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Irazu computational performance

Irazu makes use of state-of-the-art high performance computing techniques to speed-up computations. In particular, we use GPU (graphics processing unit) computing on consumer-grade AMD graphics cards. To demonstrate the improvement in computation speed, five uniaxial…

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A new fully-coupled hydro-mechanical formulation for the Irazu software

We are excited to announce that we have been working on the introduction of hydro-mechanical (H-M) coupling in our Irazu FDEM software. The introduction of H-M coupling arguably makes the Irazu software one of the…

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A pragmatic methodology to abstract the EDZ around tunnels of a geological radioactive waste repository

Geomechanica is launching a guest blog series, written by experts and numerical modellers in the field of rock engineering. In the first post of this series, we’re showcasing the work of Andrés Alcolea on “A…

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Geomechanica Featured in Recent issue of the Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

Geomechanica wishes to direct your attention to the latest issue of the Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering , which features a series of papers involving the application of advanced numerical modelling to various…

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Simulation of thermally-induced fracturing

Understanding and predicting the the rock mass mechanical response to temperature variations is relevant for a number of geo-engineering applications, including: underground disposal of nuclear waste, geothermal energy extraction, underground LNG storage, geological sequestration of…

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