58.4. Material Properties

The soil material is modeled using an ideally plastic Mohr-Coulomb material with weak dilatancy effects.

Soil Material Properties
Young's Modulus (MPa)30
Poisson's Ratio0.35
Density (Kgm-3)1000
Friction angle (°)40
Cohesion (kPa)0.5
Angle of dilatancy (°)10°
Residual friction angle (°)40
Residual cohesion (kPa)0.5

The structural steel material is modeled using an elastic-plastic bilinear kinematic hardening model.

Material Properties for Structural Steel
Young's Modulus (GPa)210
Poisson's Ratio0.3
Density (Kgm-3)6850
Bilinear Kinematic Hardening
Yield Strength (MPa)300
Tangent Modulus (MPa)500