Rocscience International Conference 2025 is going to take place in Sydney, Australia Read more

Search Results

Add Loads Overview

In RS3 you can apply loads to an External geometry. Loads cannot be applied to interfaces. In a multi-stage model, loads can be staged.

The Name of the applied load will be determined by the type of item (e.g. vertex, edge, or face) selected using the Selection Mode to which the load is applied.

The following options are available for applying loads in RS3.

Uniform Load

Uniform loads can be applied to boundaries (vertices, edges, or faces) with Uniform Load Load Type option.

Elevation Load

Elevation loads can be applied to boundaries (edges or faces) on which there is an elevation difference (i.e. difference in the z-coordinate) with the Elevation Load Load Type option.

Non-Uniform Load

Non-uniform loads can be applied to model using Add Loads in Load Type option.

Ponded Water Load

To define the distributed loading due to Ponded Water (e.g. impounded water against a slope or dam), a specialized Load Type option is provided, the Ponded Water Load option. This allows you to easily define hydrostatic loading due to Ponded Water by specifying the total head boundary conditions on user-selected boundary segments.

Rocscience logo, click here to return to the homepage Portal Account Portal Account Log In Log Out Home Shopping Cart icon Click here to search our site Click here to close Learning Tech Support Documentation Info Chevron Delete Back to Top View More" Previous Next PDF File Calendar Location Language Fees Video Click here to visit Rocscience's LinkedIn page Click here to visit Rocscience's YouTube page Click here to visit Rocscience's X page Click here to visit Rocscience's Facebook page Click here to visit Rocscience's Instagram page Click here to visit Rocscience's Reddit page Bookmark Network Scroll down for more Checkmark Download Print Back to top Single User Multiple Users RSLog RocFall3 CPillar Dips EX3 RocFall RocPlane RocSlope3 RocSupport RocTopple RS2 RS3 RSData RSPile RSWall Settle3 Slide2 Slide3 SWedge UnWedge RocTunnel3 RocSlope2 BlastMetrix ShapeMetriX Fragmenter TestLicense Commercial License Education License Trial License Shop safe & secure Money-back guarantee