Overview

FLAC3D is a numerical modeling code for advanced geotechnical analysis of soil, rock, and structural support in three dimensions.

FLAC3D is used in analysis, testing, and design by geotechnical, civil, and mining engineers. It is designed to accommodate any kind of geotechnical engineering project where continuum analysis is necessary.

FLAC3D utilizes an explicit finite difference formulation that can model complex behaviors not readily suited to FEM codes, such as: problems that consist of several stages, large displacements and strains, non-linear material behavior and unstable systems (even cases of yield/failure over large areas, or total collapse).

Suggested System Minimums

Timing Tests

The calculation rates are compared here for a 315,000-zone model footing in a Mohr-Coulomb material. The model is run for 100 steps, and the rate is calculated by a FISH function.