for generation of initial condition, the effective stress and Ko=1-sin(phi') need to be calculated, if the surface is not horizontal, mostly plaxis could not work out the correct effective stress=unit weight x depth therefore not the correct initial condition. however, not 100% of non-horizontal have to use gravity loading method (if the non horizontal layer has the same unit weight, then Ko generlation is still suitable to use) for more detail please refer to the Reference manual, or welcome to discuss.
auhmin@gmail.com. thanks
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