third local axis direction
Height Elevation Length Elevation
IsCurved Is curved - Returns 1 or 0 to indicate whether the element is curved. Might be related to the updated mesh option that can be set in Input
QualityLinLength QLength - The ratio between this element'Time length and the maximum structure element length that exists in the entire mesh
QualityCircle Quality circles - Always 0 for structures.
QualitySICN Quality SICN - 1 when the mesh element is a perfect circle
PlateRotX φx - X-axis of rotation for plate nodes.
PlateRotY φy - Y-axis of rotation for plate nodes.
PlateRotZ φz - Z-axis of rotation for plate nodes.
IncPlateRotY Δφy - x-axis of incremental rotation for plate nodes.
IncPlateRotX Δφx - y-axis of incremental rotation for plate nodes.
IncPlateRotZ Δφz - z-axis of incremental rotation for plate nodes.
MaterialID Material - ID of material used by element
SPUx ΣPux Length Summed displacement over phases in x direction
SPUy ΣPuy Length Summed displacement over phases in y direction
SPUz ΣPuz Length Summed displacement over phases in z direction
SPUtot |ΣPu| Length Total summed displacement over phases
Ctunnel Tunnel contraction % Realized tunnel contraction
Cplanar Planar contraction % Realized planar contraction
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 structure element ID
LocalNumber Local number - The n-th node or stress point in a soil element (also displayed in the tables of Output program)