SurfaceDrain - PLAXIS 3D Output objects documentation

SurfaceDrain

Result types for surface drain
Property Long name Unit Description
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
InterfaceRelativeShearStress τrel - Relative shear stress in surface loads
QualityLength QLength length quality of an element
QualityAngle QAngle angle quality of an element
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 Element 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
TotalDischarge Total discharge Discharge (Volume/Time/Length) The volume of water that flows through the drain in a certain amount of time
WellDrainHead ψmin Length Well drain head of surface drain
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
NodeID Node ID - Returns the ID of the nodes
ElementID Element ID - Returns the element ID for the drain structures
LocalNumber Local number - The n-th node or stress point in a structure element (also displayed in the tables of Output program)