Current Issue: October 2011
China and Banff Workshops
Our Banff modeling workshop is now full, and we are no longer able to accept registrations. We encourage all of you who were not able to register for this year to consider joining us
in either Zurich in the spring or Banff in the fall of 2012.
We will also be co-hosting a workshop in Chengdu, China, November 9-11, 2011 with our partner CnTech Co. Ltd.
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Previous Issues
2011
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July 2011: Rapid Drawdown with Multi-Stage Approach Read about or analysis of the Walter Bouldin Dam and three other published examples, including Duncan, Wright and Wong (1990).
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May 2011: Panama Workshop Read about our recent adventures in Panama and sign up for the Banff Workshop.
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April 2011: GeoFrontiers Dallas Read how a group of students from Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute used GeoStudio 2007 to win the National Student GeoChallenge at the ASCE Geo-Institute annual conference.
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March 2011: Seepage Exit Gradients Read our technical paper that discusses the
background of how the exit gradient criterion was developed, and how to use it when interpreting 2D finite element seepage analyses.
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January 2011: Europe Workshop Plan on attending our next Geotechnical Modeling
workshop in Zurich, Switzerland at the end of May, and check out our free online workshop videos.
2010
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December: 2010 Happy Holidays Wishing you a Merry Christmas, and how to perform a batch calculations with your own GeoStudio XML file.
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November: 2010 GeoStudio Self-Hosted Workshops Learn how to self-host your own geotechnical modeling workshop, either for a group of engineers, or for your individual training needs.
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October: 2010 Grid And Radius Learn how to use the grid and radius slip surface option to obtain a circular critical slip surface, and read about our workshops in Banff and Kuala Lumpur.
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August: 2010 Cut In London Clay Learn how the coupled formulation in SIGMA/W can be used to simulate the excavation process and find out how to follow us on Twitter.
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July: 2010 Sheet Pile Wall Learn how to model a sheet pile wall in SLOPE/W and discover how your network licenses can be borrowed to a laptop.
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June: 2010 Running Older Versions Learn how to run older versions of GeoStudio with your current license and
read about the best way to model the stability of a partially submerged slope.
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May: 2010 GeoStudio Workshops in China Attend our annual GeoStudio Chinese Users Conference, visit us at the GeoShanghai Conference,
and read about how a geo-fabric can be used to improve the overall stability of a slope.
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April: 2010 Banff Workshop Registration for the Banff 2010 Geotechnical Modeling Workshop is now open.
Also, read the detailed example about composite-type slip surfaces translating on weak stratigraphic units, and what does "Solution out of date" mean?
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March: 2010 Eurocode 7. Find out how GeoStudio 2007 can be used in the context of Eurocode 7 and Limit States Design.
Also, review the new book "Geotechnical Engineering: A Practical Problem Solving Approach", and register for the Europe 2010 workshop.
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February: 2010 Chinese Edition. Learn about the new Chinese language option for GeoStudio 2007.
Also, read the detailed example about the Bangkok wickdrain study.
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January: 2010 Cutoff Interface. Learn about the use of an Interface Material Model.
Also register for the Europe 2010 Geotechnical Modelling Workshop, and find out how to use templates in GeoStudio.
2009
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2005
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December 2005: Establishing Insitu Stresses with SIGMA/W. One of the more
important aspects of any stress-deformation analysis is establishing the insitu stresses. Learn
how to
do a "gravity turn-on" analysis with SIGMA/W. Also in this edition,
we congratulate Dr. John Krahn on being awarded the R.F. Legget Medal,
and we explain how we've made it easier to download your license files.
- November 2005:
Sensitivity Analysis with SLOPE/W.
Learn how a simple sensitivity analysis can be used to help obtain a better
understanding of the influence of particular parameters in a slope
stability analysis.
- October 2005:
Display of Most Critical Slip Surfaces.
In the early days, the only way to portray a summary of all the
safety factors was to contour them on a grid of rotation centers.
With today's sophisticated software, there are now other more
convenient and meaningful ways which can help interpret
slope stability results. Also in this issue, a review of the
5th Annual Calgary Geotechnical Modeling Workshop.
- September 2005:
Reflections on Ethiopia.
John Krahn reflects on his recent trip to Ethiopia to lead a modeling workshop.
Also in this issue, watch a video to learn when and how to use function
estimation in SEEP/W.
- August 2005:
SLOPE/W Slip Surface Optimization.
Learn how SLOPE/W can distort your slip surface to find the lowest factor of safety.
Also in this issue, John Krahn travels to Ethiopia to provide engineering mentorship.
- July 2005:
Demystifying a transient analysis.
Some people panic when they hear the words "transient seepage analysis." However, if you
feel your steady-state seepage results do not reflect what you believe to be happening in
the ground, it is likely because you are trying to represent a transient condition with a
steady-state solution.
- June 2005:
Serving up new changes on the website... Significant changes are being made to the
geo-slope.com website to better serve you. Read about some of the initiatives here, and how Microsoft is
interested in what we're doing.
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May 2005: Read about the influence of water flow on ground freezing. Also in this
issue, the 5th Annual Calgary Geotechnical Modeling Workshop is only a few months away--read the
details and register early to save your spot.
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April 2005: The coastal landslides in California in the U.S. and British Columbia
in Canada were in the news around the world in February. Why did they happen? This edition of
Direct Contact uses SEEP/W and SLOPE/W to explain some of the factors.
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March 2005: GeoStudio's power lies in the integration between its products.
Watch a video showing SEEP/W and SLOPE/W working together. Also learn about upcoming Geotechnical
Modeling workshops in the UK and in Calgary. This edition congratulates our CEO,
John Krahn, on being awarded an EIC Fellowship.
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February 2005: John Krahn describes how to analyze geofabrics with SLOPE/W.
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January 2005: A message from the CEO: Numerical Modelling - Prediction or Process?
And visit us at Geo-Frontiers 2005 in Texas!
2004
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December 2004: Learn how to use GeoStudio 2004 with older data files. Watch movies
showing the benefits of unstructured meshing and how GeoStudio 2004 saves you time and effort by
ensuring mesh compatibility.
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November 2004: Watch a movie demonstrating the power of regions in SLOPE/W 2004,
and learn about an important update to GeoStudio 2004.
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September 2004: Learn about the next generation of geotechnical software,
GeoStudio 2004, and the very affordable Basic Edition.