Débuter avec FLAC2D/FLAC3D
Online25 Feb 2025 - 26 Feb 2025
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.
Débuter avec 3DEC
Online11 Mar 2025 - 12 Mar 2025
Objectives of the training:
- Understand the 3DEC numerical approach and the types of problems it can solve
- Know how to manipulate the 3DEC user interface to access and interpret results
- Follow the recommended solution procedure to simulate a simple case
Python in Itasca Software
Online26 Mar 2025 - 27 Mar 2025
This course provides an overview of the Python programming language in Itasca software.
The course covers major applications of Python to extend modeling capabilities with the Itasca codes through many applied examples.
Software Tutorials
Using Python in FLAC3D 6
The Python programming language is embedded inside FLAC3D 6 and extended to allow FLAC3D models to be manipulated from Python programs. This webinar recording provides a brief introduction to Python scripting and includes many examples of using Python with FLAC3D.
Python and Pore Pressure Initialization
In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to map a random point cloud with pore pressure values onto the grid points of a FLAC3D model using python.
Plotting Borehole Core Data using Geometry and FISH
In this example, you will see how to create your own custom plot of drill core data containing location, orientation, depth, and geotechnical data (lithography. fracture count, rock strength, weathering, and RMR).
Technical Papers
The Economic Challenges of Dewatering at the Victor Diamond Mine in Northern Ontario, Canada
The challenges of mining economically have never been greater than under current global financial conditions.
Application of InSAR for Monitoring Deformations at the Kiirunavaara Mine
Assess the use InSAR technology for LKAB's purposes - as a replacement and/or complement to current GPS measurements.
GPR-inferred fracture aperture widening in response to a high-pressure tracer injection test at the Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory, Sweden
We assess the performance of the Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) method in fractured rock formations of very low transmissivity (e.g. T ≈ 10−9–10−10 m2/s for sub-mm apertures) and, more specifically, to image fracture widening induced by high-pressure injections. A field-scale experiment was conducted at the Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory (Sweden) in a tunnel situated at 410 m depth. The tracer test was performed within the most transmissive sections of two boreholes separated by 4.2 m. The electrically resistive tracer solution composed of deionized water and Uranine was expected to lead to decreasing GPR reflections with respect to the saline in situ formation water.
