Dear Participants,

 Welcome to "FLAC & FLAC3D for Earthquake & Dynamic Analyses" course. My hope is that by the end of this course you have a new appreciation for the subject matter and will continue your education in the subject.

In this course, the procedure of fully dynamic analysis using FLAC and FLAC3D programs as powerful numerical modeling tools based on the finite difference method will be presented. Both 2D and 3D analysis procedures will be demonstrated. Several topics including model development, earthquake loading, dynamic boundary conditions, assignment of soil dynamic properties to the numerical models, and seismic response analysis will be discussed.

 My name is Siavash Zamiran and I will be your instructor during the course period. I am a geotechnical and geomechanics engineer with over than ten years of industry and academic experience in different geotechnical and petroleum engineering disciplines. Currently, I providing consulting in geotechnical and a Senior Lecturer at University of Houston. I am a member of ASCE Geo-Institute Computational Geotechnics Committee. I was the winner of national ASCE Edmund Friedman Award in 2019 and ASCE St. Louis Young Engineer Award in 2018. If you would like to know more about me, please check my website at www.zamiran.net and get connect to me through my LinkedIn profile. 

 All the course content will be available to you in the course site. Please read the next sections for meeting information and acquiring FLAC programs. 

 I look forward to working with you!

 Best Regards,

Siavash Zamiran, Ph.D., P.E.