PHASE2

2D finite element analysis of excavations

(c) Copyright 1999 Rocscience Inc.

MANUALS
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All manuals are in ADOBE PDF format. To view the file you
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DISCLAIMER
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Rocscience Inc. disclaims any responsibility for the correctness of the data
generated by the PHASE2 program, or for the consequences resulting from the
use thereof. Any use or misuse of this program is the sole responsibility
of the user.

REGISTRATION
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Make sure you read the update policy before downloading the latest version.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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The participation of the following people is gratefully acknowledged:

Project Leaders - John Curran and Brent Corkum

Overall conceptual design of PHASE2 - John Curran and Brent Corkum
Programming of PHASE2 - Brent Corkum, Warren Stevens and Keyvan
Saneinejad
Programming of FEA - Lei Xiao-yan and Tom Zougas
Manuals - Igor Pashutinski

Special thanks to Dr. E. Hoek for his contributions to the development of the
original PHASES
program. The applicability of PHASE2 to practical mining engineering problems
has been greatly enhanced by his involvement.

Special thanks also to:

Joe Carvalho, of Golder Associates, and the rest of the PHASES development
team. Without PHASES there would be no PHASE2.