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Soil structure interaction
Short Overview
- soil model with half space
- use of finite volume elements
- gap-elements for soil-/structure interaction
- consideration of loss of contact in base joint
- evaluation of corresponding structure settlements
- consideration of inclined soil layers
- input of drilling profiles
- check for optimal modeling depth
- evaluation of stresses in soil
- verification of base failure
- Consideration of soil-structure models incl. gap elements
- Soil-structure interface via gap elements
Benefits of soil structure interaction
The fully graphically interactive processing enables fast familiarisation and provides the following advantages for the development of projects:
- Complex spatial building-soil models can be defined with only few parameters
- Simple, area-oriented input of the subsoil at the ground level
- Input of 3D objects for the soil model is avoided completely
- Almost arbitrary layer composition even with sloping layers
- Superpositions of stress from different buildings are recorded
- Integral structure model usually supports economic design of floor slabs