Technical Specifications

Import

• Import .obj, .dxf, dtm and other common geometry files
• Import geometry, properties, groundwater, and other entities from an RS3 file
• Import geometry, properties, groundwater, and other entities from a Slide3 file
• Import slope and joint geometry and joint properties from an SWedge file
• Import properties from another RocSlope3 file
• Import sensor data from various manufacturers
• Import orientations and set statistics from a Dips file

Project Settings

• Set design factor of safety as the failure threshold
• Model successive failure from the detachment of key blocks
• Probabilistic analysis with pseudo-random sampling for repeatable results
  
• Eurocode and British Code design standards

Joints

• Define joint orientation, location, and size from measured data
• Define joint orientation, location, and size from synthetically-generated joint set with statistical sampling of orientation, size, and spacing along a traverse line
• Define joints from any arbitrary surface or collection of planar surfaces
• Define joint properties with shear strength, waviness, and water pressure parameters
• Show trace lines for daylighting joints along the the slope surface

Shear Strength

• Mohr-Coulomb
• Barton-Bandis
• Hoek-Brown
• Generalize Hoek-Brown
• Power Curve
• Override shear strength by material

Water Pressure

• Water surfaces from arbitrary surface, points, or boreholes
• Water pressure grids
• Ru coefficient
• Constant water pressure

Slope

• Define multiple geology volumes
• Define material properties with unit weight, and groundwater parameters
• 3D geometry tools to build, modify, and cleanup geometry pieces

Analysis

• Compute blocks which can be formed by the intersection of joints
• Compute kinematics using limit equilibrium method to obtain driving and resisting forces and the resulting factor of safety for each block
• Add search limits for inclusion and exclusion volumes in computation

Analysis Results

• Advanced report generation
  
• Listing of all block information
• Detailed block information
• Block contour of factor of safety, weight, volume, required support pressure, failure depth, and probability of failure

Loading

• Point, line, or distributed loads
• Seismic loads
• Water pressure inside joints

Support

• Active or passive rock bolts
• Active or passive support pressure
• Shotcrete

Probabilistic Analysis

• Statistical distributions: normal, uniform, triangular, beta, exponential, lognormal, gamma
• Plot histogram, cumulative, and scatter plots of input random variables or computed values
• Probability of failure, and other critical values
• Monte-Carlo or Latin-Hypercube simulation methods
• Best fit distribution, regression line
• Model numerical parameters from material properties and joint properties as random variables

Viewing Options

• Advanced filtering using conditional expressions to query block information
• Color blocks by material property color, joint property color, random color, or contour color
• Results toggle showing all valid blocks, removable blocks or failed blocks subsets
• Translate block(s) in the block's sliding direction
• Create a cropped slope cut around selected block(s)