Unwedge v. 4.

0
Tutorial 8 | Importing a .dips File

Topics Covered:
• Importing a .dips file
• Probabilistic Analysis
• Persistence
• Histogram
• Scatter plot
Unwedge v. 4.0 Tutorial Manual Tutorial 8: Importing a .dips File

Introduction
This tutorial will demonstrate the ability of Unwedge to import a .dips file into the Joint
Orientations tab of the Input Data dialog. This method proves advantageous when analyzing
sets of several poles.
In Dips, make sure to group the plotted poles into sets. This has already been done in the
Tutorial 8.dips6 file provided. The stereonet for the plotted data looks as follows within Dips:

The Model
Select Project Settings from the toolbar or the Analysis menu.
Select: Analysis > Project Settings
In the General tab of the Project Settings dialog, make sure that the units are Metric, stress as
MPa. Change the analysis type to Probabilistic.
In the Sampling tab, change the number of samples to 1000. Select OK.
For this tutorial we will start by reading in the Tutorial 4 Autocad DXF file which contains the
coordinates of the opening section boundary.
Select: File > Import > Import DXF
Navigate to the folder containing the Unwedge tutorial files, on Windows 7 and 8 the folder
path is: C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\Rocscience\Unwedge 4.0 Examples\tutorials
Open the Tutorial 04 tunnel boundary.dxf file.
Click OK in the dxf popup window which previews the boundary.

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The model should appear as follows:

Switch to the 3D Wedge View using the drop-down menu on the toolbar or the Select View
sub-menu of the View menu.

Input Data

Open the Input Data dialog.

Select: Analysis > Input Data
We will leave the default values in the General tab. Click on the Joint Orientations tab and
select Import from Dips.
Navigate to the Unwedge 4.0 Examples > tutorials folder in your Unwedge installation folder
and open the Tutorial 8.dips6 file. You should see the following window:

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Ensure Sets is selected so that the sets from the .dips file are imported.
Ensure the Replace button is selected. We want to overwrite the default Joint Orientation
data.
You are given the option of using weighting on the data. The Terzaghi Weighting method
is used to account for the sampling bias introduced by orientation data collection along
Traverses. Although applicable, we will not use it for now. Select Unweighted.
Ensure the “Set relevant statistics” box is checked. This ensures that all the statistics data
from Dips is also imported.
Click OK. You should see the following window:

Click on the Joint Properties tab. Under Joint Structure, change the continuity from Infinite to
Persistence. Keep the default Persistence of 5 m.
NOTE: As with wedge scaling, defining a persistence increases the duration of the
computation.
Change the Cohesion value to 0. We will keep all other default values. Select OK.

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Probabilistic Input Data

Select: Statistics > Joint Orientations

In the Joint 1 (Joint Properties 1) tab, notice that the Dip, Dip Direction, distribution type, and
Fisher constant (Fisher K) are already defined. This is because we imported the set statistics
from Dips, when we checked off the “set relevant statistics” box. Note that the Fisher K
defined in this dialog is the same as the Fisher K defined in the Info Viewer of the Dips file.

Notice that the other two joints also have Fisher Distributions and a Fisher K defined. Select
Cancel.
We will also apply a distribution to the persistence.
Select: Statistics > Joint Properties
Select Add. Choose Persistence from the property drop-down menu and set the distribution
to exponential with a mean = 5, relative minimum = 2, and relative maximum = 10, as shown.
Select OK.

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Compute
We are now ready to compute. Click the Compute button on the toolbar or:
Select: Analysis > Compute
The computation may take a few minutes.
You should see the following screen:

Analysis Results
We can now view the results of analysis by clicking on Probability View using the drop-down
menu on the toolbar or the Select View sub-menu of the View menu.
From the sidebar on the right, we can see that the values on the screen represent the
Maximum Support Pressure.

Histogram - Persistence

Select the Plot Histogram button on the toolbar, or:

Select: Statistics > Plot Histogram
Change the Data Type to Persistence (Joint Properties 1). Check the “Plot Input Distribution”
box. Select OK.
You should see the following histogram:

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Notice that the persistence values follow an exponential distribution and range from 3 to 15,
as expected. We defined these values in the Joint Properties dialog.
Select the New Window button on the toolbar or from the Window menu. This will open a
3D Wedge View window and tile all open views. Minimize the Probability View window and
select the Tile Vertically button from the toolbar or Window menu.
Double-click at points along the histogram and see the change in the 3D Wedge View. As
expected, larger joint persistence values tend to result in larger wedges. For example, for a
minimum persistence of about 3, your screen might look something like this:

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Scatter Plot - Dip vs. Dip Direction

Close the 3D Wedge View and the persistence histogram by selecting the X in the upper right
corner of each view. Maximize the Probability View.
To return to the mean wedge view:
Select: View > Show Mean Wedges
Select Plot Scatter from the toolbar or the Statistics menu. Set X Axis Dataset = Dip (Joint 1)
and Y Axis Dataset = Dip Direction (Joint 1). Click OK.
You should see the following plot:

Notice that the data is concentrated in a relatively circular area in the middle of the plot, and
becomes more scattered on the outskirts.
This concludes the Unwedge Importing a .dips File Tutorial.

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