Slide Tutorials

The Slide Tutorials provide easy to follow, step-by-step instructions, demonstrating how to define and analyze many different types of problems.

The tutorials are in PDF format, click the links to open the files, which can be printed. To view a brief summary of each tutorial click the "view summary" links. Additional tutorials are available in "movie" format, as listed below.

Tutorials

 

Tutorials (PDF files)

Tutorial Summary

01

Quick Start Tutorial

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02

Materials and Loading

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03

Non-Circular Surfaces

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04

Composite Surfaces

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05

Water Pressure Grid

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06

Support

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07

Finite Element Groundwater Seepage Analysis

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08

Probabilistic Analysis

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09

Sensitivity Analysis

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10

Water Table Statistics

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11

Overall Slope Reliability

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12

Excess Pore Pressure (B-bar method)

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13

Rapid Drawdown Analysis (B-bar method)

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14

Groundwater Flow in Cofferdam

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15

Levee with Toe Drain

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16

Tension Crack

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Movies

 

Tutorials (Movies)

01

Dimensioning and Annotation

02

Back Analysis of Support Force

03

Sensitivity Analysis

04

Excess Pore Pressure (B-bar method)

05

Rapid Drawdown Analysis (B-bar method)

06

Critical Surface Search Optimization