Examine 3D is an engineering analysis program for rock excavations. Although the program was developed mainly for stress analysis, its data visualization tools (e.g., isosurfaces, stress ribbons, surface contours, etc.) can be applied to a wide range of three-dimensional mining and civil engineering data. For example, Examine 3D has been used to visualize microseismic datasets such as seismic velocity, source parameters, and event density.
The package consists of three program modules: Modeler generates the geometry and boundary element discretization for the rock structure; Compute calculates the stress and displacement distribution using the boundary element method; and Interpret visualizes the analysis results.
John Curran
Professor University of Toronto Dept. of Civil Engineering 35 St. George Street Galbraith Building Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A4 Canada 416-978-4611 fax:416-698-0908 curran@civ.utoronto.ca