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
Dewatered Construction of a Braced Excavation
Swelling of a Fully Wetted Slope
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
Assessment of Fault Slip Potential from Sill Pillar Mining

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
Cylindrical Hole in an Infinite Curved Mohr-Coulomb 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