To avoid the situation where the displacement of the geometry are undetermined, some points

of the geometry must have prescribed displacements. The simplest form of a prescribed
displacement is a fixity (zero displacement), but non-zero prescribed displacements may also
be given.
Refer to the information for Deformations and Water in Model explorer (Initial Phase)

1.5 Phase 1 Footing

In order to simulate the settlement of the footing in this analysis, a plastic calculation is
required. Plaxis 2D has a convenient procedure for automatic load stepping, which is called

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