I Getting Started
Installation & Startup
Get Running in 3 Steps
Installation of PFC
PFC License
PFC Security Key
Starting PFC for the First Time
PFC Folder Layout
Startup Options
System Requirements
Next Steps
Documentation & Support
How To Get Help
The PFC Version Number
Get PFC Updates
Get the PFC Revision History
Update Key
Technical Support
Bug Reporting
Training
More Resources
Release Notes
New Features of PFC 5.0
Options and Add-ons of PFC 5.0
Discontinued Options of PFC 4.0
Backward Compatibility with PFC 4.0
Revision History
Known Issues
PFC 5.0 Primer
PFC in Brief
Transitioning from PFC 4.0 to PFC 5.0
Tutorials
Data Files for ``Balls in a Box'' Tutorial
Balls in a Box
Data File for ``Clumps in a Box'' Tutorial
Clumps in a Box
Data Files for ``Attributes and Properties'' Tutorial
Attributes and Properties
Data File for ``Generating a Bonded Assembly'' Tutorial
Generating a Bonded Assembly
Data File for ``Replicating a Particle Size Distribution'' Tutorial
Replicating a Particle Size Distribution
Data File for ``Inclusions in a Matrix'' Tutorial
Inclusions in a Matrix
Data Files for ``Hopper Discharge'' Tutorial
Hopper.p2dat
Hopper Discharge
Data Files for ``Using FISH Callbacks'' Tutorial
Using FISH Callbacks
Data Files for ``Table Tennis'' Tutorial
Table Tennis
Footing.p2dat
Tunnel.p2dat
Lining.p2dat
Footing.p3dat
Tunnel.p3dat
Lining.p3dat
Shallow Foundation
make_intact.p2dat
make_fault.p2dat
load.p2dat
make_intact.p3dat
make_fault.p3dat
load.p3dat
Slip on a Fault
Data Files for ``Creation of a Synthetic Rock Mass (SRM) Specimen'' Tutorial
doall.p3dvr
make_brick.p3dat
make_intact.p3dat
make_fractured.p3dat
Creation of a Synthetic Rock Mass (SRM) Specimen
II Examples and Verification Problems
Verification Problems
MeasureLogic.p3dat
MeasureLogic.p2dat
PolydisperseAssembly.p2dat
PolydisperseAssembly.p3dat
RegularAssembly.p2dat
RegularAssembly.p3dat
Measure Logic
Data File for ``Strength of a Face-Centered Cubic Array of Spheres'' Tutorial
Strength of a Face-Centered Cubic Array of Spheres
cantilever.p2dat
cantilever.p3dat
Tip-Loaded Cantilever Beam
Data File for ``Linear Contact Model'' Tutorial
Linear Contact Model: Calibrating the Normal Critical Damping Ratio
cmhertzbb.p3dat
cmhertzbw.p3dat
Hertz Contact Model: Complex Loading Paths
Data files for ``Wave Propagation in Particle Assemblies'' Verification
Wave Propagation in Particle Assemblies
Example Applications
Data Files for ``Hopper Flow'' Example Application
Hopper Flow
Data Files for ``Probing a Granular Specimen'' Example Application
Probing a Granular Specimen
Data Files for ``Ribbon Blender'' Example Application
Ribbon Blender
Data Files for ``Fragmentation Analysis'' Example Application
Fragmentation Analysis during a Uniaxial Compression with Crack Tracking Using Fractures
Data File for ``DFN Generation, Analysis and Simplification'' Example Application
DFN Generation, Analysis and Simplification
Data Files for ``Rock Testing'' Example Application
Rock Testing
Bibliography
Index