Soil Setting

Press the “GEOTHECNICS” button on the right sidebar. By default you enter the soil configuration.

In the first submenu “Parameters”, it is possible to set the depth of the soil layer. To not consider the soil layer set the depth equal to the maximum depth.

In the second submenu, “Layers”, you can add soil layers. Foundaxis comes with a number of default soil types, you can configure your own database by adding new soil types. It is also possible to directly import soil layers and their thicknesses per borehole point from an Excel file in this submenu. The names of the soil layers in the Excel file must match the soil layers in the database exactly.

In the third submenu, “Boreholes”, you can add borehole points to specify different thicknesses of soil layers at different points in the domain, in order to configure irregularly layered soils. By default, drill holes are created at the 4 corners and one central drill hole. If you do not create more drill holes using this central drill hole, you can vary the height of the layers in a homogeneous manner.

The height of the layers can be varied by selecting the appropriate drill hole and modifying the fields in the layer diagram in the dialog box or by selecting a layer in the diagram and moving the corresponding arrows in the model.

Run Analysis

To start the analysis, press the Starred Icon, choose the analysis to be performed, enter the parameters for the differential settlement analysis if performed and the size of the horizontal grid. The smaller the grid size, the longer the analysis will take. Select the load combinations to be analyzed and press RUN.