Introduction

The pseudo-static method is used to analyze the stability of slopes during earthquake shaking. The seismic loading is represented by a static force acting on each slice of the discretized sliding mass. In SLOPE/W, there are two options to accommodate the development of excess pore-water pressures during shaking: an undrained method and an effective stress method. This example illustrates the pseudo-static implementation in SLOPE/W and provides some recommendations on the appropriate usage.