Question:
Where can I find the results of the contact stress (soil pressure) for the elastic surface foundation or the member elastic foundation displayed on the screen?
Answer:
In RFEM, the results of the soil pressure are referred to as "contact stresses" and can be displayed on the model using the Results navigator.
- You can select the contact stresses for display under the Surfaces and Members section. For surfaces, for example, sigma-z represents the stress in the transition to the foundation (see the image).
- In tables, the results are shown in result tables 4.21 Surfaces - Contact Stresses and 4.7 Members - Contact Forces. For surfaces, it is also possible to display the total sum of the contact stresses of the individual surfaces in Table 4.21 Surfaces - Contact Stresses.
- These tables are also displayed in the printout report.