Slide Tutorials > Tension Crack Tutorial
This tutorial demonstrates how to model a tension crack zone in Slide, and the purpose of defining a tension crack zone for models which exhibit tensile interslice forces.
Tension Crack (click to view PDF file of tutorial)
Topics Covered in this Tutorial
Tension crack boundaries
Tension crack depth
Tensile interslice forces
Query slice data
Thrust line
Sensitivity analysis
Model with weak layer, external load, water table and tension crack zone