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    This document discusses calculating the reference stiffness modulus (Eref50) from triaxial test results at a reference all-around pressure (pref). The procedure is to perform a triaxial test up to failure load (qu) at pref, find the strain (ε1,50) at qu/2, and calculate Eref50 as 0.5quε1,50. An example calculation yields an E50 of 30.8 MPa that is valid for the default pref of 100 kPa in the Plaxis software.

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    This document discusses calculating the reference stiffness modulus (Eref50) from triaxial test results at a reference all-around pressure (pref). The procedure is to perform a triaxial test up to failure load (qu) at pref, find the strain (ε1,50) at qu/2, and calculate Eref50 as 0.5quε1,50. An example calculation yields an E50 of 30.8 MPa that is valid for the default pref of 100 kPa in the Plaxis software.

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    E50 Ref

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    Hasnat Qureshi
    This document discusses calculating the reference stiffness modulus (Eref50) from triaxial test results at a reference all-around pressure (pref). The procedure is to perform a triaxial test up to failure load (qu) at pref, find the strain (ε1,50) at qu/2, and calculate Eref50 as 0.5quε1,50. An example calculation yields an E50 of 30.8 MPa that is valid for the default pref of 100 kPa in the Plaxis software.

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    E50

    Reference modulus means that stiffness modulus calculated at all-around pressure equal to pref.
    Plaxis uses 50% secant modulus. So, our procedure will be:

    Perform triaxial test up to failure load qu at reference pressure (all-around pressure) pref.

    Find the strain at qu/2 and calculate the Eref50.

    Eref50=0.5quε1,50

    An example calculation is given below. Calculated E50 = 30.8 MPa is valid for pref = 100 kPa. So,
    when we define the material model in Plaxis, the default pref = 100 kPa value is correct for this case.

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