Major Project Instructions (Plaxis 2D simulation) Posted on: Monday, 1 May 2017 2:48:00 PM AEST Instructions for major project report PLAXIS 2D Simulation Problematic Soils and Ground Improvement Techniques   1-Each Person needs to submit a report separately about his/her individual work (submit one PDF) 2-Report should be professional with proper cover page, table of content, sections, suitable headings and list of references at the end. 3-Report should include the following parts: Executive Summary of the modelling you have done (0.5 page) Introduction/background (3 pages): Explaining about the background of projects and review of relevant literature. Aims of the project (1 pages): Basically what are you simulating? PLAXIS 2D Modelling dimensions and geometry with 1-2 screenshots of your model (1-3 pages) Summary of the materials properties and extra assumptions used in your PLAXIS 2D model (1-3 pages) Explaining about calculations steps supplemented with 1 screenshot of the completed calculations steps (1-2 pages)  Reporting the outputs in terms of graphs and explaining how did you obtain them(e.g. deformations, stresses, pore water pressure, settlement); 2-5 pages Discussion of results (3 pages) List of references Important Points to be considered PDF size should not be larger than 8MB. Any figure/table/text/etc which is not yours should be referenced properly; otherwise it is considered as plagiarism. Plagiarism is serious and may results in you failing the subject or being excluded from the course. Group Work Contribution and Assessment (to be filled by individual students) Major Research Project Problematic Soils and Ground Improvement Techniques (49119) (Attach this page as the 2nd page of the report after cover page) (No more than 1 page) Group and Individual Details Student Name and # (submitting student) Group Name Group Members 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. General Topic of Group Individual Topic/paper Title Paper ID Group and Learning Experience What did you learn from other group members about your project? (Please be specific explaining what did you learn from who) How did you contribute to the learning of other members of the group about the project? Please provide specific examples.