Getting Started with 3DEC
OnlineMar 11, 2025 - Mar 12, 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
OnlineMar 26, 2025 - Mar 27, 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.
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
Tunnel Pulse with Quiet Boundaries
A pressure pulse is being applied to the tunnel boundary with a frequency of 4 Hz over tens of milliseconds. Quiet (i.e., viscous) boundaries have been applied to all but the top of the model, which remains a free surface.
PFC 7 Generating A Bonded Assembly
This tutorial will guide you through how to create a simple material using the linear parallel bond-model.
Working with Building Blocks in FLAC3D 6 (Part 1)
This video demonstrates using a library set of Building Blocks as a starting point for creating a new model. In this example, cylindrical blocks are snapped together to represent a tunnel and intersected with other blocks representing a nearby wall.
Technical Papers
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.
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.