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Utveckling av parametriserad numerisk modell för spontberäkningar

Petkovski, Alexander LU and Pettersson, Daniel LU (2020) In TVGT-5000 VGTM01 20201
Geotechnical Engineering
Department of Construction Sciences
Abstract
Whenever a new building is to be constructed it is important to check the geological preconditions of the underlaying soil. To ensure the requirement on the functionality of the new structure it is therefore of importance to investigate the potential geotechnical problems that may occur and to prevent these from occuring. Today, many different software are used for different geotechnial design. These software are often developed for a specific purpose in mind and the user interface may come with certain limitations leaving the user wishing for other functionalities not included in the software.

COMSOL Multiphysics is a finite element calculation software which is capable of doing calculations in a wide variety of physical problems. The... (More)
Whenever a new building is to be constructed it is important to check the geological preconditions of the underlaying soil. To ensure the requirement on the functionality of the new structure it is therefore of importance to investigate the potential geotechnical problems that may occur and to prevent these from occuring. Today, many different software are used for different geotechnial design. These software are often developed for a specific purpose in mind and the user interface may come with certain limitations leaving the user wishing for other functionalities not included in the software.

COMSOL Multiphysics is a finite element calculation software which is capable of doing calculations in a wide variety of physical problems. The calculations can be done on everything from electrical circuits to acoustics. The physics can then be coupled using the multiphysics function in COMSOL. An application builder tool is included in the software giving the user the ability to create a graphical user interface which can be used to control the calculation. Due to the limitations of using a geotechnical specific software in combination with the possibilities of modeling a wide variety of physical problems, in COMSOL, there is an interest to investigate the possibilities of doing geotechnical calculations in COMSOL and apply a user friendly graphical user interface to it.

In this thesis, different methods of modeling deep excavations with a anchored sheet pile are tested in COMSOL Multiphysics which are then compared to the same calculation made in PLAXIS 2D and by hand. Later these results are evaluated and compared to each other by their complexity and reliability.

A form with questions was handed out to geotechnicians which contributed with what they think is relevant to include in such graphical user interface in COMSOL. Their wishes, in combination with preferences, was then used to create a user friendly graphical user interaface that is able to control the calculation in COMSOL.

The end result shows that it is possible to recreate the calculation process from PLAXIS in COMSOL with reasonable results. In the final grapical user interface, relevant parameters can be entered by the user and plots regarding the results can be viewed. The major difficulties in the calculation in COMSOL was to generate the correct pore pressure regarding what drainage type was selected in PLAXIS. Also the interface between the soil and the sheet pile was difficult to set up. If these challanges were solved correctly the model may have given an even better result. These challanges are therefore considered needing further investigations. (Less)
Abstract (Swedish)
Vid byggnation är det viktigt att kontrollera de geologiska förutsättningarna som råder i jorden där strukturen skall byggas. För att säkerställa kravet på funktionaliteten av den nya strukturen är det därför viktigt att undersöka vilka potentiella geotekniska problem som kan påträffas samt att förebygga att dessa problem uppstår. Idag används ett flertal programvaror för att dimensionera geokonstruktioner. Dessa programvaror är därför ofta utvecklade för ett specifikt syfte och kan därför medföra begränsningar då användaren endast kan använda sig av de funktioner som är inkluderade i den geoteknikspecifika programvaran.

COMSOL Multiphysics är ett finita element-beräkningsprogram som kan hantera en bred mängd fysikaliska problem.... (More)
Vid byggnation är det viktigt att kontrollera de geologiska förutsättningarna som råder i jorden där strukturen skall byggas. För att säkerställa kravet på funktionaliteten av den nya strukturen är det därför viktigt att undersöka vilka potentiella geotekniska problem som kan påträffas samt att förebygga att dessa problem uppstår. Idag används ett flertal programvaror för att dimensionera geokonstruktioner. Dessa programvaror är därför ofta utvecklade för ett specifikt syfte och kan därför medföra begränsningar då användaren endast kan använda sig av de funktioner som är inkluderade i den geoteknikspecifika programvaran.

COMSOL Multiphysics är ett finita element-beräkningsprogram som kan hantera en bred mängd fysikaliska problem. Beräkningar kan göras på allt från elektriska kretsar till akustik. Det går även att koppla samman dessa fysikaliska problem med så kallad multifysik. I COMSOL finns ett applikationsskaparverktyg kallat Application Builder som kan användas för att skapa ett användargränssnitt till beräkningsmodellen. På grund av de begränsningar som medförs med en geoteknikspecifik programvara är det av intresse att undersöka möjligheten att utföra geotekniska beräkningar i COMSOL där ett användarvänligt gränsnitt är tillämpat.

I arbetet testas olika metoder för att modellera schaktningsberäkningar med enbandsspont i COMSOL Multiphysics och sedan jämföra dessa med samma beräkningsmodell i PLAXIS 2D samt en handberäkning. Till slut utvärderas och jämförs resultaten mot varandra i form av komplexitet, rimlighet samt osäkerheter i mellan modellerna.

Ett frågeformulär delades ut till yrkesverksamma geotekniker som bidrog med önskemål om vad som är relevant att inkludera i ett gränssnitt till en FE-baserad spontberäknings-applikation. Dessa önskemål, i samband med egna preferenser, användes sedan för att skapa ett användarvänligt gränssnitt som styr modellen i COMSOL.

Det slutgiltiga resultatet tyder på att det går att återskapa beräkningsmetoden från PLAXIS i COMSOL. I det framtagna gränssnittet kan relevant indata anges av använd-aren. Utdata som ansågs nödvändig går att visa i gränssnittet. Svårigheter som bemöttes i arbetet berodde främst på vilka dräneringsförhållanden som råder i jorden samt hur programmen hanterar porvattentryck och interaktionen mellan spont och jord. Om överportrycksberäkningarna och interaktionen mellan jord och spont hade implementeras korrekt i modellen hade det antagligen givit ett mer realistiskt svar. Detta är därför något som anses behöva vidare studier. (Less)
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author
Petkovski, Alexander LU and Pettersson, Daniel LU
supervisor
organization
course
VGTM01 20201
year
type
H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
subject
keywords
Geoteknik, Spont, COMSOL
publication/series
TVGT-5000
report number
TVGT-5069
ISSN
0349-4977
language
Swedish
id
9024075
date added to LUP
2020-07-21 09:57:02
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2020-07-21 09:57:02
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COMSOL Multiphysics is a finite element calculation software which is capable of doing calculations in a wide variety of physical problems. The calculations can be done on everything from electrical circuits to acoustics. The physics can then be coupled using the multiphysics function in COMSOL. An application builder tool is included in the software giving the user the ability to create a graphical user interface which can be used to control the calculation. Due to the limitations of using a geotechnical specific software in combination with the possibilities of modeling a wide variety of physical problems, in COMSOL, there is an interest to investigate the possibilities of doing geotechnical calculations in COMSOL and apply a user friendly graphical user interface to it.

In this thesis, different methods of modeling deep excavations with a anchored sheet pile are tested in COMSOL Multiphysics which are then compared to the same calculation made in PLAXIS 2D and by hand. Later these results are evaluated and compared to each other by their complexity and reliability.

A form with questions was handed out to geotechnicians which contributed with what they think is relevant to include in such graphical user interface in COMSOL. Their wishes, in combination with preferences, was then used to create a user friendly graphical user interaface that is able to control the calculation in COMSOL.

The end result shows that it is possible to recreate the calculation process from PLAXIS in COMSOL with reasonable results. In the final grapical user interface, relevant parameters can be entered by the user and plots regarding the results can be viewed. The major difficulties in the calculation in COMSOL was to generate the correct pore pressure regarding what drainage type was selected in PLAXIS. Also the interface between the soil and the sheet pile was difficult to set up. If these challanges were solved correctly the model may have given an even better result. These challanges are therefore considered needing further investigations.}},
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