Python scripting is built into current versions of FLAC3D, 3DEC, and PFC. This video introduces users of Itasca software to working with Python and FLAC3D, 3DEC, and PFC types (zones, blocks, ball, structural elements, and so on). The Itasca Module, a comparison with FISH scripting, and object-oriented and array-oriented interfaces are reviewed and demonstrated.
Sishen mine in South Africa is one of the largest open-pit iron mines in the world.
It has become common practice to create a three-dimensional (3-D) geomechanical model for the analysis of rock stability.