This training is an introduction to continuous modeling with FLAC2D and FLAC3D. At the end of the course, participants will master the graphical interface, documentation and the main modeling steps. Concepts are illustrated using a tunnel excavation example, from building the model geometry to results analysis. This introductory course provides the foundation for more advanced use of the software, which can be covered in more specific training modules.
Itasca is particularly well-known for examining complex problems involving slope instabilities in soil and rock. One specialty is assessment of slope stability and design on scales ranging from civil engineering slopes in soil and rock, including portals, to mine benches and inter-ramps for many of the world’s largest open-pit mines. Another is analysis of both the static and dynamic stability of waste dumps, leach piles, and tailings dams. Itasca’s roles include slope design, instrumentation, remediation, and back-analysis. Itasca’s software provides realistic deformations and failure mechanisms (including multiple failure modes), enabling Service Limit State and Ultimate Limit State analyses as well as Factor of Safety analyses. Numerical analyses can also take construction stages into account and many material models are available to represent a wide variety of soil and rock for realistic behaviors for both static and dynamic conditions, including liquefaction.
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