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Rocscience | ‘Open Secret’ Advantages of the Shear Strength Reduction Approach in Slope Stability Analysis

by Reginald Hammah, Ph.D. Introduction Seventeen years ago, in 2004, we wrote a RocNews article outlining our perspectives on the Shear Strength Reduction (SSR) technique of slope stability analysis....

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Rocscience | RSLog - From a Thought to a Web App

by Alireza Afkhami, M.A.Sc., M.C.P, P.Eng. We are living in a digital world. Technology's rapid progress in recent years has made our lives more digitized than ever. Entangled with smartphones, apps,...

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Rocscience | Another step towards software interoperability - Settle3 and RSLog

by Yipin Lu Rocscience software is designed to not just help engineers solve complex problems but also to deliver convenience to you. We are continuously thinking about adding new features that will...

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PLAXIS – From Concept to Construction

Importing geometric and stratigraphic data to PLAXIS 3D Any infrastructure project begins with a topographic survey, context capture using drone technology or satellite imagery, or ground investigat...

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PLAXIS for Deep Underground Excavation in Rock Mass

Rock at depth is subjected to stresses resulting from the weight of the overlying strata and from locked-in stresses of tectonic origin. When an opening is excavated in this rock, the stress field is...

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Seequent named Best Established Business in Prestigious Export Awards

Geoscience software company Seequent, a Bentley company, has been named Best Established Business in the New Zealand International Business Awards 2021. The New Zealand International Business Awards...

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PLAXIS: Introduction to the Jointed Rock Model for the Modeling of Soft Bedded Rock Formation

Rock masses are characterized by the existence of distributed joints. The mechanical properties of jointed rock masses are strongly dependent on the properties and geometry of the joints. Jointed roc...

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Continuous Software Means Continuous Innovation: The New Slide3-RSPile Integration

Slide3: The forefront of 3D slope stability analysis From the get-go, Rocscience's engineering team has invested much of their effort into ensuring Slide3 is more powerful than any other 3D Limit Equ...

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New major release PLAXIS CONNECT Edition V22.00 is out!

PLAXIS V22 brings a major overhaul to the data structure of the material database and a more flexible and more robust way of handling project units. Due to these major changes, PLAXIS V22 will be ins...

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3D Finite Element Analysis of a Contiguous Pile Wall

By Ian Williams, Ph.D. Introduction This article provides a brief summary of a 3D finite element analysis carried out using RS3 to model a contiguous pile retaining wall at the site of a propose...

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