This tutorial will guide you through how to create a fractured Synthetic Rock Mass (SRM) specimen.
As well as flow through joints, 3DEC 5.2 is capable of simulating fluid flow through the blocks or the matrix (i.e., between the joints). It is assumed that the blocks represent a saturated, permeable solid, such as soil or fractured rock mass.
A tutorial showing how to create an unstructured mesh in FLAC3D 7.0 using the extruder pane.
Itasca Denver, Inc., (Itasca) in conjunction with Newmont Mining Corporation (NMC) developed a numerical model to estimate gold (Au) production from NMC’s heap-leach operations.
Pre-mining depressurising of a deep ore body at the McArthur River mine in northern Saskatchewan was considered to decrease the risk associated with mining near 5 MPa water pressure and increasing the amount of ore that can be extracted.
Numerical models are now used routinely to predict ground-water inflows to both surface and underground mines and to help design dewatering systems.