Abstract: A slope stability project is analyzed with the commercial finite difference software FLAC3D due to its powerful postprocess functions.  However, greater difficulties are encountered in the model development due to the inclined nonhorizontal soil strata in using the FLAC3D software. A better approach to enhance the efficiency is to take the advantage of the ANASYS preprocessing functions for the model development. The results indicate that this combination can significantly improve the efficiency in resolving the complicated geometry as well as the subsurface conditions.

Key words: FLAC3D Software, ANSYS Software, Analysis of Slope Reinforcement