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Rock mechanics technology for the mining industry

Editor: James I. Mathis, Ph.D., P.E.
Rock mechanics engineer

Geologic Modeling

Gemcom International Geologic modeling software. Includes drillhole data input, sectional and 3D modeling capabilities.
Maptek Home of VULCAN 3D geologic modeling software
Datamine 3D geologic modelling software, stereonet plots, data log (drillhole) logs
Lynx Mining Software Another of the major players in the 3D geologic modeling game
Rockware Markets an inexpensive viewer of 3D geologic data
Geo and Soft International Software for rock block construction, rock fall, cluster analysis, seismic amplification, and rock mass classification

Drill Hole Logging

Rockware LOGPLOT 98, a drillhole logging program
GEOSYSTEM software Drill hole logging software
The following all should have drillhole logging input/output routines available for their systems. They are, however, generally not in geotechnical format:
Gemcom International Geologic modeling software. Includes drillhole data input, sectional and 3D modeling capabilities.
Maptek Home of VULCAN 3D geologic modeling software
Datamine 3D geologic modelling software, stereonet plots, data log (drillhole) logs
Lynx Mining Software Another of the major players in the 3D geologic modeling game

Slope Stability

GEO-SLOPE International Ltd. makers of SLOPE/W, a 2D slope stability program with probabilistic capabilities
GEOSYTEM software (GEOSLOPE)software
Interstudio
Circular failure analysis - Macintosh based
Rocscience - geomechanics software and research Formerly associated with the University of Toronto and E. Hoek, this site contains the programs DIPS (stereonet analysis), UNWEDGE (wedge failure analysis) and the finite element code PHASE2.
Geocomp Corp. GEOSLOPE (DOS version) for wall stability, slope indicator data reduction, rock wedge stability
Tagasoft 2Dand 3D slope irregular solid slope stability analysis, seismic analysis
Software from EJGE A collection of soils type programs,(bearing capacity, elastic stress analysis, 2D Bishop's analysis)
Datasurge - GEOROK A complete suite of rock mechanics programs including stereonets, wedge analysis, blasting, etc.

Underground Excavations

Rocscience - geomechanics software and research Formerly associated with the University of Toronto and E. Hoek, this site contains the programs DIPS (stereonet analysis), UNWEDGE (wedge failure analysis) and the finite element code PHASE2.
Datasurge - GEOROK A complete suite of rock mechanics programs including stereonets, wedge analysis, blasting, etc.

Numerical Stess/Strain Analysis

Itasca consulting group makers of FLAC, 3DEC, UDEC, etc numerical codes
Princeton University - Dynaflow A description of the finite element program Dynaflow, 2 - 3D analysis, with birth/death of elements, etc
SAGE CRISP Advanced geotechnical finite element analysis for Windows. Developed at Cambridge University.
Rocscience - geomechanics software and research Formerly associated with the University of Toronto and E. Hoek, this site contains the finite element code PHASE2.
Finite element resources A very good and complete collection of numerical stress/displacement analysis programs and sources
Mesh Generation & Grid Generation on the Web Programs for finite element mesh generation

Monitoring

Programming Resources

Numerical recipes Good for anyone who writes their own code. PC, Macintosh, Unix code routines for specific problems.
Geotechnical and geoenvironmental software directory A very large collection of links to available software in the industry

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please contact: Jim Mathis at docrock@ursaeng.com