Technical Specifications

3D Slip Surface Shapes

• Spherical
• Ellipsoidal
• Spline Surface
• Composite

Advanced Features

• Excess Pore Pressure
• Rapid Drawdown Analysis
• Unsaturated Shear Strength
• Anisotropic Regions
• Tension Cracks

Analysis Methods

• Bishop
• Janbu
• Spencer
• GLE with intercolumn force function

Computation

• Very fast compute engine
• Metric or imperial units

Data Interpretation

• View 3D global minimum slip surface
• View all slip surfaces
• View contour plots of analysis data on
  slip surface (e.g. stress, strength, pore
  pressure)
• View safety maps on the surface of
  the model or on cutting plane through
  your model
• Show support forces
• Data tips for any object
• Annotation and dimensioning tool kit
  Export to Excel
  Export image fi les

Loading

• Point loads
• Distributed loads (uniform or variable)
• Seismic loads

Modeling

• Create 3D models with CAD tools
• Import 3D surfaces with .dxf, .dwg, .obj,
  .stl, .step, .iges, .tin, .asc, .xyz fi les
• Borehole data entry
• Construct geometry profile from
  borehole data
• .dxf import/export
• One-click material assignment
• Import RS3 fi les
• Import 2D to 3D (Slide2 or RS2)
• Export 2D planar section (Slide2 or RS2)
• Right-click editing shortcuts
• Interactive sidebar
• Slope wizard (create simple slope
  models with a few mouse clicks)

Pore Pressure Definition

• Water surfaces (water table or piezo line)
• Water pressure grids
• Ru coefficients
• Import pore pressure grids from RS3
  Search Methods
• Auto-refi ne search
• Cuckoo search
• Grid search
• Particle Swarm
• Surface Altering Optimization
• Automatic 3D failure direction
  determination
• Slope limits (inclusion or exclusion zones)
• Surface filter options

Seismic Options

• Pseudo-static analysis
• Staged pseudo-static analysis

Strength Models

• Mohr-Coulomb
• Undrained
• Infinite Strength
• Anisotropic Strength
• Shear/Normal Function
• C/Phi Function
• Generalized Hoek-Brown
• Vertical Stress Ratio
• Barton-Bandis
• Power Curve
• Hyperbolic
• Discrete Function
• Drained-Undrained
• Generalized Anisotropic
• SHANSEP

Support

• Active vs. passive anchors
• Easily define/edit patterns
• End-anchored bolts
• Geotextiles
• Grouted tieback
• Grouted tieback with friction
• Piles and micropiles
• Soil nails
• User-defined