Hello everyone,
In my model, a 5 m deep soil cube is subjected to some surcharge loading.
But, before applying the surcharge loading, I created a Gravity Loading step to generate the stresses in the soil and the Gravity Loading option is used for the same (Create load> Gravity). As a result of this Gravity Loading, deformation (settlement) takes place in the soil body, and this settlement also varies with the depth.
Before going to the next step, I want to reset all these displacements to "Zero" (But the stress developed in the soil due to gravity should not change) so that I can plot the contour of deformations due to "Surcharge Load" alone.
Kindly let me know if there is any way I can do this. I am using Abaqus CAE 2021 and running my simulations using the GUI only.
Thank you
