This repository contains the codes for the paper:

Stochastic 3D Modelling of Discrete Sediment Bodies for Geotechnical Applications

by Georg H. Erharter, Franz Tschuchnigg and Gerhard Poscher

published in the Applied Computing and Geosciences (Vol. 11; September 2021)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acags.2021.100066

Use the sediment_generator.py Python code to generate your own sediment bodies as it is described in the paper.

The folder case study contains .stl geometry / mesh files and is made up as follows:

case study
├── Section_5_samples
│   └── set1.stl
│   └── set2.stl
│   └── set3.stl
├── discrete_sediment_bodies.stl
├── slope_excavated.stl
└── slope_unexcavated.stl

set1.stl, set2.stl, set3.stl are the exemplary discrete sediment body models as they are presented in section 5 of the publication and shown in figure 7

discrete_sediment_bodies.stl are the sediment bodies that were used for the FEM case study in section 6 and slope_excavated.stl and slope_unexcavated.stl are the geometries of the case study's slope before and after excavation.