VIRTUAl Training course:
ANALYSES OF EMBANKMENT DAMs AND SLOPES USING FLAC®
OFFERINGS
NEXT OFFERING
TBD
Previous participant industry affiliation:
Barr Engineering
Blackburn Consulting
Cal Engineering & Geology
Damwatch Engineering Ltd.
GEI Consultants Inc.
Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.
HDR Inc.
HE3
Hydro-Quebéc
Keller – North America
Klohn Crippen Berger
Knight Piésold
Slate Geotechnical Consultants
Shannon & Wilson
Stantec Consulting
Sweco Energy AB
Tetra Tech
Terricon Consultants, Inc.
Univ. of the District of Columbia
WSP USA
course DETAILS
PRIMARY AUDIENCE
Practicing civil engineers in consulting and government desiring specialized training using FLAC to analyze embankment dams and slopes
DURATION
16 hours total of synchronous hands-on training; instructor will be available throughout the instruction period for technical support and to answer questions
COURSE MATERIALS PROVIDED
Presentation PDF files
Digital PDF library of related references
Completed FLAC project files
Multiple custom FLAC/FISH scripts for conducting embankment dam related work
Unlisted YouTube playlist of all course videos
CLASS SIZE
Size capped at 10 participants
METHOD
Zoom video conferencing used for delivering presentations and providing computer-to-computer assistance during FLAC® modeling tutorials
Shared Dropbox used during course for storing presentations, modeling files, and references
A full FLAC 8.1 version will be available during the duration of the course (provided courtesy of Itasca Consulting Group Inc.)
COST
$1450 USD per participant
(Contact instructor for possible international rate adjustment)
listing Of topics
INTRODUCTION
Course summary
Presentation: FLAC® basics and mesh generation
Tutorial 1: Numerical mesh development of an embankment dam
Presentation: Mechanical-fluid modeling in FLAC®
2-D ANALYSES OF EMBANKMENT DAMS AND SLOPES
Tutorial 2: Calculation of state-of-stress of an embankment dam
Presentation: Constitutive modeling
Tutorial 3: Gravity-driven deformations of an embankment dam
ADVANCED CONSTITUTIVE MODELING
Presentation: Constitutive modeling (continued)
Tutorial 4: UBCHYST material parameter calibration
Presentation: Constitutive modeling (continued)
Tutorial 5: PM4Sand material parameter calibration
SEISMIC ANALYSES OF EMBANKMENT DAMS AND SLOPES
Presentation: Earthquake engineering modeling
Tutorial 6: Seismic analysis of an embankment dam
Each day will be split into short presentations and longer analysis tutorials using FLAC®.
During the training period, the instructor will be available for followup questions regarding FLAC® and numerical modeling.