Getting Started with 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
FLAC3D 7.0 Unstructured Mesh Tutorial
A tutorial showing how to create an unstructured mesh in FLAC3D 7.0 using the extruder pane.
Creating Groups Interactively and Automatically using the Model Pane
In this tutorial, we review how to automatically skin models, identify and group zone faces, and interactively select and group zones and zone faces. This tutorial also illustrates using the Model Pane to interactively add a shell structural element along a tunnel.
Working with Email in Itasca Software
Learn how you can use commands and functions to send email messages and attachments via Itasca software. Use this capability to inform you when a model has finished running, a result is available (even attach a plot), or the model run is interrupted.
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.
Mine Dewatering in a Compartmentalized Hydrogeologic Setting at Sishen Mine in South Africa
Sishen mine in South Africa is one of the largest open-pit iron mines in the world.
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.
