Material Tester – ManzariDafalias / SANISAND Calibration (Toyoura Sand)
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2026 11:41 am
Hi STKO Team & Community,
I’m a PhD researcher working on soil-structure interaction (monopile foundations). This is my first time calibrating ManzariDafalias (SANISAND equivalent) for Toyoura sand.
SPECIFIC REQUESTS:
Material Element Testing + Material Tester STEP-BY-STEP:
· How to create a single SSPbrickUP element in STKO, node/mesh setup.
· Material tester setup.
· Single-element triaxial calibration test setup.
· Isotropic confinement p'=100kPa.
· Drained/Undrained cyclic loading protocol.
· Stress/strain path outputs.
ATTACHED:
• Table of Parameters.
Thanks in advance for any guidance.
I’m a PhD researcher working on soil-structure interaction (monopile foundations). This is my first time calibrating ManzariDafalias (SANISAND equivalent) for Toyoura sand.
SPECIFIC REQUESTS:
Material Element Testing + Material Tester STEP-BY-STEP:
· How to create a single SSPbrickUP element in STKO, node/mesh setup.
· Material tester setup.
· Single-element triaxial calibration test setup.
· Isotropic confinement p'=100kPa.
· Drained/Undrained cyclic loading protocol.
· Stress/strain path outputs.
ATTACHED:
• Table of Parameters.
Thanks in advance for any guidance.