> In message <[log in to unmask]>, Ezra
> Bu'ulolo <[log in to unmask]> writes
> >
> > Right now, I have a case about how to apply piles
> >group case in SAGE CRISP. I tried to apply single pile
> >case in SAGE CRISP with asixymmetric analysis but I
> >have a problem with group of piles.
> ...
> > Hence, I tried to use bar element (line element) to
> >assume the piles group. And among the piles group,
> >there was soil material. I assume the soil material
> >with quadrilateral element. I want to ask you, is this
> >assumption correct?
>
> No.
>
> The only way to do a pile group is by 3D analysis and you will have to
> get a 3D graphics package to set up the data (e.g. Femgen).
>
> As far as I know, nobody currently analyses pile groups using finite
> elements. You can read about the techniques which are used in the
> books on piling by Poulos & Davies and Fleming etal.
>
> You don't need to post this type of query to engineering-geotech, by the
> way - you would have got a response on crisp-users.
>
> --
> Mike Gunn
>
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