Rocscience Course: 2D & 3D Slope Stability Analysis

• Location: Sheraton Grand Los Angeles, 711 S Hope St., Los Angeles, CA

• Course Date: April 7-8, 2022

• Schedule:
  • 7:30 AM - Breakfast
  • 8 AM - 5 PM - Technical Course with morning and afternoon breaks
• Languages: The course will be conducted in English
• Software to be used: Slide2, Slide3 and RSPile
• Registration Fees:
  • Early Bird - USD $1,100 (until March 25th, 2022)
  • Regular - USD $1,200

• What’s included:
  • Breakfast, lunch, snacks, and refreshments
    
  • One month temporary Rocscience software licenses (attendees must bring a laptop with the software installed)
  • Course material package
  • Onsite WiFi
  • PDH Certificate (16-hours)

Course Outline:

Day 1

Module 1: Overview of Limit-Equilibrium Methods for Slope Stability Analysis

• Failure modes of soil and rock slopes
• 2D and 3D limit-equilibrium methods

Module 2: Material Behavior Models and Model Building

• Model building (3D to 2D, 2D to 3D)
• Material behavior models (anisotropic vs. isotropic material models)

Module 3: Searching Methods

• Method selection for locating minimum factor of safety
• Failure surface optimization techniques

Day 2

Module 4: Modeling Supports for Slope Stability Analysis

• Selecting supports
  
• Introducing RSPile

Module 5: Finding the Critical FoS for 2D and 3D

• Tips and pitfalls
• Why 2D and 3D analyses
• Comparison of 2D and 3D results

We encourage you to register soon - spots are filling up fast!