This FLAC 8.1 tutorial demonstrates how to establish the stresses in the dry embankment prior to the formation of the upstream reservoir.
The transport and placement of proppant within fractures is modeled in 3DEC by representing the proppant and fracturing fluid as a mixture.
Cable elements in 3DEC may be assigned a tensile yield force limit and an axial rupture strain in order to simulate cable rupture. 3DEC can also simulate the shearing resistance along the cable length between the grout and either the cable or the host material.
With increasing depth, higher stress and more difficult mining. With increasing depth is there more ground surface effects or less?
It has become common practice to create a three-dimensional (3-D) geomechanical model for the analysis of rock stability.
Numerical models are now used routinely to predict ground-water inflows to both surface and underground mines and to help design dewatering systems.