PLAXIS Monopile Designer
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Monopile design software
- Design offshore monopile foundations cost-effectively
- Transfer results of PISA to your design
- Calibrate soil reaction curves
About this software subscription: This Virtuoso Subscription includes a 12-month practitioner license of this software, that comes with Keys (credits) to unlock training and services.
Reduce the length of piles
PLAXIS Monopile Designer allows you to analyze the ability of monopile foundations to resist lateral loads on the basis of a 1D Timoshenko beam finite element model. This enhanced design method provides accuracy – including large diameter monopiles and realistic soil reaction curves – while retaining many of the assumptions of the more conventional p-y approach. Research shows that this can potentially decrease the embedded length of piles by as much as 35%.
Modeling
- Seamless integration with PLAXIS 3D
- Nonlinear soil reaction curves for lateral loading, rotation, base shear, and base rotation (PISA) or lateral loading only (API)
Calculations
Automatically calibrate soil reaction curves
Although you can use PLAXIS Monopile Designer as a stand-alone application and supply your own soil reaction curves, pairing it with PLAXIS 3D will automate these calculations. PLAXIS 3D calibrates curves numerically, based on the design space and specific properties of the site, whether offshore or onshore.
- Automatic calibration and optimization of numerical soil reaction curves (PLAXIS 3D)
- Robust 1D kernel with highly efficient calculation times
Results
- Realistic assessment of displacements and structural forces
- Visualization and export of numerical (PLAXIS 3D) and parametric soil reaction curves
Seamlessly integrate with the PLAXIS environment
Using PLAXIS Monopile Designer in conjunction with PLAXIS 3D is simple and provides a robust and proven solution for offshore wind sites, whether bottom-fixed or floating. PLAXIS 3D provides a broad range of capabilities, multicore calculations, and 64-bit architecture. With add-on modules 3D PlaxFlow and 3D Dynamics, you can tackle the largest and most complex geotechnical models, including jackets, tripods, and suction anchors.
More Capabilities
- Timoshenko beam theory ensures accurate results even for large diameter monopiles
- Optimized design method for monopile foundations
Operating System
Windows 10, Windows 11
Graphics Card
Required: GPU with 256 MB OpenGL 1.3
Recommended: Avoid simple onboard graphics chips in favor of a discrete GPU from the nVidia GeForce or Quadro range with at least 128-bit bus and 1 GB of RAM, or equivalent solution from ATI/AMD
Processor
Required: Dual Core CPU
Recommended: Quad Core CPU
Memory
Recommended: minimum 8 GB
Large projects may require more.
Hard Disk
Minimum 2 GB free space on the partition where the WindowsTEMP directory resides, and 2 GB free space on the partition where projects are saved. Large projects may require significantly more space on both partitions. For best performance, ensure that the TEMP directory and the project directory reside on the same partition.
Video
Required: 1024 x 768 pixels, 32-bit color palette
Recommended: 1920 x 1080 pixels,32-bit color palette
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