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Usage of UCSDSAND3 and UCSDCLAY

The syntax to use the soil models in ANSYS is shown below. Definition of the soil parameters for UCSDCLAY and UCSDSAND3 can be found here.

1) UCSDSAND3 model

mat,MAT
mp,ex,MAT,C0
mp,prxy,MAT,C0
mp,dens,MAT,C0

tb,user,MAT,1,27
tbtemp,1.0

tbdata,1,4,refShearModul,refBulkModul,frictionAng,peakShearStra,refPress,
tbdata,7,pressDependCoe,PTAng,mType,ca,cb,cc,
tbdata,13,cd,ce,da,db,dc,noYieldSurf,
tbdata,19,liquefac1,liquefac2,pAtm,cohesi,Grav_Time,E_grav,
tbdata,25,PR_grav,

tb,state,MAT,,99

Input example:


2) UCSDCLAY model

mat,MAT
mp,ex,MAT,C0
mp,prxy,MAT,C0
mp,dens,MAT,C0

tb,user,MAT,1,27
tbtemp,1.0

tbdata,1,4,shearModul,poissonRatio,shearStrength,peakShearStra,noYieldSurf,
tbdata,7,Grav_Time,E_grav,PR_grav,
tb,state,MAT,,99

Input example: