3D Finite Element Analysis Software

RS3 3D Excavation and Slope Finite Element Analysis Software

Rocscience RS3 is a general finite element analysis software, mainly used for analysis and calculation of various geotechnical engineering problems such as underground caverns and tunnel excavation and support design, surface excavation support and foundation design, foundation consolidation analysis and seepage calculation.

Rocscience RS3 software’s powerful phased construction processing method can flexibly simulate problems such as step-by-step excavation, support analysis, load addition analysis and similar problems, up to hundreds of different construction stages. In order to assist and allocate between stages, the software provides a construction stage sequence design function, which can quickly handle the allocation of complex and repetitive work.

Rocscience RS3 software can simulate soil and rock materials, and constitutive models include Mohr-Coulomb, Generalized Hoek-Brown, Cam Clay and Drucker-Prager. Users can complete the specification of material parameters with a few clicks of the mouse. For the establishment of complex 3D models, RS3 software also supports importing CAD files (such as DXF files) into the model and making corrections.

To simulate the support system, RS3 software provides a wide range of support units, including linings, beams, piles, etc. At the same time, these units can be used in combination in excavations, slopes, foundations, retaining walls, and embankments. Anchor types include end-knot type, anchor, full-length bonded type (soil nails), split type, anchor cables, etc. The initial masonry includes shotcrete and reinforced concrete, and composite linings can also be specified. Relative sliding is allowed between different linings.