GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

• Perform climatic analysis in the unsaturated / vadose zone by coupling SVFlux with SVSlope?
• Perform seepage analysis of cutoff walls
• Analyze rapid drawdown of reservoir levels by coupling SVFlux with SVSlope?
• Design earth covers, earth dams / levees, and cover models. Combine seepage modeling with stress / strain analysis by coupling with SVSolid™ or with slope stability analysis by coupling with SVSlope?. (Read more about dam analysis applications here)
• Design slab on ground structures and couple with SVSolid™ to examine swelling or heaving
• Model waste rock piles and couple with SVSlope? to analyze their stability
• Design and analyze roadways. Couple your model with SVHeat™ to determine the location of the interface between ice and water for extreme climates
• Analyze geomembranes for stability and to examine the impact of leakage via piping failure
• Design of heap leach pad drainage systems. Model the movement of the liquor solution in the leach pad by coupling your model with ChemFlux™. (additional information)
• Design of heap columns, retaining walls
• Model mine sites and mine tailings and consider contaminant movement by coupling with ChemFlux™. (more information)
• Model lysimeters, spillways, and trenches
• Combine seepage and geothermal analysis by coupling with SVHeat™
• Drainage and dewatering plans for various soil conditions
• Embankment and earthen dam design and analysis
• Geotechnical considerations for lateral land development on poorly drained and well drained soils
  

HYDROGEOLOGY

• Design of canals by modeling pumping, water tables, or general flow
• Regional flow modeling
• Perform a well-pumping analysis to examine the resulting cone of depression
• Model rivers and general water flow
• Model pond infiltration and couple with SVHeat™ to model thermal regimes around the pond