Active or Passive Support Using Slide

(April 12, 2012) - A variety of support types can be modeled in Slide including soil nails, tiebacks, geotextiles, micropiles and user-defined support. For each support type, the user may choose the method...

Can Slide do back analysis?

(March 20, 2012) - When a slope has failed an analysis is usually carried out to determine the cause of failure. Given a known (or assumed) failure surface, some form of “back analysis” can be carried...

Modelling Slope Failure on Mars

(December 15, 2011) - Using Slide and Phase2 to assist in confirming that a new impact crater morphology, Peripheral Peak Ring, is valid, as well as gaining insight into the strength parameters of the...

Snowden Modified Anisotropic Strength Model

(December 13, 2011) - This article describes recent additions to the strength modeling options in Slide, our limit equilibrium slope stability program, which were requested by Snowden Engineering in Australia....

Workshop in Ankara on Numerical Modelling & Applications in Geomechanics

(August 26, 2011) - Ankara, Turkey, October 25-26, 2011 - This 2-day workshop, hosted by GeoDesk, will include instruction on slope stability analysis, 3D stress analysis for underground excavations, numerical...

Slide is used by the National Cooperative of Highway Research Program

(July 17, 2011) - Report #611 on the Seismic Analysis and Design of Retaining Walls, Buried Structures, Slopes and Embankments, uses the Rocscience Slide program for its slope stability analyses. In...

Advanced Printing Features in Slide 6.0

(December 17, 2010) - Among numerous new features added to Slide 6.0, there were many improvements done to printing that give users better control over their print outs. This article describes how to do a...

Slide - Transient Groundwater Flow

(December 16, 2010) - Transient finite element groundwater seepage analysis is now available in Slide. The first example is an earth dam model, constructed with an initial dry state. The reservoir is then...

Slide 6.0 Has Arrived!

(June 16, 2010) - Slide 6.0 is a significant step forward for slope stability analysis. Its new features and improved interface bring the program up to modern day expectations and beyond – with the...

Xiao Su's work on the Hybrid Simulated Method

(June 14, 2010) - Xiao Su worked for Rocscience as a geotechnical intern for two terms. The result of his work on the Hybrid Simulated Annealing method won him two awards at the Universtiy of Waterloo, Ontario,...

Boundary Simplification in Slide 5.0 and Phase²

(December 16, 2008) - Although Slide and Phase2 can read and use polylines with this many vertices, customers have noticed a considerable slowdown in speed in both the modeler and computation engine....

Exporting Slide Data Files from Phase² 7.0

(September 16, 2008) - Phase2 utilizes the finite-element method and the shear strength reduction technique to determine the factor of safety of a slope. Slide uses standard limit-equilibrium...

Print to Scale Feature in Slide

(May 09, 2007) - The latest update to Slide 5.0 brings a number of improvements related to printing functionality, giving the user greater control over printed output. Users have the option of printing...

Water Table Extents in Slide 6.0

(October 17, 2006) - A common modeling mistake is to define a water table which does not span the extent of all materials for which it is intended to calculate the pore pressure. Read how to detec

Special Slope Stability Session: GeoCongress 2006

(June 13, 2006) - Last February, Rocscience was invited to tackle a slope stability problem, along with other software companies, and then present the results in real time at the Geo-Congress 2006 conference in...

Importing Strength Data from Phase² into Slide

(June 13, 2006) - The process for determining undrained shear strength using a Phase2 finite-element analysis is both quick and easy. Importing the strength data into Slide for use in a slope...

Will Finite Element Replace Limit-Equilibrium in Slope Design?

(July 20, 2004) - A new era in slope stability analysis now includes shear strength reduction (SSR) and the finite element technique. This article examines the merits of using finite element analysis versus...

An Interview With Dr. John Curran

(September 30, 2003) - Dr. John Curran addresses the question occasionally asked by some of our new customers, "Rocscience. Your applications are for rock, not soil, right?"

Speeding Up Slope Stability Calculations

(June 17, 2003) - In limit-equilibrium slope stability analysis, material strength is most readily expressed in terms of shear and normal stresses acting along a failure surface. The Generalized Hoek-Brown for...

Top 7 Reasons to Use Slide 5.0

(February 18, 2003) - This new slope stability release combines a user-friendly interface with outstanding performance, giving the engineer the competitive edge in geotechnical analysis. Slide 5.0 is fast...

Critical Slip Surface Search Methods in Slide 4.0

(February 18, 2003) - Since the release of Slide, we at Rocscience have been very impressed at the range of problems to which Slide has been applied. We have seen an amazing variety of models, from...

Different Search Methods Using Slide

(October 08, 2002) - The primary goal of a slope stability analysis is to determine the potential slip surface which has the overall minimum factor of safety, therefore determining the overall safety of the slope...

Synopsis of Slope Stability with Slide

(April 16, 2002) - Read about the philosophy that has directed the development of Slide and the toolkit it offers to slope designers.

Groundwater Seepage Analysis Using Slide

(April 16, 2002) - A tutorial for the new groundwater/seepage analysis module in Slide.

Slope Stability Analysis for Open Pits

(April 16, 2002) - Read about the common methods, used by Golder Associates, in the design and analysis of the different components of the open pit wall design process.

Slope Stability with Rocscience Software

(January 15, 2002) - Although there are many commercial slope stability programs available today, there is a need for easy to use, reliable software, which will satisfy all engineering requirements – accuracy of...

Solving a Slope Stability Problem Using Slide

(January 15, 2002) - At the Cleo open pit in Western Australia, Snowden Mining Engineering Consultants used Slide to resolve uncertainties regarding a slope failure in the lake clay sediments, enabling...