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Banff 2011 Geotechnical Modeling Workshop

With only three months before the start of our Banff 2011 Geotechnical Modeling workshop, we are now more than half full. Registration has been brisk, and we anticipate being completely full well before the October 17th start.

If you are considering joining us in Banff this year to fine-tune your numerical modeling skills, please act quickly to secure your attendance at this popular event.

Details and registration forms for the Banff 2011 Geotechnical Modeling Workshop are available online.

Rapid Drawdown with Multi-Stage Approach

Using SLOPE/W, stability during rapid drawdown can be analyzed in two approaches, namely the effective strength approach and the staged undrained strength approach. The purpose of this illustrative example is to show how to conduct a rapid drawdown analysis using the staged undrained strength, or multi-stage approach.

We have taken the Walter Bouldin Dam, and three other published examples analyzed by Duncan, Wright and Wong (1990), and the Corps of the Engineers (2003), and have analysed them using the multi-stage approach with SLOPE/W. In all cases, essentially the same solutions are obtained between the published examples and SLOPE/W.

Read the Detailed Example, and follow along in GeoStudio 2007 using the data file.

Rapid Drawdown With Multi-stage (28 KB)

European Workshop

We would like to thank all of the participants who attended our annual European modeling workshop. The idyllic city of Zurich, Switzerland provided a perfect setting to meet colleagues and expand our knowledge of numerical modeling using GeoStudio software. The enthusiastic and focused response of the attendees illustrated the importance of numerical analysis in engineering practice and made the four-day workshop an enjoyable experience for everyone involved.

The engineering group at GEO-SLOPE is looking forward to the 2012 European Workshop.

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Volume 7, Issue 5
July 2011

In this issue:

• Banff Workshop
• SLOPE/W Detailed Example
• European Workshop

Case Studies
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