Short Course
Title: Rock Fracture Process Modeling Using FDEM
Instructors: Dr. Omid Mahabadi, Dr. Bryan Tatone and Dr. Andrea Lisjak, Geomechanica Inc., and Prof. Giovanni Grasselli, University of Toronto
Venue: The Westin St. Francis, San Francisco, California
Date: Saturday, 27 June 2015; 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Cost: $400--Includes lunch/refreshments, course documentation and full version of Y-GUI and Y-Geo FDEM software
Description: With its ability to reproduce failure processes in brittle geomaterials, the hybrid finite-discrete element method (FDEM) is gaining increasing acceptance in civil, mining, geological, and petroleum engineering applications, where an explicit consideration of fracture and fragmentation processes are key to fully understanding the rock mass behavior. This course will combine theoretical lectures on the fundamental principles of FDEM with practical modeling sessions where participants will gain valuable "hands-on" experience using Geomechanica's FDEM software (FEMDEM).
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Short course at Rock Mechanics Symposium in Minneapolis in 2014.
Photo by Hill Montague for ARMA.