FLAC Examples Index

All example problems in the FLAC documentation are indexed here, for reference, by group.

Example Applications

Structural Liner Examples

Verification Problems

Constitutive Model Tests

Dynamic Analysis

Creep Verifications & Examples

Factor of Safety Calculations

Thermal Verifications & Examples

Structural Cable Examples

Zone Interface Examples

Structural Beam Examples

Zone Attach Examples

Structural Pile Examples

Fluid Verifications & Examples

Structural Shell Examples

PFC-FLAC3D Coupled Examples

Structural Geogrid Examples

Geometry Data Examples

Mechanical Example Applications

FLAC2D

Undrained Cylindrical Cavity Expansion in a Cam-Clay Medium

Wharf Subjected to Earthquake Load

Simulation of Pull-Tests for Fully Bonded Rock Reinforcement

Slope Stability for a Cohesive and Frictional Soil

Axisymmetric Modeling of Post-Pillar Mining

Cemented Backfill Pillar Performance

Post-peak Pillar Behavior and the Effects of Backfill Confinement

Full-Scale Test Wall in Sand

Stresses around a Pressurized Concrete Tunnel

Multistage Tunnel Excavation and Support

Pile-Supported Highway Embankment

FLAC3D

Axial and Lateral Loading of a Concrete Pile

Dewatered Construction of a Braced Excavation

Embankment Loading on a Cam-Clay Foundation

Excavation and Support of a Shallow Tunnel

Excavation in a Saturated Soil

Grid Generation for Intersecting Tunnels

Impermeable Concrete Caisson Wall with Pretensioned Tiebacks

Influence of Slope Curvature on Stability

Installation of a Triple-Anchored Excavation Wall

One-Dimensional Consolidation Considering Secondary Compression

Pillar Loads at Intersecting Tunnels

Prediction of Borehole Closure in a Salt Formation

Pressurized Cylindrical Cavern

Punch Indentation of a Bonded Material

Reinforced Tunnel Excavation

Simulation of Pull-Tests for Fully Bonded Rock Reinforcement

Site Response using Maxwell Damping

Subsidence above Horizontal Cut

Tunnel in a Jointed Anisotropic Elastic Material

Undrained Cylindrical Cavity Expansion in a Cam-Clay Medium

Valley Creep Deformation

Wharf Subjected to Earthquake Load

Wheel Load over a Buried Pipe

Open Pit Mine with Faults

Mechanical Verification Problems

FLAC2D

Smooth Circular Footing on an Associated Mohr-Coulomb Material

Cylindrical Hole in an Infinite Hoek-Brown Medium

Cylindrical Hole in an Infinite Mohr-Coulomb Material

Rough Strip Footing on a Cohesive Frictionless Material

Uniaxial Compressive Strength of a Jointed Material Sample

Plastic Flow in a Punch Problem

Brazilian Test

Compression of a Poroelastic Sample – Mandel’s Problem

Poroelastic Response of a Borehole

Undrained Embankment Loading

FLAC3D

Axially Loaded Pile

Borehole Behavior in Elastic Anisotropic Materials

Drained and Undrained Triaxial Compression Test on a Cam-Clay Sample

Free Vibration of a Cantilever Beam

Hydrodynamic Pressure Acting on a Dam

Cylindrical Hole in an Infinite Mohr-Coulomb Medium

Cylindrical Hole in an Infinite Hoek-Brown Medium

Rough Strip Footing on a Cohesive Frictionless Material

Shear Wave Propagation in a Vertical Bar

Simple Slope in Hoek-Brown Material

Simple Test of Liner-Zone Interface Behavior

Smooth Circular Footing on an Associated Mohr-Coulomb Material

Smooth Square Footing on a Cohesive Frictionless Material

Uniaxial Compressive Strength of a Jointed Material Sample

Brazilian Test 3D

Dynamic Problems

Procedure for Dynamic Mechanical Simulations: Dam Foundation

Procedure for Dynamic Coupled Mechanical/Groundwater Simulations: Dam Foundation Wet

Natural Periods of an Elastic Column

Comparison of FLAC3D to SHAKE for a Layered Linear-Elastic Soil Deposit

Comparison of FLAC3D to SHAKE for a Layered Nonlinear-Elastic Soil Deposit

Slip Induced by Harmonic Shear Wave

Artificial Viscosity

One-Dimensional Earthquake Excitation of a Uniform Layer

Spatial Variation in Damping

Hydrodynamic Pressure acting on a Dam

Block Under Gravity — Examining Damping Options

One-Zone Sample Loaded in Shear with Strain Rate Reversal

One-Zone Sample Exercised at Several Cyclic Strain Levels

Shaking Table Test: Simulation of the Liquefaction of a Layer

Shear Wave Loading of a Model with Free-Field Boundaries

Shear Wave On Stiff Wall In Soft Soil: Dynamic Multi-Stepping

Shear Wave Propagation in a Vertical Bar

Cyclic Undrained DSS Tests with P2PSand Model

Site Response using Maxwell Damping

Wharf Subjected to Earthquake Load

Free Vibration of a Cantilever Beam

Factor of Safety Calculations

Failure of a Slope with a Complex Surface Profile in a Mohr-Coulomb Material

Influence of Slope Curvature on Stability

Simple Slope in Hoek-Brown Material

Automatic Calculation of a Stable Pit Slope Angle

Factor-of-Safety Contours

Structural Cable Examples

Example Applications

Cable-Reinforced Beam

Excavation and Support of a Shallow Tunnel

Impermeable Concrete Caisson Wall with Pretensioned Tiebacks

Installation of a Triple-Anchored Excavation Wall

Simulation of Pull-Tests for Fully Bonded Rock Reinforcement

Soil Nailing

Structural Beam Examples

Verification Problems

Elastic Beam with Applied Moment

Elastic Beam with Concentrated Loads

Elastic Beam (Buckling)

Elastic Beam (Plastic Hinges)

Plastic Hinge Formation (with beam elements)

Elastic-Plastic Beam with Two Plastic Hinges

Free Vibration of a Cantilever Beam

Example Applications

Dewatered Construction of a Braced Excavation

Impermeable Concrete Caisson Wall with Pretensioned Tiebacks

Braced Support of a Vertical Excavation

Structural Pile Examples

Verification Problems

Axially Loaded Pile

Laterally Loaded Pile

Example Applications

Simulation of Pull-Tests for Fully Bonded Rock Reinforcement

Reinforced Tunnel Excavation

Structural Shell Examples

Verification Problems

Elastic Beam with Applied Moment (with shell elements)

Elastic Beam with Concentrated Loads (with shell elements)

Elastic Cantilever with Tip Load

Elastic Plate (Infinite Strip) with Uniform Lateral Load

Elastic Plate (Orthotropic) with Uniform Lateral Load

Elastic Plate with Combined Uniform Lateral and In-Plane Loads

Elastic Shell (Cylindrical Concrete Vault)

Elastic-Plastic Plate (Collapse Load) with Uniform Lateral Load

Plastic Hinge Formation (with shell elements)

Example Applications

Lined Tunnel (with shell elements)

Excavation and Support of a Shallow Tunnel

Reinforced Tunnel Excavation

Sleeved Triaxial Test of a Bonded Material

Wheel Load over a Buried Pipe

Structural Geogrid Examples

Verification Problems

Simple Test of Geogrid-Soil Interface Behavior

Example Applications

Geogrid Pull-out Test

Geogrid-Reinforced Embankment

Structural Liner Examples

Verification Problems

Lined Circular Tunnel in an Elastic Medium with Anisotropic Stresses

Simple Test of Liner-Zone Interface Behavior

Example Applications

Lined Tunnel (with liner elements)

Demonstration of Large-Strain Sliding

Dewatered Construction of a Braced Excavation

Embedded Retaining Wall

Liner-Reinforced Beam

Zone Interface Examples

Axial and Lateral Loading of a Concrete Pile

MohrT Model: Subsidence above Horizontal Cut

Reinforced Beam

Installation of a Triple-Anchored Excavation Wall

Zone Attach Examples

Procedure for Dynamic Mechanical Simulations: Dam Foundation

Procedure for Dynamic Coupled Mechanical/Groundwater Simulations: Dam Foundation Wet

Installation of a Triple-Anchored Excavation Wall

Reinforced Tunnel Excavation

Fluid Verification and Example Problems

FLAC2D

Consolidation Settlement at the Center of a Strip Load

One-Dimensional Consolidation

One-Dimensional Filling of a Porous Region

Pressuremeter Test

Semi-confined Aquifer

Steady-State Fluid Flow with a Free Surface

Unsteady Groundwater Flow in a Confined Layer

Fluid Flow Towards a Tunnel

Unconfined Flow toward a Riverbank

FLAC3D

Consolidation Settlement at the Center of a Strip Load

One-Dimensional Consolidation

One-Dimensional Filling of a Porous Region

Pressuremeter Test

Semi-confined Aquifer

Steady-State Fluid Flow with a Free Surface

Spreading of a Groundwater Mound

Transient Fluid Flow to a Well in a Shallow Confined Aquifer

Unsteady Groundwater Flow in a Confined Layer

Creep Verification and Example Problems

Maxwell/Burgers Model: Parallel-Plate Viscometer

WIPP-Type Models: Parallel-Plate Viscometer

Power Model: Cylindrical Cavity

Power-Mohr Model: Cylindrical Cavity

WIPP Model: Cylindrical Cavity

Power Model: Spherical Cavity

Maxwell Model: Oedometer Test

Kelvin Model: Oedometer Test

Maxwell/Kelvin/Burgers Model: Compression Test

Burgers-Mohr/Power-Mohr Model: Loading/Unloading Compression Test

WIPP-Drucker Model: Comparison with Drucker-Prager Model

WIPP-Drucker Model: Compression Test Showing Localization

WIPP-Salt Model: Hydrostatic Compression Test

WIPP-Salt Model: Shear Compression Test

Soft-Soil-Creep Model: Triaxial Consolidated Undrained Loading

Columnar-Basalt Model: Unconfined Compression Loading

Columnar-Basalt Model: Valley Creep Deformation

Thermal Verification and Example Problems

Conduction in a Plane Sheet

Conduction in a Hollow Cylinder

Infinite Line Heat Source in an Infinite Medium

Thermal-Pore Pressure Coupled Response

1-D Solution of Thermal Transport by Forced Convection and Conduction

Steady-State Convection in a Saturated Porous Medium Heated from Above

Steady-State Convection in a Saturated Porous Medium Heated from Below

Hydration: Concrete Inclusion in an Elastic Medium

Hydration: Concrete Wall on Elastic Base Plate

Constitutive Model Tests

Aniostropic Elastic Models: Borehole Behavior

Concrete Model: Uniaxial Compression and Extension Tests

CYSoil Model: Drained Triaxial Test - Constant Dilation

CHSoil Model: Drained Triaxial Test - Constant Pressure

CYSoil Model: Drained Triaxial Test - Dilation Hardening

CYSoil Model: Isotropic Compression Test

CYSoil Model: Oedometer Test

CYSoil Model: Undrained Triaxial Test

Double-Yield Model: Isotropic Compression Test

Hoek-Brown-PAC Model: Triaxial Compression Test

Hoek-Brown Model: Triaxial Compression Test

IMASS Model: Confined Compression Multi-Zone Test

IMASS Model: Pillar

IMASS Model: Slope

IMASS Model: Tunnel

IMASS Model: Unconfined Compression Single-Zone Test

Modified Cam-Clay Model: Isotropic Consolidation Test

Mohr-Coulomb Model: Oedometer Test

MohrT Model: Single Zone Loading-Unloading Test

MohrT Model: Subsidence above Horizontal Cut

NorSand Model: Undrained Triaxial Test

PH Model: Comparison with Mohr-Coulomb Model

PH Model: Comparison without and with Small-Strain Stiffness

PH Model: Drained Triaxial Test

PH Model: Isotropic Compression Test

PH Model: Oedometer Test

PH Model: Undrained Triaxial Test

Soft-Soil Model: Undrained Triaxial Test

Swell Model: Single Zone Swell Test

Ubiquitous-Joint Model: Uniaxial Compressive Test

Von-Mises Model: Single Zone Uniaxial and Simple Shear Test

PFC-FLAC3D Coupled Examples

Punch Indentation of a Bonded Material

Sleeved Triaxial Test of a Bonded Material

Geometry Data Examples

Geometry Data and Group Assignment

Command Filtering (Geometry Data as Part of a Range)

Increasing Discretization (Densifying) with Geometry Data