CONSULTING
SINCE 2010, WE’VE BEEN TRUSTED TO SOLVE THE MOST CHALLENGING ROCK MECHANICS PROBLEMS THROUGH MULTI-PHYSICS COMPUTER SIMULATIONS USING OUR OWN GEOMECHANICAL SOFTWARE IRAZU.
INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS
CIVIL
ENGINEERING
- Tunnelling and underground excavations
- Rock slope stability
- Rock falls
- Dam foundations
- Dynamic impacts, blasting, and rock-tool interaction
MINING
ENGINEERING
- Stability of underground structures: pillars, tunnels, shafts
- Open pit mining and slope stability
- Drill and blast operations
- Block caving and sub-level caving, including cave propagation, fragmentation, and surface subsidence
- Mining-induced seismicity and risk assessment
- Dynamic impacts, blasting, and rock-tool interaction
- Rock bursting
OIL &
GAS
- Hydraulic fracturing
- Coupled hydro-mechanical processes associated with the injection of fluids underground, including hydraulic fracturing and CO2 sequestration
- Fluid-injection-induced seismicity and risk assessment
- Elastic wave propagation through heterogeneous, discontinuous media
CASE STUDIES
VALUE & BENEFITS
Expertise in development & application of numerical modelling tools
Highly qualified & diligent personnel, internationally-renowned in numerical modelling
In-depth knowledge of rock mechanics from experimental to field to simulations
Awareness of the capabilities & limitations of numerical tools
Software customization based on clients’ needs
Software support & educational services (courses, workshops, seminars)
VALUE & BENEFITS
Expertise in development & application of numerical modelling tools
Highly qualified & diligent personnel, internationally-renowned in numerical modelling
In-depth knowledge of rock mechanics from experimental to field to simulations
Awareness of the capabilities & limitations of numerical tools
Software customization based on clients’ needs
Software support & educational services (courses, workshops, seminars)
OUR CLIENTS & USERS
