GeoStudio
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Products
GeoStudio is a software suite composed of several individual products that work together to analyze different aspects of a project. Product licenses can be purchased individually, or are available in bundles described in the next section.
- SLOPE/W for slope stability analysis [1]
- SEEP/W for groundwater seepage analysis [2]
- SIGMA/W for stress-deformation analysis [3]
- QUAKE/W for dynamic earthquake analysis [4]
- TEMP/W for geothermal analysis [5]
- CTRAN/W for contaminant transport analysis [6]
- AIR/W for air flow analysis [7]
- VADOSE/W for vadose zone & soil cover analysis [8]
Bundles
There are six bundles (or editions) of GeoStudio, with varying products or capabilities:
- GeoStudio 2007 Student Edition - free! - includes all eight products with limited features
- GeoStudio 2007 Basic Edition [9] - includes all but VADOSE/W, with more features than the Student Edition
- VADOSE/W 2007 Basic Edition [10] - 1D version of VADOSE/W and CTRAN/W
- GeoStudio 2007 Standard - includes SLOPE/W, SEEP/W and SIGMA/W
- GeoStudio 2007 Professional - includes Standard + QUAKE/W, TEMP/W and CTRAN/W
- GeoStudio 2007 Universal - includes all eight products
Engineering Books
GeoStudio includes manuals that also double as engineering guides and tutorials, and make a handy reference. (These books are included in the free Student Edition.)
- SLOPE/W Engineering Book
- SEEP/W Engineering Book
- SIGMA/W Engineering Book
- QUAKE/W Engineering Book
- TEMP/W Engineering Book
- CTRAN/W Engineering Book
- AIR/W Engineering Book
- VADOSE/W Engineering Book
Blogs
- Grokking GeoStudio - tips and tricks on using the GeoStudio interface effectively, written by one of its developers.
- Direct Contact - not a blog per se, but a monthly newsletter with in-depth article on modeling with GeoStudio, published by GEO-SLOPE.
News
- In April 2006, GEO-SLOPE published a detailed note discussing SLOPE/W's restriction on exit angles. Download File (PDF)
- In February 2006, GEO-SLOPE's CEO, Dr. John Krahn, explained his dislike for the strength-reduction approach to stability analysis. [11]
