Index: DamEngine/trunk/src/Deltares.DamEngine.Interface/ConversionHelper.cs
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diff -u -r2111 -r2173
--- DamEngine/trunk/src/Deltares.DamEngine.Interface/ConversionHelper.cs	(.../ConversionHelper.cs)	(revision 2111)
+++ DamEngine/trunk/src/Deltares.DamEngine.Interface/ConversionHelper.cs	(.../ConversionHelper.cs)	(revision 2173)
@@ -372,7 +372,46 @@
             return translationTable[failureMechanismSystemType];
         }
 
+        public const int InputSegmentFailureMechanismAll = 0;
+        public const int InputSegmentFailureMechanismStability = 1;
+        public const int InputSegmentFailureMechanismPiping = 2;
+        public const int InputSegmentFailureMechanismLiquefaction = 3;
+        
         /// <summary>
+        /// Converts the Dam segment failure mechanism type to the input segment failure mechanism type .
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="segmentFailureMechanismType">Type of the segment failure mechanism.</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static int ConvertToInputSegmentFailureMechanismSystemType(SegmentFailureMechanismType segmentFailureMechanismType)
+        {
+            var translationTable = new Dictionary<SegmentFailureMechanismType, int>()
+            {
+                {SegmentFailureMechanismType.All, InputSegmentFailureMechanismAll},
+                {SegmentFailureMechanismType.Stability, InputSegmentFailureMechanismStability},
+                {SegmentFailureMechanismType.Piping, InputSegmentFailureMechanismPiping},
+                {SegmentFailureMechanismType.Liquefaction, InputSegmentFailureMechanismLiquefaction}
+            };
+            return translationTable[segmentFailureMechanismType];
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Converts the input segment failure mechanism type to the Dam segment failure mechanism type .
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="segmentFailureMechanismSystemType">Type of the failure mechanism system.</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static SegmentFailureMechanismType ConvertToSegmentFailureMechanismSystemType(int segmentFailureMechanismSystemType)
+        {
+            var translationTable = new Dictionary<int, SegmentFailureMechanismType>()
+            {
+                {InputSegmentFailureMechanismAll, SegmentFailureMechanismType.All},
+                {InputSegmentFailureMechanismStability, SegmentFailureMechanismType.Stability},
+                {InputSegmentFailureMechanismPiping, SegmentFailureMechanismType.Piping},
+                {InputSegmentFailureMechanismLiquefaction, SegmentFailureMechanismType.Liquefaction}
+            };
+            return translationTable[segmentFailureMechanismSystemType];
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
         /// Converts the Dam piping model to the input piping model.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="pipingModelType">Type of the piping model.</param>