Please adivse on how to display a contour plot of bending moments for a fixed ended cantilever wall subject to udl, what sign convention is used. I have used MSC Aries and Nastran previously which displays moments in the direction of the global coordinate system with a negative value giving...
I am looking to analyse a 6m deep tank founded on sand and gravels using FE modelling preferably linear elastic analysis. The tank will be modellined as shells and the soil as brick elements. I need advice on the treatment of the removal of overburden.