Planar Results (Volumetric)

The purpose of this tool is to calculate and derive the normal stress and shear stress for imaginary planes such as a fracture (joint) set within a 3D volume.

Up to four such planes can be specified. The imaginary plane(s) is defined using dip (angle of inclination from the horizontal (00)) & dip direction (azimuth of the dip direction clockwise from north (000)) pairs.
  1. Select the Planar Results (volumetric) tool from the Select GeoD Tool dropdown list.
    Figure 1.
  2. Click on the file browser button adjacent to the Load Model field and browse and select the demo-eff-geo.h3d file and click Open.
  3. Click Apply.
    The model and result files are loaded in the HyperView window.
    Figure 2.
  4. Click Next to move to the next step in the process.
  5. Select the FindElastoplasticEquilibrium subcase checkbox from the Subcase table.
    Figure 3.
    Note: Once you select the subcase, all the other sections is activated.

Simulation

  1. Select the required simulation from the Simulation table.
    Figure 4.

Derived Results

  1. By default, the S-Global-Stress components IP-Effective Geo is selected in the Derived Results table.
    Figure 5.
    Note: You can select any one stress type or all of the stresses for deriving additional results.
  2. Select the required results from the Results to Propagate table to propagate into the new h3d file.
    Figure 6.
    Note: You can propagate the results from ODB file to H3D file by selecting the results from the Results to Propagate table. Uncheck the results that are not required to be propagated into the new h3d file.

Components

  1. Click the Components button.
    Extended Entity Selection window opens.
    Figure 7.
  2. Select the component by any method in the Extended Entity Selection window.
  3. Click the Displayed button adjacent to the Components button.
    Figure 8.
    The components is highlighted in the graphics area.
  4. Click Next to move to the next step in the process.
  5. Enter the values in the Dip (deg) and Dip Direction (deg) fields and press enter.
    The normal the planes are calculated and displayed in the Normal to Plane field.
    Figure 9.
  6. After defining the required inputs, click the file browser button in the Output file text field.
    A file selection window opens.
  7. Browse and select the destination folder and click Save.
  8. Click Generate H3D.
    An information message is displayed.
    Figure 10.
  9. Once the H3D file is generated, a confirmation window opens.
    Figure 11.
  10. After the completion of the process, load the h3d file with planar volumetric results into HyperView window.