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Analysis Methods :

Bishop Simplified

Corps of Engineers #1

Corps of Engineers #2

GLE/Morgenstern-Price

Janbu Corrected

Janbu Simplified

Lowe-Karafiath

Ordinary/Fellenius

Sarma Vertical & Non-vertical Slice

Spencer

Data Interpretation :

Annotation and dimensioning tool kit

Contour groundwater results—total head, pore pressure, velocity, gradient

Export image files

Export to Excel

Filter slip surfaces

Interactive data tips

Plot factor of safety along slope

Plot results directly on slip surface

Plot safety factor vs. time for transient analysis

Plot slice data

Plot slip surface data

Print models at scale

Support force diagrams

Property viewer—contour material properties

Finite Element Groundwater Seepage Analysis :

Constant or time-dependent boundary conditions

Discharge sections

Mapped meshing

Multi-stage transient groundwater seepage

One-click automatic meshing

Saturated/unsaturated

Show mesh quality

Steady state seepage

View groundwater and slope stability results simultaneously

Loading :

Distributed loads

Line loads

Seismic loads

Modeling :

Borehole entry

CAD drawing tools

.dxf import/export

Geometry from soil profile

Multi-scenario modeling

One-click material assignment

Weak layer boundary

Pore Pressure Definition :

Calculate excess pore pressure using B-bar method

Choose grid interpolation method

Finite element groundwater seepage analysis

Phreatic surfaces

Piezometric lines

Pore pressure grids—total head, pressure head, pore pressure

Rapid drawdown analysis

Ru coefficients

Probabilistic Analysis :

Advanced correlation between input parameters

Critical probabilistic surface

Spatial variability analysis

Distributions—Normal, Uniform, Triangular, Beta, Exponential, Lognormal, Gamma

Equate material properties

Histogram, cumulative, and scatter plots

Monte Carlo, Latin Hypercube, or Response Surface simulation

Probability of failure/Reliability index

Sensitivity analysis

Use any input parameters as random variables

Rapid Drawdown Methods :

Army Corps Engineering 2-stage

Duncan, Wright, Wong 3-stage

Effective stress using B-bar

Lowe and Karafiath

Search Methods :

Auto-refine search

Block search

Cuckoo search

Grid search

Non-circular surface optimization

Particle swarm

Path search

Simulated annealing

Slope search

Seismic Options :

Compute Kc critical acceleration

Newmark displacement (rigid, coupled, de-coupled)

Pseudo-static analysis

Staged pseudo-static analysis Slip Surface Options

Circular surfaces

Composite surfaces

Non-circular/Planar surfaces

Tension cracks

Support :

Active vs. passive anchors

Back analysis (compute required support force for safety factor)

Easily define/edit patterns

End-anchored bolts

Geotextiles

Grouted tiebacks

Piles and micropiles

RSPile integration

Soil nails

User-defined support model

Retaining Wall (EFP)

Helical Anchor

Strength Models :

Anisotropic function

Anisotropic linear

Anisotropic strength

Barton-Bandis

Discrete function

Drained-Undrained

Generalized anisotropic

Generalized Hoek-Brown

Hoek-Brown

Hyperbolic

Infinite strength

Mohr-Coulomb

No strength (i.e., water)

Power curve

SHANSEP

Shear/normal function

Snowden modified anisotropic linear

Tension cutoff

Undrained (Phi = 0)

Unsaturated shear strength

Vertical stress ratio