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I am looking for some "standard" drawings/details of retaining/crib walls and/or soldier piles for use in a conceptual schematic (no design). Do you have anything to contribute? Even simple sections will help. Thanks!

The principal stress vector plots that Ansys produces are not very clean, especially when looking at a curved surface. Any suggestions for looking at prin. str. vectors on a curved surface? Perhaps someone has an add-on that takes Ansys results & plots them on a flat surface with prin. str...

Alluvial, relatively uniform conditions w/Silty Clay.

I'm working on a single family home that has a garage that was turned into an extra room. A new footing was poured to support the new wall that took the place of the garage door...however this footing wasn't fixed to the existing foundation, although it was poured flush to the existing...

I'm working on a single family home that has a garage that was turned into an extra room. A new footing was poured to support the new wall that took the place of the garage door...however this footing wasn't fixed to the existing foundation, although it was poured flush to the existing...

When you are completing a thermal analysis in the thermal solver, your boundary conditions are the temperatures at the surface, i.e., you should apply->temperature->on nodes (or areas) at the two ends of your model, 0 at one end and the other temperature at the other end. These temps will be...

You have to perform your thermal analysis first with the thermal solid (by switching your structural solid to a thermal solid). Once the steady state analysis is complete, switch your solid back to a structural element. Then, to apply the thermal gradient to your structural element, you use...

I know the 1D equation...coeff. th. exp. * delta T * L = e. I am able to do a quick check with that equation, but I want to check my FEM results with a more accurate 3D equation. Anyone know of a simplified way of checking strains in 3D?

I want to model a relatively simple 2D surcharge condition onto an existing soil layer, which I can do by hand...however, I need to show PRINCIPAL STRESSES in a 2D model for a specific geometry. Recommendations for a low-cost FEM software that has soil models and can produce principal stress...

I have a structural asking me if he could use steel tips for square concrete piles to assist in pile driving. I have not heard of this application before AND I wonder whether it is appropriate to use steel tips for end bearing piles in soft rock. Anybody?