ITASCA FLAC/FLAC3D Short Course Itasca Software Training Course Tongji University Shanghai, China October 27-31, 2008 Peter Cundall, Yanhui Han & Roger Hart Itasca Consulting Group, Inc.01:00 - 02:00 02:00 - 03:00 03:00 — 03:15 03:15 - 04:15 04:15 — 05:00 ITASCA Training Schedule October 27, 2008 (afternoon) Overview of FLAC/FLAC3D features and capabilities — Overview of capabilities in geo-engineering - Theoretical basis - General operation procedures Grid generation for FLAC models - New virtual-grid generation tools = Automatic re-meshing capability during cycling Break Structural element topics - Connecting structural elements to represent multiple support — Simulating pre-tensioning Stress initialization techniques - Techniques for initializing stress in non-uniform gridsWhat is FLAC? FLAC is a general-purpose code that can simulate a full range of nonlinear static & dynamic mechanical problems, with coupled fluid flow, heat flow and structural interaction. Any geometry can be represented, and the boundary conditions are quite general. FLAC simulates the behavior of nonlinear continua (with embedded interfaces) by the generalized finite difference method (arbitrary element shapes), also known as the finite volume method. FLAC solves the dynamic equations of motion in the time domain and follows any constitutive relation in large or small strain mode. Every feature of FLAC is accessible from a powerful Graphical User Interface. FLAC contains an embedded language, FISH, that gives the user access to all internal variables, and allows custom-written functions. ITASCA