The in‐situ primary fragmentation that occurs during mining operations (using caving methods) highly depends on pre‐existing fractures. Slip along fracture planes and breakage of rock bridges are the main controls of the fragmentation and block formation process during caving.
Victoria Sandoval is a Civil Industrial Engineer with a focus on hydraulic engineering and a background in groundwater modelling of non-saturated flux (with the program Hydrus 2D). She is currently working on groundwater modelling for pit mining operations in MINEDW. She has 5 years of experience in 3D groundwater modelling for environmental purposes and infiltration models.
A tutorial showing how to create a structured mesh in FLAC3D 7.0 using the extruder pane.
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