Transient Groundwater
transient groundwater analysis
compute safety factor at each stage
time dependent boundary conditions
view groundwater and stability results at each stage
Rapid Drawdown
Duncan, Wright, Wong 3 stage
Army Corps Engineering 2 stage
Lowe-Karafiath
improved B-bar method
Material Properties
Generalized Anisotropic Strength
phi b for water pressure grids
water content versus suction for transient analysis
direct link from material properties dialog to RocData or RocLab to assist with input of material parameters
paste data from RocData or RocLab into material properties dialog
for the simple permeability model can now choose a function based on soil type (Define Hydraulic Properties)
Search Methods
simulated annealing (Surface Options > Non-Circular > Search Method)
auto refine search for non-circular (Surface Options > Non-Circular > Search Method)
multiple group option for block search to simultaneously search multiple regions (Surface Options > Non-Circular > Block Search)
define maximum concave angle for optimization search (Surface Options > Non-Circular > Optimize)
Project Settings
changes and improvements to dialog (e.g. tabs replaced by list)
units of measurement (permeability units and time)
Eurocode 7 design standard
project summary
Editing
Change Slope Angle option
Geometry Cleanup option
Copy, Scale, Rotate boundaries
Convert Boundary option
Coordinate table for entering / editing coordinates (Boundaries > Edit)
coordinate entry mode for entering relative or polar coordinates in prompt line
improved options for defining arcs and circle
transient groundwater mode for defining transient conditions
tabs at lower left of view for switching modes (slope stability, steady state groundwater, transient groundwater)
Support
consider shear capacity and/or compression capacity for grouted tiebacks or soil nails (Define Support Properties)
micro pile force direction – apply parallel to slip surface or perpendicular to pile (Define Support Properties)
apply support forces to interslice boundaries (Project Settings > Advanced)
Analysis
new compressed file format *.slim file extension
user-defined iteration parameters for limit equilibrium analysis (Project Settings > Advanced)
Steffensen\’s iteration method improves speed and convergence (Project Settings > Advanced)
exclude surfaces from output file if safety factor above or below user-defined values (Project Settings > Advanced)
improved Info Viewer with customizable output for report generation
Groundwater
multi-segment discharge sections for finite element groundwater analysis
pressure head boundary condition for finite element groundwater analysis
negative pore pressure cutoff for transient analysis when initial conditions are defined by water table or grid
Meshing
Improve Discretization Grading option in Mesh Setup to improve discretization around very small line segments
Advanced Discretization option in Mesh Setup allows you to refine discretization in selected regions
new mesh refinement options – increase element / discretization density regions can be defined as arbitrary polygons (Mesh > Increase Density)
automatic mapped mesh option
Interpret
show values along surface (plot histograms of results directly on slip surface)
multi-stage results view for transient groundwater analysis
plot safety factor versus stage for transient
save current view state of open files (saves all open views and display options for each view)
more customizable chart settings
slice data output is tabulated for easier reading
Drawing Tools
drawing tools available in Slide modeler
convert tool to boundary option in modeler
material properties and support properties tables
queries, iso-lines and flow lines are saved when you save the drawing tools
tools can now be hidden individually or all
tool visibility is adjustable per view and per stage (for transient analysis)
tool formatting can be copied from one tool to another
undo/redo applies to drawing tools
Product:Rocscience Slide v6.025
Lanaguage:english
Platform:Winxp/Win7
Size:59.21 MB