FRACOM LTD is a consulting company specialized in rock and fracture mechanics. We provide research and engineering services for a wide range of underground construction projects. Particularly, our competence is focused on issues related to deep geological disposal of spent nuclear fuel.
The company was founded year 2000 with the general objective to predict rock failure using advanced fracture mechanics principles and innovative computing techniques. FRACOM has competence in areas such as rock and fracture mechanics, numerical modelling, mathematics and computer graphics.
FRACOD is the flagship numerical code developed by FRACOM for failure analysis in rock-like materials. The code has been successfully applied in several projects where the stability of the rock mass and its discontinuities is of concern. |