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Itasca Educational Partnership
IEP Research Program
IEP Teaching Program
Academic Software
The Fairhurst Files
Software Tutorials
FLAC3D 6 0 Model Generation using the Building Blocks Handle
Using Python in Itasca Software
Python scripting is built into current versions of FLAC3D, 3DEC, and PFC. This video introduces users of Itasca software to working with Python and FLAC3D, 3DEC, and PFC types (zones, blocks, ball, structural elements, and so on). The Itasca Module, a comparison with FISH scripting, and object-oriented and array-oriented interfaces are reviewed and demonstrated.
Fluid Flow through Jointed Rock
As well as flow through joints, 3DEC 5.2 is capable of simulating fluid flow through the blocks or the matrix (i.e., between the joints). It is assumed that the blocks represent a saturated, permeable solid, such as soil or fractured rock mass.
Technical Papers
Use of a Finite Element Code to Model Complex Mine Water Problems
Numerical models are now used routinely to predict ground-water inflows to both surface and underground mines and to help design dewatering systems.
Solving rock mechanics issues through modelling: then, now, and in the future?
Caving in the Fabian Orebody —from Mining Stope to Cave Crater in Malmberget
The Fabian orebody is a non-daylighting iron orebody in the LKAB Malmberget Mine in northern Sweden. During 2010, a prognosis of the cave development in the Fabian area was developed, based on compilation and analysis of all available material. In March 2012, a new cave crater formed on the ground surface above the Fabian orebody, similar to what was predicted. The prognosis is compared with observations of the caving and the differences and implications quantified. A program for continued monitoring of mining-induced deformation in Malmberget is also described and a criterion for allowable mining-induced surface deformations is proposed.