Course: Limit Equilibrium Methods and Slope Stability Analysis with Rocscience Tools

About the Course

Join leading geotechnical professionals for a two-day course on advanced slope stability analysis using Rocscience’s powerful suite of software tools — Slide2, Slide3, RSLog, RSWall, and RSPile.

This hands-on course offers a deep dive into limit equilibrium methods (LEM), practical 2D and 3D modeling, groundwater and material behavior analysis, and support design for slope stabilization. Participants will gain valuable insights from Rocscience experts and learn practical modeling workflows used in real-world engineering projects.

Course Details

• Date: May 7th-8th, 2026
• Venue: Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel | 123 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M5H 2M9
• Time: 8:30am - 5:00 pm
  
• Instructors: This course will be in English, instructed by Dr. Sina Javankhoshdel
• Programs Covered: Slide2, Slide3, RSLog, RS2, RS3, RSWall, RSPile
• Registration Fees: $1,750 USD

What’s included:

• Temporary software licenses
• PDF of course materials
• PDH Certificate
• Lunch & Snacks

Please note:

• Registrants will be responsible for their own accommodation
• Participants must bring their own laptops (and mice)
• Recommended minimum specs:
• 32 GB RAM is the recommended minimum
• 64 GB RAM for 100,000+ triangles
• 100 GB SSD is the recommended minimum
• 500 GB SSD preferred
• Discrete Nvidia brand graphics cards preferred for optimal experience
• Windows 10 64-bit recommended minimum

For any additional queries, please reach out to USCAN@rocscience.com

Rocscience Networking Social

Please join us on the evening of May 7 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM for the Rocscience Networking Social. This special gathering offers an opportunity for course participants to meet and connect with industry leaders, researchers, and potential partners in a relaxed and friendly setting. Enjoy informal conversations, share insights from the day’s sessions, and build meaningful professional relationships.

Course Outline

Day 1

Module I: Overview of limit-equilibrium methods for slope stability analysis

• Failure modes of soil and rock slopes

• Limit-equilibrium methods

Module II: Slope stability analysis (Slide2, Slide3 and RSLog)

• Model building (Tips and Pitfalls)

• Material behavior models (anisotropic vs. isotropic material models)

• Interpretation of results

• Introduction to RSLog

Module III: Selection of analysis methods (Slide2 and Slide3)

• Selection of method for locating minimum factor of safety

• Failure Surface optimization techniques

• MMO and Intelligent search

Module IV: Modelling Supports for Slope Stability Analysis (Slide2, Slide3, RSWall and RSPile)

• Selecting supports

• Introducing RSPile

• Support back analysis

• Landslide stabilization using piles

• Introducing RSWall

Day 2

Module V – Groundwater analysis (Slide2 and Slide3)

• Saturated-unsaturated transient groundwater analysis

• Permeability functions

• Boundary conditions

Module VI: Finding the Critical FoS for 2D and 3D

• Tips and pitfalls

• Why 2D and 3D analyses

• Comparison of 2D and 3D results

Module VII: Geometry Clean-up and Repair Geometry Creation Tools (Slide3)

• Surface geometries

• Geometry clean-up

• Import\Export

• Borehole manager (introduction)

• Primitive geometries

• 3D Booleans

• Geometry clean-up

• New Block Model

• Radar Integration

Module VIII: Complex model creations (Slide2, RS2, Slide3 and RS3)

• 3D complex model case study

Course Instructors

Dr. Sina Javankhoshdel is a senior Manager - LEM at Rocscience. He holds his Ph.D. from Queen’s University in Civil Engineering (Geomechanics), joined Rocscience in 2016 and has done research and development work on Slide2 and Slide3. He has been the 3D Expert Modeller at Rocscience since 2018. Dr. Javankhoshdel is an instructor for workshops, webinars, short courses and customized courses, and a presenter at conferences.