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HYRCAN Category => HYRCAN Users => Topic started by: john@4838 on September 21, 2024, 04:20:07 am

Title: Use of Saturated Unit weight of material
Post by: john@4838 on September 21, 2024, 04:20:07 am

What is the use of Saturated Unit weight option in material definition option.
And where we use saturated unit weight.
And what is the use of water table definition.

Title: Re: Use of Saturated Unit weight of material
Post by: Roozbeh on September 21, 2024, 10:50:20 am

Hello, in cases where there is groundwater, the saturated unit weight might be required for the soil below water.

Title: Re: Use of Saturated Unit weight of material
Post by: john@4838 on September 21, 2024, 03:35:30 pm

Sir, then where we will use submerged or buoyant unit weight?
Also, can you solve rapid draw down case in the Hyrcan Software

Title: Re: Use of Saturated Unit weight of material
Post by: Roozbeh on September 21, 2024, 03:39:10 pm

None of these have been added as of yet.

Title: Re: How to calculate Base shear force
Post by: john@4838 on November 27, 2025, 06:39:02 am

I have done the manual calculation of slope stability analysis. My doubt is , how to calcualte base shear force? is it w sin fi?
I have done the same calculation but its not matching with software calculation.(http://)

Title: Re: Use of Saturated Unit weight of material
Post by: Roozbeh on December 04, 2025, 12:59:04 pm

Please be aware that the factor of safety (FS) is accounted for when computing the base shear.