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Online Course: Advanced Modelling and Analysis Using Settle3 and RSPile

Join us for an online course where we'll explore advanced modelling and analysis using Settle3 and RSPile.

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Course Details

  • Course Date: June 26 - 27, 2025
  • Course Timings: 10 AM – 3:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time (1.5-hour break at 12 PM)
  • Rocscience Tools: Settle3 and RSPile
  • Platform: Zoom
  • Registration Fees:
    • Early Bird- USD $499 (valid until May 25, 2025)
    • Regular - USD $599
  • For Group Discount, reach out to Samantha Corkum.

What’s included:

  • Temporary software licenses
  • Course material
  • PDH Certificate

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Course Outline

Day 1 - June 26, 2025

RSPile (10AM – 12PM)

Module 1: Special Features in RSPile

  • Effect of sliding soil on piles / integration with Slide2
  • Effect of pile stiffness and length
  • Pushover analysis – load test simulation
  • Length analysis
  • P-delta effect/ buckling analysis
  • Ground slope and battered piles

Module 2: Pile Foundations in Projects

  • Project zoning and capacity table generation
  • Multiple load cases
  • Pile patterns
  • Pile head stiffness matrix, spring constants

Settle3 (1:30 – 3:30PM)

Module 1: Advanced Soil Profile Creation

  • Non-horizontal layers using boreholes
  • Surface loads on non-horizontal surface
  • Section creator
  • RSLog integration

Module 2: Advanced Ground Improvement

  • Advanced stone columns stiffness
  • stone column drainage
  • Ground improvement in multiple regions
  • wick drains


Day 2 -June 27, 2025


Settle3 (10AM – 12PM)

Module 3: CPT Analysis / Simulation

  • CPT analysis with data import
  • CPT soil profile
  • Results interpretation
  • CPT simulation
  • CPT settlement (empirical)

Module 4: Use of RSInsight (AI-assited tool) with Settle3

  • Incorporating RSInsight into analysis / design
  • Case studies and examples

RSPile (1:30 – 3:30PM)

Module 3: Definition of Data

  • Elastic modulus in lateral analysis
  • Elastic modulus in axial analysis
  • Datum dependency
  • Elastic analysis
  • 50% strain at some models
  • Cyclic loading
  • Load factors and load cases

Module 4: Definition of Results from Pile Analysis

  • Soil reaction
  • Soil stiffness
  • Rotation or slope
  • Unit skin friction vs. soil reaction

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For any additional queries, please reach out to Samantha Corkum.

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Course Instructors:

Steve Chai, Geotechnical Project Manager
Steve Chai, Geotechnical Project Manager
Ahmed Mufty, Senior Geomechanics Specialist
Ahmed Mufty, Senior Geomechanics Specialist


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