PLAXIS 2D - Video Lesson Course
Build hands-on geotechnical FEM skills with PLAXIS 2D, learn at your own pace, revisit any lesson whenever you need, and apply it directly to real project work.
189.00$
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Everything You Need to Know
Course Overview
The PLAXIS 2D video course gives you complete, hands-on geotechnical FEM skills. Every module uses real project scenarios — from foundation modelling to complex tunnel systems and dynamic loading. Structured video lessons and practice files help you build job-ready skills, one topic at a time.
Total Duration
25+ Hours | 9 Modules
Format
Self-Paced Video
Language
English
Access
1-Year Content Access
Where PLAXIS 2D Skills Are Used
PLAXIS 2D is the industry-standard geotechnical FEM tool for plane strain and axisymmetric analysis of soil and rock behaviour. Here's where your skills will open doors.
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🛤️ Roads, Embankments & Slope Stability
PLAXIS 2D is used by highway and railway engineers at NHAI, RVNL, and IRCON to analyse embankment stability, consolidation settlement, and reinforced slope behaviour for road and rail corridor projects across challenging terrain.
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🏙️ Urban Geotechnical & Retaining Structures
Geotechnical consultants and contractors at L&T, Simplex Infrastructures, and AECOM rely on PLAXIS 2D for cross-sectional analysis of sheet pile walls, braced excavations, and ground improvement schemes in congested urban environments.
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💧 Hydraulic Structures & Seepage Analysis
Dam engineers, irrigation departments, and port developers at WAPCOS, CWC, and NTPC use PLAXIS 2D to perform coupled flow-deformation analysis, seepage modelling through earth dams, and consolidation studies for hydraulic and coastal structures.
PLAXIS 2D Modules You'll Master
PLAXIS 2D is the world's most trusted finite element software for plane-strain and axisymmetric geotechnical analysis. This course covers the essential modules used in retaining wall design, tunnel cross-sections, embankments, slope stability, and consolidation problems.
Soil Profile & Geometry Input
Define 2D cross-section geometry with borehole logs, soil layers, structural elements such as walls, plates, anchors, and model boundary conditions for plane-strain or axisymmetric problems.
Most UsedMaterial Models & Soil Parameters
Configure Mohr-Coulomb, Hardening Soil, HS Small-Strain, Soft Soil, and Soft Soil Creep models with drained, undrained, and non-porous drainage conditions.
Soil BehaviourMesh Generation & Refinement
Automatic 2D triangular finite element mesh with coarseness control and local refinements around walls, tunnel linings, load zones, and points of stress concentration.
FEM CoreConstruction Stage & Phase Modelling
Simulate staged excavation, embankment raising, dewatering, prop and anchor activation, and surcharge loading phase-by-phase to replicate real construction sequences.
Staged AnalysisGroundwater Flow & Consolidation
Steady-state and transient seepage analysis, phreatic level definition, pore pressure distribution, and time-dependent consolidation settlement calculations for soft clay conditions.
GroundwaterOutput & Results Interpretation
Post-processing of total and incremental deformations, effective stress contours, shear strain plots, safety factor (phi-c reduction), and load-displacement curves for full design verification.
Post-ProcessingCore Skills You'll Master
From FEM fundamentals to advanced dynamic and consolidation analyses — every skill is directly applicable on real geotechnical projects.
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✔FEM Fundamentals & PLAXIS SetupBuild geometry, assign boundaries, and generate accurate meshes from scratch.
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✔Material Models – MC & Hardening SoilApply Mohr-Coulomb and Hardening Soil models to represent real soil behaviour.
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✔Foundation Deformation AnalysisModel shallow and deep foundations and interpret deformation patterns under loading.
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✔Slope Stability & Retaining StructuresRun factor-of-safety analyses for slopes, retaining walls, and embankments.
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✔Groundwater Flow & ConsolidationSimulate pore pressure, drainage paths, and time-dependent settlement scenarios.
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✔Dynamic, Vibration & Seismic AnalysisModel earthquake loading and dynamic response on soil-structure systems.
Learn by Doing in PLAXIS 2D
Everything You Need to Master PLAXIS 2D
Structured, self-paced walkthroughs of every PLAXIS 2D workflow.
Come back to any lesson anytime within 12 months.
Model a real-world geotechnical problem from setup to results in PLAXIS 2D.
Practice soil models, borehole data, and input files for every topic.
Sharpen your modelling skills with exercises after each module.
Pick up exactly where you left off, on any device.
In-depth, screen-recorded demos of every PLAXIS 2D tool and menu, not just theory.
Showcase your PLAXIS 2D geotechnical modelling expertise.
Master PLAXIS 2D at Your Own Pace
Get lifetime access to structured video lessons, real project files, and a capstone project designed to make you job-ready.
Your PLAXIS 2D Learning Journey
Master PLAXIS 2D from geotechnical modelling fundamentals to advanced soil-structure interaction and industry-ready analysis projects.
FEA & Interface Basics
FEA basics, PLAXIS 2D interface and soil model input.
Material & Hoek Brown Models
Material models, constitutive behaviour, and the Hoek-Brown model.
Structures & Slope Stabilisation
Foundations, slopes, retaining structures and rock slope stabilisation.
Groundwater & Seismic Analysis
Groundwater flow, consolidation and seismic analysis.
Portfolio Project & Final Assessment
Design report, portfolio project and final assessment.
Detailed Course Outline
- Introduction & Finite Element Method Basics
- Applicability of PLAXIS 2D
- Modelling Aspects — Plain Strain & Axisymmetric
- Geometry, Material, Mesh Generation
- Boundary Condition, Initial Static Conditions
- Construction Stages, Calculation & Report Generation
- Basics — Stress, Strain, Effective Stress, Initial Stresses
- Mohr-Coulomb Model & Elastic Perfectly-Plastic Behaviour
- Basic Parameters of Mohr-Coulomb Model
- Hardening Soil Model Overview
- Approximation of Hyperbola by Hardening Soil Model
- Parameters of the Hardening Soil Model
- Basics of Shallow Foundation
- Settlement of Circular Footing on Sand: Rigid Foundation
- Force Distributions & Bending Moment in Foundations
- Basics of Pile Foundation
- Modelling and Analysis of Bored Pile
- Settlement of Pile Foundations in Heterogeneous Soil
- Axial Force & Bending Moments in Pile Foundations
- Project Assignment — Shallow Foundation
- Basics of Embankment
- Deformation & Stress Contours in Embankment Slope
- Stability Analysis of Embankment (FoS)
- Basics of Retaining Wall & Shoring System
- Submerged Construction of Excavation
- Assessment of Shear Force, Axial Force & Bending Moment
- Slope Stabilization with Remedial Measures
- Project Assignment — Slope Stability & Diaphragm Wall
- Basics of the Hoek Brown Model
- Parameters of the Hoek Brown Model
- Application of the Hoek Brown Model for Dynamic Analysis
- Basics of Rock Slope Stabilization
- Modelling the Faults using Discontinuity
- Determination of Factor of Safety & Long-Term Stability
- Close Flow Boundary Formation
- Flow Field Modelling for Dry Excavation
- Basics of the Stone Column in Relation to Consolidation
- Stone Column Design and Analysis
- Force Distribution and Settlement Assessment
- Generator Foundation on Elastic Foundation
- Pile Driving
- Building Subjected to Earthquake
- Doubt Solving Session
Contact our expert
If you have any questions, doubts, or queries, please feel free to reach out to us. Contact our PLAXIS self-paced course experts today for personalised guidance, demo access, corporate rates, and batch scheduling.
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