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Rocscience Slide3 - 3D Slope Stability Analysis Software
Solves challenging 3D slope stability models effortlessly, offering all the features of Slide2 plus advanced 3D modelling. Powerful Failure Surface Searching: Locate critical failure surfaces and compute the correct factor of safety using global metaheuristic search methods and local surface altering technology. With parallel processing for both failure searching and FS computations, you can generate results within minutes.
Integration with Radar Data
Streamline your workflow and get more detailed insights by integrating 3D wireframes, representing surveyed topography, geological surfaces, modelled faults, and more, directly into your 3D models. This can improve the reliability of your slope stability assessments and optimize decision-making.
Integration with Radar Data
Streamline your workflow and get more detailed insights by integrating 3D wireframes, representing surveyed topography, geological surfaces, modelled faults, and more, directly into your 3D models. This can improve the reliability of your slope stability assessments and optimize decision-making.
3D Model Creation – Point Cloud, LiDar, Leapfrog
Construct slope stability models easier and faster than ever. You can import surfaces from geological or mine planning software, use built-in methods with coordinates or borehole data, build from point cloud data, or import block models from Leapfrog, Deswik, Datamine, and Vulcan.
Construct slope stability models easier and faster than ever. You can import surfaces from geological or mine planning software, use built-in methods with coordinates or borehole data, build from point cloud data, or import block models from Leapfrog, Deswik, Datamine, and Vulcan.
Intelligent Search
Discover critical slip surfaces, identify regions of interest, and use search clusters for thorough exploration using Slide3`s Intelligent Search algorithm. You can generate detailed safety maps and refine searches for precise slope stability analysis, saving you time and providing you with deeper insights.
Block Model Projection
Visualize block models directly on external surfaces, enabling detailed analysis of geological properties. You can create 2D sections to see internal block structures and add block-level data for more precise material property assignments. The revamped import wizard simplifies integrating block models, making your geotechnical analysis more accurate and efficient.
Sensitivity Analysis
The new sensitivity analysis tool in Slide3 helps users assess how the changes in material properties, loads, supports, or seismic inputs affect your 3D slope stability results. It’s an efficient way to gauge model robustness and highlight critical design parameters.
- Spherical
- Ellipsoidal
- Spline Surface
- Composite
- Excess Pore Pressure
- Rapid Drawdown Analysis
- Unsaturated Shear Strength
- Anisotropic Regions
- Tension Cracks
- Bishop
- Janbu
- Spencer
- GLE with intercolumn force function
- Very fast compute engine
- Metric or imperial units
- View 3D global minimum slip surface
- View all slip surfaces
- View contour plots of analysis data on
slip surface (e.g. stress, strength, pore
pressure) - View safety maps on the surface of
the model or on cutting plane through
your model - Show support forces
- Data tips for any object
- Annotation and dimensioning tool kit
Export to Excel
Export image files
- Point loads
- Distributed loads (uniform or variable)
- Seismic loads
- Create 3D models with CAD tools
- Import 3D surfaces with .dxf, .dwg, .obj,
.stl, .step, .iges, .tin, .asc, .xyz fi les - Borehole data entry
- Construct geometry profile from
borehole data - .dxf import/export
- One-click material assignment
- Import RS3 fi les
- Import 2D to 3D (Slide2 or RS2)
- Export 2D planar section (Slide2 or RS2)
- Right-click editing shortcuts
- Interactive sidebar
- Slope wizard (create simple slope
models with a few mouse clicks)
- Water surfaces (water table or piezo line)
- Water pressure grids
- Ru coefficients
- Import pore pressure grids from RS3
Search Methods - Auto-refi ne search
- Cuckoo search
- Grid search
- Particle Swarm
- Surface Altering Optimization
- Automatic 3D failure direction
determination - Slope limits (inclusion or exclusion zones)
- Surface filter options
- Pseudo-static analysis
- Staged pseudo-static analysis
- Mohr-Coulomb
- Undrained
- Infinite Strength
- Anisotropic Strength
- Shear/Normal Function
- C/Phi Function
- Generalized Hoek-Brown
- Vertical Stress Ratio
- Barton-Bandis
- Power Curve
- Hyperbolic
- Discrete Function
- Drained-Undrained
- Generalized Anisotropic
- SHANSEP
- Active vs. passive anchors
- Easily define/edit patterns
- End-anchored bolts
- Geotextiles
- Grouted tieback
- Grouted tieback with friction
- Piles and micropiles
- Soil nails
- User-defined
