Rocscience Course: Rock Slope Stability (Belo Horizonte)

• Languages: The course will be instructed in English with live-translation into Portuguese.
• Instructors: This course will be instructed by Dr. Grace Huang, Geomechanics Product Manager, Rocscience and Thiago Bretas, L3 Software.
• Registration Fees:
  • Early Bird Price – $895 USD (until May 31st, 2023)
  • Regular Price – $995 USD

What’s included:

• Temporary software licenses
• PDF of course materials
• PDH Certificate
• Lunch & Snacks

Please note:

• Registrants will be responsible for their own accommodation
• Participants must bring their own laptops (and mice)
• Participant numbers are limited

Rocscience Programs used:

• Dips
• RocPlane
• SWedge
• RocTopple
• RocFall2
• RocFall3

Course Outline:

Dips

• Plotting stereonets and choosing joint sets
• Methodology to identify planar, wedge, and toppling failure mechanisms
• Kinematic Evaluations

RocPlane

• Deterministic and probabilistic analysis of planar failures
• Sensitivity analysis of input parameters
• Design of mitigation options

SWedge

• Deterministic and probabilistic analysis of wedge failures
• Sensitivity analysis of input parameters
• Design of mitigation options

RocTopple

• Evaluation of block toppling and block-flexural toppling
• Sensitivity analysis of input parameters

Advanced Topics (as time allows)

• Bench analysis for open pit mines

RocFall2

• General conditions for rockfalls and factors affecting trajectories
• Impact theories for lump mass and rigid body in RocFall2
• Point mass and rigid body analysis of the trajectories and energies of falling rock blocks
• Design of mitigation measures such as catch fences and berms

RocFall3

• Impact theories for lump mass and rigid body in RocFall3
• 2D vs 3D rockfall analysis
• 3D model construction and interpretation

Multi-section export to 2D (RocFall2) for group analysis