Coupling 3DEC and FLAC3D

This section describes a scheme for coupling 3DEC blocks and FLAC3D zones.

The following sections explore the zone-block coupling logic in detail.

Section Outline

• Formulation
• Commands
  • zone-block create command
• FISH Functions
  • zone.block.gp
  • zone.block.list
  • zone.block.numgp
  • zone.block.typeid
  • zone.block.vertex
  • zone.block.weight
• Zone-Block Coupling Examples
  • Simple Test of Zone-Block Coupling
  • Bonded Block Model With Zone-Block Coupling
  • Dynamic Wave Propagation in a Coupled 3DEC-FLAC3D Model