Announcement
Itasca will host the first-ever FLAC/DEM Conference on August 25-27, 2008 in Minneapolis. The conference will feature topics and discussions covering the spectrum of Itasca software: FLAC, FLAC3D, UDEC, 3DEC, PFC2D, and PFC3D. Where past Itasca-sponsored conferences have limited their scope to a single 2D/3D code pair, this conference, in considering all the codes, will offer a complete look at the state of numerical modeling with Itasca software.
Organized by
Itasca Consulting Group, Inc.
Dr. Christine Detournay, Dr. Roger Hart and Ms. Michele Nelson
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Timetable
| Deadline for receipt of abstracts |
1 July 2007 |
| Notification of papers selected for presentation begins |
15 July 2007 |
| Deadline for submitting papers |
15 November 2007 |
| Final programs mailed |
1 August 2008 |
| Final date for symposium registration |
25 August 2008 |
| Pre-Symposium Short Courses |
24 August 2008 |
| FLAC/DEM Symposium |
25-27 August 2008 |
Author Instructions
Beginning July 16, 2007 abstract authors will be notified of whether or not their full papers have been accepted. If you do not receive this notice by the end of July, please contact Michele Nelson (mnelson@itascacg.com) at Itasca Consulting Group, Inc.
Authors can find instructions and templates for paper preparation in the below zip file. Please note:
- Papers should be delivered via email (in Word format ONLY) to Michele Nelson (mnelson@itascacg.com)
- the deadline for submission of papers is November 15, 2007
- the maximum number of pages per paper is eight (8)
- a completed Consent to Publish form must accompany your paper
- figures and/or photographs should be embedded into your Word document and also provided as separate files with a preferred format of TIFF or EPS
- please ensure that your paper follows the formatting instructions provided and check that all print is clear, especially in charts and graphs
It is possible that a reviewer will request corrections and/or modifications to your paper. Therefore, it is important that your paper be received on time to allow for this eventuality and still meet the publishing deadline
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Pre-symposium Short Courses
On August 24, 2008, prior to the Symposium, three one-day short courses will be offered for FLAC/FLAC3D, UDEC/3DEC and PFC2D/PFC3D. These courses will address common modeling questions raised by code users, and include modeling tips and recommendations. In addition, new features and developments in the codes will be demonstrated. Participants should have a working knowledge of the codes (these are not beginner courses). Registrants will need to provide their own PC (laptop) in order to fully participate. The courses will be run concurrently; however, participants can move between sessions if space is available. Each course is limited to 50 participants.
The below schedule (subject to change) provides a general overview of what will be discussed in the courses. It is also available as a PDF document.
| FLAC/FLAC3D | PFC2D/PFC3D | UDEC/3DEC |
9:00-
10:45 | Grid generation | Bonded particle modeling- Model construction aids, the FISH tools FIST and VLA
- Smooth Joint Logic, a new approach to model joints in a bonded-particle model
| UDEC/3DEC applications- Modeling slope failure: debris flow simulations
- Simulating pore pressure effects in a jointed rock mass
- Dynamic effects on underground pillars and tunnel liners
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10:45-
11:00 | Coffee Break |
11:00-
12:00 | Structural elements- Connecting structural elements to represent multiple supports
- Simulating pre-tensioning
Stress initialization- Techniques for initializing stresses in non-uniform grids
| Research examples | Running models in UDEC |
12:00-
13:30 | Lunch |
13:30-
15:00 | Groundwater analysis- groundwater modeling advice and considerations
Dynamic analysis- dynamic modeling advice and considerations
| Fluid-particle interaction- Classes of fluid-particle interaction problems
- CCFD (Coupled Computational Fluid Dynamics and PFC3D)
- HSBM (Hybrid Stress Blasting Model)
| 3DEC graphical interface |
15:00-
15:15 | Coffee Break |
15:15-
17:00 | Future developments
User questions | Future developments
User questions | Future developments
User questions |
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Registration
To register, please complete the Registration Form (see link below) and return it to Michele Nelson at mnelson@itascacg.com or +1-612-371-4717 (fax).
Venue
The Symposium will be held at The Depot Minneapolis, A Renaissance Hotel located at 225 3rd Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55401. Participants are responsible for their own hotel accommodations. A block of rooms at The Depot Hotel has been reserved for Symposium attendees at a special rate. Reservations in this block must be made by July 24, 2008; because rooms are limited - especially since the Republican National Convention will be held in the area the week following the Symposium - we recommend you make your reservation as soon as possible. Once the room block has filled, availability and rates are subject to change. To reserve a room:
- call 1-866-211-4611 and reference "Itasca Consulting"; or
- reserve online via Marriott.com using the group code "icgicga"
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Nick Barton Barton & Assoc., Norway
Barry Brady Australia
Gilles Buchet Tractebel Dev. S.A., Belgium
Peter Byrne Univ. of British Columbia, Canada
Ian Clark Geonet Consulting Grp., Australia
Michael Coulthard M.A. Coulthard & Assoc., Australia
Biswajit Dasgupta Southwest Res. Inst., USA
Ethan Dawson URS Corp., USA
Marta Dolezalova Dolexpert-Geotech., Czech Rep.
Charles Fairhurst Itasca Cons. Grp., Inc., USA
Igor Garagash Inst. of the Earth Phys., Russia
Alan Guest Ind. Cons., South Africa
Tim Harper Geosphere, U.K.
Masayasu Hisatake Kinki Univ., Japan
Rune Holt SINTEF Petroleum Res., Norway
Haiying Huang Georgia Inst. of Tech., USA
Peter Hudleston Univ. of Minnesota, USA
Marek Kwasniewski Silesian Tech. Univ., Poland
Jose Lemos Nat'l Civil Eng. Lab., Portugal
Bo Liu China Univ. of Mining & Tech., China
Erling Nordlund Luleå Univ. of Tech., Sweden
Alison Ord CSIRO Div. of Expl. & Min., Australia
Anthony Peirce Univ. of British Columbia, Canada
Alexander Polson PBMR, South Africa
Chris Pound Mott MacDonald Ltd., U.K.
Martin Schöpfer Univ. College Dublin, Ireland
Vijai Mohan Sharma AIMIL Ltd., India
David Muir Wood Univ. of Bristol, U.K.
Nguyen Quang Phich Hanoi Univ. of Min. & Geol., Vietnam
Wolfgang Roth URS Corp., USA
Dawn Shuttle Univ. of British Columbia, Canada
Davor Simic Ferrovial Agroman, Spain
Jörg Theuerkauf Dow Chemical Company, USA
Wolfgang Unterberger Tech. Univ., Wien, Austria
Joe Wartman Drexel Univ., USA
Jeff Whyatt NIOSH, USA
Paul Young Univ. of Toronto, Canada
Alfred Zettler Spirk & Partner, Austria
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FLAC/DEM Symposium Registration Form [548k]