Pre-Class - XSLOPE and the Limit Equilibrium Method

There are no videos for this section. Rather, you will review portions of the XSLOPE documentation.

  1. Overview of the Limit Equilibrium Method (LEM) method and features supported in XSLOPE.

https://xslope.org/en/latest/lem/overview/

Note the list of LEM methods supported in XSLOPE in the section at the bottom of the page.

  1. Automated Search Algorithms

https://xslope.org/en/latest/lem/search/

  1. The XSLOPE Input Template.

https://xslope.org/en/latest/usage/input_template/

Re-read the section on the XSLOPE Input Template and pay particular attention to the features associated with the LEM method. This includes:

  • Material properties
  • Profile lines
  • Piezometric lines
  • Circles
  • Non-circular surfaces
  • Distributed loads

You can ignore the section on soil reinforcement for now. We will cover that later.