Examine 2D 7.

0
2D stress analysis for underground excavations
software tools for rock and soil

Examine 2D is a 2-dimensional plane strain boundary element program for the elastic stress analysis of
underground excavations. Examine 2D is quick, interactive and easy to use, and is ideal for parametric
analysis, preliminary design and as a teaching tool for numerical stress analysis.

Modeling
Examine 2D 7.0 was developed as an
educational tool for both practicing
engineers and students. The software
makes it easy for the engineer to
understand the basic principles of
stress analysis and its application to the
modeling of underground excavations.
With state of the art interactive input
and editing, you can create a model and
view results with a few mouse clicks.
Although Examine 2D is primarily for the
analysis of excavations in rock, it can
also be used for soil applications.

Real Time Stress Analysis

A unique feature of Examine 2D is the
real time stress analysis capability,
which allows you to manipulate model
parameters, and in real-time, visualize Strength factor contours and failure trajectories around parallel caverns. Strength factor less than one
indicates elastic overstress.
the effect on a stress analysis. In
real-time, you can change the shape
or position of an excavation, material
properties and far field stresses, and
the contours and graphs of stresses
and displacements will be updated to
show the influence of these changes.

Data Interpretation
Contoured results include principal
stress, displacements, and strength
factor based on either Mohr-Coulomb
or Generalized Hoek-Brown strength
criteria. The Query option allows you to
query the contour data at any location.
The data can be displayed directly on
the model, graphed, or exported to
Excel. For further analysis, Examine 2D
models can be imported into the finite
element program Phase 2, which allows
you to model multiple materials, staged
Principal stress contours and stress trajectories around horseshoe tunnel. Graph shows major principal
excavation, plasticity and support. stress on tunnel boundary.

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Examine 2D 7.0 software tools for rock and soil
Technical Specifications

Modeling Strength Criteria  contours updated in real time

as model boundaries or input
 define excavation and ground  Mohr-Coulomb parameters are edited
surface boundaries  Generalized Hoek-Brown (use
 interactive editing mb, s, a or GSI, mi, D) Contour Data
 right click shortcuts  estimate input parameters from
 principal stress
 easily define arcs and circles built-in charts and tables
 displacement
 import / export in DXF format
Stress Grid  strength factor
 grid / vertex / object snapping
 automatic  strain
 interactive sidebar input
 user-defined  stress trajectories
 automatic discretization
 multiple stress grids  deformation vectors
 undo / redo
 modify grid spacing  deform boundaries
 data tips
 failure trajectories
Analysis Far Field Stress
Query
 single material  constant
 gravitational (use elevation or  query boundary
 homogeneous, linear elastic
ground surface boundary)  query rock mass
 plane strain or complete plane
 aligned with excavation axis or  graph query or display data
strain
3-dimensional directly on model
 constant, linear, quadratic
 interactive graph sampler
elements Loading  click on graph to highlight
 choose matrix solver
 apply uniform distributed load to point on query
 number of boundary elements
boundaries
 metric or imperial units Export
 model pressure, loading or
equivalent support forces  one click export of data and
Elastic Properties
charts to Excel
 isotropic Real Time Stress Analysis  copy to clipboard
 transversely isotropic  automatic compute  export image files
 click and drag boundaries  Info Viewer analysis summary
 customize display options
 drawing, annotation and
dimensioning toolkit
 save all drawing tools
 export to Phase 2

Price & Licensing

Examine 2D 7.0 is a free program.

The software is an educational
tool for both practicing engineers
and students.

To download, go to the
Examine 2D Product page:

www.rocscience.com/products/
Examine2D.asp

Displacement contours and deformation vectors around mining stope.