Independent comparison between Plaxis 2D and Deepxcav for the deep excavation project in a case study

The purpose of a deep excavation support system is to provide lateral support for the soil around an excavation to limit the wall deflections and ground movements. If the wall deflections and ground movements are excessive during the excavation process, severe damages to surrounding buildings, roads and infrastructures may occur and in the worst case, collapse of the excavation system itself. In this thesis, in order to make analysis for a case study in deep excavation two common softwares were used. One of them is Plaxis 2D and the other one is DeepXcav. Both of them are very beneficial and common programs to make design and analysis for geotechnical works. When they are compared with each other, there are some differences among them. Making an analysis with Plaxis 2D is easy, reasonable and reliable, on the other hand for some cases DeepXcav is more remarkable than Plaxis 2D. Therefore, the comparison results that were obtained from Plaxis 2D and DeepXcav were observed and presented in this study.