Examples • Example Applications

Example Applications

Section Outline

• Influence of Slope Curvature on Stability
• Pillar Loads at Intersecting Tunnels
• Excavation in a Saturated Soil
• One-Dimensional Consolidation Considering Secondary Compression
• Excavation and Support for a Shallow Tunnel
• Grid Generation for Intersecting Tunnels
• Pressurized Cylindrical Cavern
• Prediction of Borehole Closure in a Salt Formation
• Axial and Lateral Loading of a Concrete Pile
• Undrained Cylindrical Cavity Expansion in a Cam-Clay Medium
• Simulation of Pull-Tests for Fully Bonded Rock Reinforcement
• Wheel Load over a Buried Pipe
• Embankment Loading on a Cam-Clay Foundation
• Impermeable Concrete Caisson Wall with Pretensioned Tiebacks
• Dewatered Construction of a Braced Excavation
• Installation of a Triple-Anchored Excavation Wall
• Reinforced Tunnel Excavation
• Subsidence above Horizontal Cut
• Punch Indentation of a Bonded Material
• Sleeved Triaxial Test of a Bonded Material

This section provides documentation on a series of example application problems that have been solved using FLAC3D. These example applications demonstrate the various classes of problems to which FLAC3D may be applied.

For a complete list of all illustrative examples in this documentation, refer to Index: Examples.

The problems in this section represent only a sample of potential applications for FLAC3D. The examples presented to users are updated on a regular basis. We also invite users to submit their own examples for inclusion, or inform us of any type of problem that they would like to see in this section.