Technical Specifications
Excavation
- Define/Edit opening section
- Import/Export .dxf fi les
- Axis trend/plunge
- Analyze tunnels, caverns, shafts, and intersections
Joints
- Orientation (dip/dip direction)
- Import from Dips
- Stereonet view
- Multiple joint combinations
- Joint combination analyzer
- Shear strength (Mohr-Coulomb, Barton-Bandis, Power Curve)
- Waviness
- Joint structure continuity
- Water pressure
Loading
- Seismic loading
- Field stress
- Pressure
- Bolt force
- Water pressure
Probabilistic Analysis
- Statistical distributions—normal, uniform, triangular, beta, exponential, lognormal, gamma
- Fisher distribution for joint orientations
- Histogram, cumulative, and scatter plots
- Import joint set statistics from Dips
- Monte Carlo or Latin Hypercube simulation
- Random or pseduo-random sampling
- Highlight failed wedges on plots
- View all results from multiple joint combinations of three different joints at once
Stress Analysis
- Constant field stress
- Gravity field stress
- Advanced analysis options
- View stress contours
Support
- 2D design views
- Pattern bolting, shotcrete, pressure, and spot bolting
- Bolt models – Anchored, Grouted Dowel, Cables, Swellex, Split Sets, and user-defined
- Bolt orientation efficiency
- Interactive editing
- Bolt force diagrams
Tunnel Axis Plots
- Optimize axis orientation
- Vary trend and/or plunge
- Contour plots or 3D charts
- 2D charts with secondary data
- User-defined data
Viewing Options
- 3D wedge view (orthogonal and perspective views)
- Multi-perspective view
- End-wedge view
- Probability view
- Wedge visibility
- Move wedges
- Easily rotate, zoom, and pan
- Animation
- Display options
Wedges
- Tetrahedral or prismatic wedges using Goodman/Shi block theory
- Perimeter wedges
- End wedges
- Failure modes—falling, sliding, lifting, stable
- Scale wedge size
- Ground surface wedge truncation
- Failure mode filter
- Minimum wedge size filter
- EC7 design standards