RocSlope3 Featured

RocSlope is a 3D program designed to revolutionize the analysis of rock slope stability. With its unique capabilities, RocSlope enables engineers to assess the factors of safety of hundreds or even thousands of blocks in highly jointed rock masses, where failures are structurally controlled.

While existing rock slope engineering tools like Dips, SWedge, RocPlane and RocTopple, have been industry staples for years, allowing users to effectively analyze various failure mechanisms, we recognized the need for large-scale rock slope analysis in both the civil and mining industries. This powerful software is applicable for civil engineering and mining, in the analysis of rock cuts, and benches at the open pit scale.

Model 3D Geological Structures

For 3D slope geometries of benches, highway cuts, and entire open pits, model structurally controlled failure in rock slopes exhibiting jointing (faults, joints, bedding, folds, foliations). Define joints as any combination of measured joints, synthetically sampled joint sets, or discrete surfaces, defined by orientation and location.

Block Stability Analysis

Determine all valid blocks which could be formed by the intersection of joints. Once blocks are computed, determine each block’s stability using the limit equilibrium method to obtain a factor of safety, taking into considering weight, shear strength, water pressure, loading and supports.

Predict the locations and magnitudes of failures over the extent of the slope by creating heat maps to show locations with the lowest factors of safety, largest failure volumes and depths, and greatest support requirements.

Probabilistic Analysis

Perform probabilistic analysis to model the variability in rock unit weight, joint shear strength, and water pressure parameters and obtain location-specific probabilities of failure. Generate statistical plots like histograms, cumulative and scatter plots for any selection of blocks, and fit distributions and regression lines through the data.