PLAXIS | Standard Course on Computational Geotechnics | In-Person

Name: PLAXIS | Standard Course on Computational Geotechnics | In-Person
Start: 2025-05-06T00:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-05-09T00:00:00-04:00
Location: Sloterweg 299, 1171 VB Badhoevedorp, Netherlands

May, 06, 2025 - May, 09, 2025
Short_Course Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Finite Element / Finite Difference Foundation Design / Construction Deep Foundations Data Management Earth Retaining Structures Energy Geotechnics Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Ground Improvement Slope Stability Soil Dynamics Tunneling Visualization Transportation Geotechnics Underground Structures
English
Authored by: Geoengineer.org

The Standard Course on Computational Geotechnics has over 30 years of history for teaching the practical application of the Finite Element method in geotechnical engineering. The standard course is aimed at both beginning users to get a quick start and users with already some experience or experience with an older version of the software. The standard course focuses mostly on the engineering application, specifically on excavations and embankments, but also gives insight in more theoretical topics as elasticity and plasticity, consolidation and undrained soil behavior. Experts with a thorough theoretical background and an extensive experience in practical computer modelling have been invited to give lectures and to prepare exercises as well as case studies.

What will the course cover?

Introduction to PLAXIS (Introduction day)
Using structural elements (Introduction day)
Initial stress generation (Introduction day)
Modelling pore pressures (Introduction day)
Elasticity and Plasticity
Mohr-Coulomb and Hardening Soil models, parameters and usage
Excavation design and using PLAXIS for excavation problems
Dam and embankment design and using PLAXIS
Undrained soil behavior
Factor of safety determination with Finite Elements
Meshing and modelling strategies
Introduction to unsaturated soil behavior

Participants can choose to attend only the 3-days standard course or include the introduction day prior to the course. For new PLAXIS users, we recommend joining the introduction day as well.

What should I have?

General knowledge on soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering

Introduction Day: 6 May 2025
Standard Course on Computational Geotechnics: 7-9 May 2025

Course Details

The course cost includes

Lunches and dinners on the course days
The use of a computer provided by the organization with the appropriate licenses installed
Binder with printed course material

Course Cost

€1975 (3 days Standard Course)
€2450 (Introduction day + 3 days Standard Course)

Date/Time

Starts: May 6 at 9am

Ends: May 9 at 6pm

Europe/Amsterdam

Maximum Capacity

To ensure a quality training experience for all participants, course groups remain small. Once the registration limit is reached, additional registrants will be added to a waitlist and notified if a spot becomes available