Dear Konstantinos,

The best software for analysing the stability of your problem is PLAXIS or FLAC..these two software is well established software for geotechnical engineering problem..among these two software PLAXIS is finite element based and FLAC is finite difference based software.. You will find lot of literature related to your topics ..the simulation of material properties in the analysis is very important..you will find rock joint rock model based Hoek and Brown method is available in PLAXIS..ABAQUS is basically developed for mechanical engineering and now civil engineers also using this software for various analysis..you choose the software as per your requirements and limitations of the software..ok all the best in your research..

Dear Konstantinos,

I have performed almost the same analysis that you mentioned on a concrete-faced rockfill dam with RS2 (Phase2). It is relatively easy to use and developed by Rocscience Inc. You can also perform three-dimensional analyses with RS3.

Regards,

Bekir SF

Abaqus CAE will give you a wide range of possibilities for modelling and Analysis in static and dynamic conditions.So I suggest to use Abaqus CAE.

Regards,

Jithin

Dear Konstantinos,

The best software for analysing the stability of your problem is PLAXIS or FLAC..these two software is well established software for geotechnical engineering problem..among these two software PLAXIS is finite element based and FLAC is finite difference based software.. You will find lot of literature related to your topics ..the simulation of material properties in the analysis is very important..you will find rock joint rock model based Hoek and Brown method is available in PLAXIS..ABAQUS is basically developed for mechanical engineering and now civil engineers also using this software for various analysis..you choose the software as per your requirements and limitations of the software..ok all the best in your research..