1. Main Menu:  This menu enables the user to quickly access the input data, run the program either in optimizing or manual mode, and review the results, tabulated or graphically displayed. The user can also see the quantities of reinforcement for the outcome of design.

2. Input Data Menu:  This menu allows the user to access relevant input data.

3. Slope Geometry:  This dialog shows the type of geometry that ReSlope can analyze.  Note that it includes a finite backslope, sloping toe, and surcharge loads acting over the crest.  Reinforcement, however, is limited to only the section constituting the slope H.

4. Phreatic Surface:  This dialog allows for input of the phreatic surface using three coordinates (the fourth coordinate is fixed at the toe).  Water pressures can also be input using the porewater coefficient Ru. Invoking porewater pressure generates an effective stress analysis.

5. Soil Properties:  The shear strength parameters as well as the unit weight of each of the three soils are input in this dialog.   Although one can use cohesion, its long-term numerical value in manmade slopes is questionable and should be ignored.  However, ReSlope allows the user to assess its effects in the context of a quick parametric study.

8b. Foundation Effects:  The user can specify a minimum target Fs for Bishop's analysis, where only slip surfaces around the reinforced soil zone are considered.  If the resulted layout by ReSlope does not satisfy the prescribed Fs, the reinforcement is lengthened until deepseated failure satisfies Bishop's prescribed value.  This option should be used with care as ReSlope is intended for reinforced steep slopes over competent foundation.

10. Geosynthetic Design Parameters:  This dialog allows for the input of reduction factors for creep, durability and construction damage (the older terminology for these reduction factors was 'factors of safety'.)  It also allows for input of coverage ratio which indicates the plan view coverage of each layer (Rc = 1.0 means each layer is continuous; Rc < 1.0 means strip of reinforcement are used). 

11. Factors of Safety:  Through this dialog the user inputs the target factors of safety for which ReSlope calculates the corresponding layout of reinforcement.  These factors include Fs on soil shear strength (same as used in conventional slope stability analysis), Fs on geosynthetic strength (which can be different than that for the soil), Fs on pullout resistance, and Fs on the translational failure.  

12. Tabulated Results:  After running ReSlope, the user can access the numeric results using the main menu.  This dialog shows the submenu.   Note that the results can be exported for further in-depth analysis using program ReSSA.

14. Intermediate Results:  This table shows the minimum required length of each reinforcement layer as well the required strength of the reinforcement to prevent rotational failure at each elevation.  The required strength is the larger value of one needed for adequate global stability and the required value to avoid potential local overstressing ('tieback'; similar to MSE walls where lateral earth pressures are used).  Table can be printed or exported to Excel. 

15. Direct Sliding and Deepseated:  The summary here shows the length of bottom layer required to resist direct sliding, the maximum length needed to resist rotational failure, and Fs using Bishop's analysis for potential failure around the reinforced soil zone, penetrating the foundation.  Since ReSlope's analysis assumes competent foundation, Fs from Bishop analysis help in assessing this assumption and thus the validity of results.

18. Layout Needed to Resist Rotational Failure:  This window can be accessed from the previous one.  It shows the minimum required length to resist rotational failure considering compound and internal failure.  Also shown are all the internal slip surfaces (top-down approach).  The red tips are the lengths needed to resist pullout.  Note that ReSlope assumes that the reinforcement can develop its strength at its front-end (i.e., at the face of the slope) thus eliminating the possibility of surficial instability).  This can be achieved by the use of some facing (e.g., wrapped around, gabions, concrete panels, etc.).  

19. Printout:  Built-in report can be printed or previewed in ReSlope by clicking on the proper button in the toolbar.  The user can select one of the following languages (see captured screen):  English, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, or Swedish.  

20. Input for Manual Run:  Upon clicking on the manual run in Main Menu and after initial design was conducted for a single-type reinforcement, the user can add or delete layers, change elevation of layers, and specify the ultimate strength and the reduction factors for each reinforcement layer using a spreadsheet-like table.  The computed layout then will correspond to this data.  

21. Help:  The Help document for the theory behind ReSlope can be accessed using the Help button.  It is structured based on the Microsoft® standard help.