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If you missed one of the past issues of RocNews, you can find the article that interests you below, then follow the link. We are always interested in contributions to our Top Projects section, so contact us if your company or university has an interesting project that we can feature.
Spring 2008 - New Workshops
Lead Article: Rocscience Workshops
Tech News: Rocscience Software Works on a Mac
  A Road Embankment Failure Near Pentalia in Southwest Cyprus - by J. Hadjigeorgiou, E. Kyriakou, P. Papanastasiou
Developer's Tips: Set a Reference Stage using Settle3D
Events Rocscience at San Francisco Symposium 2008

Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering


Winter 2008 - Resources for Educators
Lead Article: Launch of New Education Section on Website
Published Paper: A Brief History of the Development of the Hoek-Brown Failure Criterion - by Dr. Evert Hoek & Dr. Paul Marinos
TecNews: Preload with Wick Drains using Settle3D - A New Tutorial
Developer's Tips: Buoyancy Effect in Settle3D
Events: Rocscience at GeoCongress 2008


Fall 2007 - Settle3D is here!
Lead Article: Lessons from the Slide Rule and the Design of Settle3D
Top Project: New Rock Fracture Dynamics Lab Aims to Revolutionize Research in Engineering Geoscience
Events: Rocscience was in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada for the OttawaGeo 2007 Conference
Students at Work: Two students, Gabriela Nuta and Vainatey Kulkarni, gain valuable experience at Rocscience


Spring 2007 - Settle3D is coming soon!
Lead Article: Introducing Settle3D
Tech News: Integration of geotechnical and structural design in weak rock tunnels
Events: 4 Events for Rocscience - Canada-US Rock Mechanics Joint Symposium, Vancouver, Canada; 1st North American Landslide Conference, Colorado, USA; 2007 RETC, Toronto, Canada; ISRM Congress 2007, Lisbon, Portugal
Developer's Tips: Discover how to use the new Print to Scale feature in Slide 5.0


Winter 2007 - Examine2D 7.0: It's fast, interactive, and it's free!
Lead Article: Examine2D has a long and interesting history
Tech News: Practical Rock Engineering - New 2007 Edition - Dr. Evert Hoek has revised his course notes
Free Update: Updates for RocData and RocLab implement the Hoek-Diederichs Modulus Estimation Method
Education Connection: The Rocscience Education Program is available to colleges and universities worldwide
Events: Geo-Denver 2007 Conference and Tradeshow


Fall 2006 - Building on University / Industry Connections
Top Project : Geological Engineering students at UBC tackle geological uncertainty in their geotechnical design projects
Tech News: How to Create a Model in Rhino and Import it into Examine3D

Phase2 Slope Stability Verification Manual
Developer's Tips: Water Table Extents in Slide 5.0
Students at Work : Three students, Derrick Shum, Elena Pricoiu and Felex Wibowo, gain valuable experience at Rocscience
Education:
 A Close Collaboration between Education & Industry
Free Update : RocData Update
Events: Sea to Sky 2006, visit our booth

Performance of the SSR Method on Reinforced Slope Examples


Spring 2006 - Swedge 5.0: Major Upgrade, New Analysis Options
Lead Article: Rocscience is releasing Swedge 5.0
Tech News: Slide 5.0 Verification Manual - Part 3

Slope Stability Problem Session, Geo-Congress 2006
Developer's Tips: How to Import Strength Data from Phase2 into Slide
New Release: Swedge 5.0
Events: GoldenRocks 2006, visit our booth

Sea to Sky Geotechnique 2006


Winter 2006 - Phase2 6.0: Advanced Modeling Tips, A New Update
Top Projects: Estimation of Post-Peak Rock Mass Properties - J. Crowder and W.F. Bawden, University of Toronto
Tech News: Phase2 v.6.01: Why An Update?

You've Come A Long Way Baby!
Developer's Tips: Using Phase2 to design liner support for tunnels
Special Events: Geo-Congress 2006, visit our booth

Congratulations to Dr. Evert Hoek

GoldenRocks 2006, Dr. J.H. Curran a Keynote Speaker


Fall 2005 - RocData 4.0: Now with a Rock Properties Database
Lead Article: Facilitating Input Data Breakthroughs
Tech News: Empirical estimation of rock mass modulus - E. Hoek &
M.S. Diederichs

Ready for Prime Time: Slope Stability Analysis with the
SSR Method
Events: Geo-Congress 2006 - Rocscience presents paper and demonstrates software
Developer's Tips: Explore the influence of Young's moduli on excavation behaviour
Students at Work: Two students, Peter Chen and Chris Doan, gain valuable experience at Rocscience
New Release: RocData 4.0 - Now includes RocProp rock properties database


Spring 2005 - Phase2 6.0: New tools for excavation modeling
Lead Article: Should We Upgrade to Phase2 6.0? Answers for the Geotechnical Professional?
Tech News: What is the difference between uniaxial and global rock mass strength?
Events: Visit us at Mining Rocks! 2005
Developer's Tips: Phase2 6.0: New Modeling Shortcuts
New Release: Phase2 6.0 has now been released
Training Seminars: Finite element geotechnical modeling


Fall 2004 - Phase2 Tips & Discussions
Top Projects: Ground Deformations Above a Large Shallow Tunnel Excavated Using Jet Grouting - Steven Coulter & C. Derek Martin, University of Alberta
Tech News: Review of Post-Peak Parameters and Behaviour of Rock Masses; Current Trends and Research - J.J. Crowder and
W.F. Bawden, Lassonde Institute, University of Toronto
Events: Dr. Reginald Hammah presents a paper at the GeoQuebec2004 conference: The Influence of Correlation
and Distribution Truncation on the Stability of Slopes
Developer's Tips: 3D tunnel simulation using the Material Softening method
in Phase2

Setting up the Initial Stress State for Surface Models using Phase2
Students at Work: Student gains valuable experience at Rocscience
Letters: Ashley Creighton raises some important issues on probabilistic analyses using Swedge and RocPlane


Summer 2004 - Slope Stability & Rock Support
Lead Article: Will Finite Elements Replace Limit-Equilibrium in Slope Design?
User Input: What We've Done For You Lately
Tech News: More Techniques for Analyzing Rock Slopes
Links: Discussion Papers: Dr. Evert Hoek
Developer's Tips: Using Optimization to search for the critical surface with
Slide 5.0
New Release: RocSupport 3.0 - Improved analysis, more features
Awards: Evert Hoek receives an honorary degree for the University
of Toronto


Spring 2004 - Slide Update: New Features, New Applications
Lead Article: Is Stress Important to the Stability of Underground Wedges?
Top Projects: Rockfall Risk Evaluation - High Angle Technologies
Links: Rocscience at the 5th International Conference on Case Histories
Developer's Tips: What's New in Slide 5.010?

The B-Bar Method

Rapid Drawdown Analysis
Letters: Geostatistics in Geotechnical Engineering


Winter 2004 - Unwedge 3.0: A New Look & New Capabilities
Lead Article: Who Says You Can't Be Smart AND Beautiful?
Letters to the Editor: Responses to Dr. Laurie Richard's article, An Alternate
Method for Checking the Kinematic Admissibility of Wedges
Developer's Tips: Unwedge 3.0 Getting Started Movie

RocData 3.0 Movie
New Release: Unwedge 3.0 - a 3D stability analysis and visualization program for underground excavations in rock

Fall 2003 - Input Data: Tips & Resources
Lead Article: Need geotechnical properties data? Got some of your own to share?
Tech News: An Alternative Method for Checking the Kinematic Admissibility of Wedges, by Dr. Laurie Richards

Rocscience, your applications are for rock, not soil, right?
By Dr. John Curran
Events: Dr. Thamer Yacoub presents a paper at the 56th CGS - Two Rivers Conference: A Two-Dimensional Approach for Designing Tunnel Support in Weak Rock
Developer's Tips: Effective stress analysis with Phase2

How input parameters affect your RocFall analysis
New Release: RocData 3.0 - Our new Windows program for determining strength envelope parameters for rock and soil


Spring 2003 - Taking Slope Stability to a New Level
Lead Article: Geostatistics in Geotechnical Engineering
Tech News: Numerical Modelling for Shallow Tunnels in Weak Rock, by Evert Hoek

Why Hardlocks Benefit our Customers
Events: Rocscience Exhibits at tradeshows in Montreal and Boston
Developer's Tips: Speed up slope stability calculations

How to perform a sensitivity analysis in Slide 5.0

Use Slide's back analysis functionality to create a preliminary support design

Finite element slope stability analysis of tunnel portal


Winter 2003 - What's New in Slope Stability!
Lead Article: Top 7 Reasons To Use Slide 5.0
Top Projects: The analysis of the stability of an anchor block for a suspension bridge
By Dr. Evert Hoek
Leaders in the Field: Dr. Evert Hoek, leading expert on rock mechanics, discussed the role of the engineer in today's complex design projects and the future of the discipline
Developer's Tips: New FavouriteText and dimensioning tools in Slide 5.0
New Release: Slide 5.0 - Sensitivity, probabilistic and back analysis capabilities, and much more

Fall 2002 - What's New This Month!
Lead Article: Different Search Methods Using the Software Slide
Top Projects: What is Virtual Reality (VR)?
Leaders in the Field: MIRARCO, formed through a collaboration between Laurentian University's Mining Research Centres and the private and public sectors
Developer's Tips: Learn how to apply pseudo-static seismic loads using Phase2


June 2002 - What's New This Month!
Lead Article: RocLab, a software program for determining rock mass strength parameters
Top Projects: Validation of Cable Bolt Support Design in Weak Rock Using SMART Instruments and Phase2
Leaders in the Field: Mine Design Technologies, a geotechnical company providing rock instrumentation for the mining and geotechnical industries
Developer's Tips: Using Dips with a hand-held computer


April 2002 - What's New This Month!
Lead Article: A Synopsis of Slope Stability Analysis with Slide 4.0
Top Projects: Slope Stability Analysis for Open Pits, by Golder
Associates Ltd.
Leaders in the Field: Golder Associates Ltd., a global group of companies providing earth engineering and environmental design services
Developer's Tips: Groundwater/seepage analysis module

Slide and Phase2 examples created by our users


January 2002 - What's New This Month!
Lead Article: Slope Stability with Rocscience Software
Top Projects: Solving a slope stability problem at the Cleo open pit in Western Australia, Snowden Mining Engineering Consultants
Leaders in the Field: Snowden Mining Industry Consultant is a multi-disciplinary, international mining consultancy, providing open pit and underground mining consulting services
Links: A slope stability problem in Hong Kong

Factor of safety and probability of Failure
Developer's Tips: New Swedge feature for applying pressure loads to either the slope face, upper face, or both

Theory of Planar Failure - The real advantage of planar analysis over other methods is its simplicity

Slide example models created by our users

November 2001 - What's New This Month!
Top Projects: Geotechnical Design Project, Prof. Derek Martin, University of Alberta
Leaders in the Field: University of Alberta, Dept. of Geotechnical Engineering
Developer's Tips: DXF files for Dips 5.0
New Release: Phase2 5.0 for support design


Summer 2000
Slide 3.0 for Windows Release

Slide - Non-circular analysis is now included

RocFall - Version 3.0 adds new functionality

Phase2 - Modeling of complex geometries and staged material excavations is fast and easy with version 5.0

RocSupport - Allows you to examine the influence of support properties and the timing of support installation on tunnel behavior

Examine3D - Used to analyze Battle Mountain Golden Giant Mine


Summer 1999
Dips celebrates its 10th anniversary

Increase your productivity with related Rocscience applications

Users talk about our software

Network versions for educational institutions


Fall 1998
Phase2 4.0 - New Windows version

Swedge 3.0 - Evaluating the geometry and stability of surface wedges defined by two intersecting discontinuity planes and a slope surface

RocFall 2.0 - A new statistics analysis program to assist with a risk assessment of falling rocks on steep slopes

Dips 5.0 - A program for plotting, analysis and presentation of structural data using spherical projection techniques

Introducing Hoek's Corner

TradeShow - Geological Society of America


Spring 1998
The Evolution of Rocscience

New Software Releases - Phase2 3.0, Examine3D 4.0

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