Support Tutorial

Various types of slope reinforcement can be modeled in Slide, including geo-textiles, soil nails, tiebacks and rock bolts. This tutorial will demonstrate the modeling of grouted tieback support in Slide and interpretation of the analysis results. The slope will first be analyzed without support, and then support will be added and the analysis re-run.

Support Tutorial (click to view PDF file of tutorial)

Topics Covered in this Tutorial

grouted tieback support
circular surface grid search
adding a support pattern
support properties
viewing slip surfaces
factor of safety with support
filter surfaces
surface error codes
negative driving force
show support force
overview of support implementation
active versus passive support
back analysis of required support force

Slope with tieback support, 50 lowest safety factor surfaces shown