“Getting Started With Dynamic Modeling in FLAC3D ”
OnlineMay 12, 2025 - May 13, 2025
This training supplies the tools needed to describe and apply the workflow for dynamic analysis in FLAC3D, demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of each step involved, including model setup, boundary conditions, input signal application, and damping, to effectively analyze dynamic behavior in geotechnical simulations.
Python in Itasca Software
OnlineJun 11, 2025 - Jun 12, 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.
IMAT Training: Revolutionizing Mining Analysis with Seismology & Numerical Modeling
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United StatesJun 16, 2025 - Jun 18, 2025
Hands-on learning with IMAT’s latest upgrade enhances mine modeling and seismology, uniting open-pit and underground mining capabilities for faster, smarter, and more efficient analysis.
Itasca Educational Partnership
ITASCA Educational Partnership (IEP) Programs
IEP Research Program
Itasca's IEP Research Program offers assistance to qualifying graduate students with a desire to utilize Itasca software in their research.
IEP Teaching Program
Software Tutorials
How to Paint Model Data onto Geometry
3DEC, FLAC3D, and UDEC allow you to quickly analyze your model data by visualizing properties and results by “painting” zone field values onto some geometry (DXF, STL or GEOM format). Learn how this is done.
An Introduction to Python Scripting: Part 2
Introduction to Python scripting by reviewing key concepts and through demonstrations. Part 2 focuses on classes and objects plus lists and dictionaries.
3DEC 5.2 Introductory Webinar
This video is a recording of a one hour webinar reviewing the latest features in Version 5.2 of 3DEC. Presented by Dr. Jim Hazzard, 3DEC Product Manager and Lead Developer.
Technical Papers
Numerical Evaluation of Effectiveness of Drainwells in Dewatering Overburden at Surface Coal Mines
Typical sedimentary sequences overlying coal seams consist of interbedded sandstones, siltstones, shales, and rider coal seams.
Using MINEDWto simulate pore pressure as input for FLAC3Dand 3DEC
It has become common practice to create a three-dimensional (3-D) geomechanical model for the analysis of rock stability.
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.