Modelling and Analysis in Geotechnical Engineering
Published October 4, 2024 | Version v3.6
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IC MAGE UMIP - universal model interface for PLAXIS

Creators

  • 1. Imperial College London
  • 2. Imperial College Longon

Contributors

  • 1. Imperial College London

Description

The Universal Model Interface for PLAXIS (UMIP) is a platform designed to facilitate the implementation of user-defined soil models (UDSM) into PLAXIS. It includes an interface with the information passed by PLAXIS’ kernel to the UDSM and general-purpose algorithms based on the Modified Euler sub-stepping approach with automatic error control. Additionally, it provides a repository for subroutines and functions that perform standard operations shared among different models. It is continuously expanding to deal with the wide range of models under development within the IC MAGE group.

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Software

Programming language
Fortran
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