Learning

Getting Started with FLAC2D/FLAC3D
Online
Sep 23, 2025 - Sep 24, 2025

Live Online Introductory Training Course.

September 23-24, 2025.


Getting Started with 3DEC
Online
Oct 14, 2025 - Oct 15, 2025

Live Online Introductory Training Course.

October 14-15, 2025


NEW TRAINING: Meshing in ITASCA Software
Online
Dec 2, 2025 - Dec 3, 2025

This introductory training course offers a comprehensive foundation in geotechnical modeling, enabling participants to identify various mesh types, effectively use the built-in tools in FLAC2D/3D and 3DEC, and gain practical experience with BlockRanger and Griddle for advanced mesh generation.


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

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.

FLAC3D 6.0 PFC Plugin Conveyor
Homogeneous Embankment Dam Analysis (Part 2 of 3)

This FLAC 8.1 tutorial demonstrates how to conduct a steady-state seepage analysis to calculate the pore water pressures in the embankment due to the reservoir.

Technical Papers

Tunneldrivning i heterogena förhållanden

InledningProblem: Brist på erfarenhet av tunneldrivning i heterogena förhållanden med konventionell uttagsteknik (borrning och sprängning).

Mål: Fördjupa kunskapen och förståelse av brott och deformationsmönster vid dessa förhållanden.

Time-Dependent Behavior of Saint-Martin-La-Porte Exploratory Galleries: Field Data Processing and Numerical Modeling of Excavation in Squeezing Rock Conditions

Field monitoring programs (e.g., convergence measurements and stress measurements in the support system) play an important role in following the response of the ground and of the support system during and after excavation. They contribute to the adaptation of the excavation and support installation method and the prediction of the long-term behavior. In the context of the Lyon–Turin link project, an access gallery (SMP2) was excavated between 2003 and 2010, and a survey gallery (SMP4) has been excavated since 2017.

Simulation of Three-Dimensional Pore-Pressure Distribution for Slope-Stability Analysis

A 3D groundwater flow model was constructed using MINEDW [1] to simulate pore pressure at the Chuquicamata open pit mine slope in Chile.

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Upcoming Events
23 Sep
Getting Started with FLAC2D/FLAC3D
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Getting Started with 3DEC
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2 Dec
NEW TRAINING: Meshing in ITASCA Software
This introductory training course offers a comprehensive foundation in geotechnical modeling, enabling participants to identify various... Read More