Blight Geotechnical Engineering for Mine Waste Storage Facilities

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-203-85940-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 652 Seiten

The book is a comprehensive treatment of the application of geotechnical engineering to site selection, site exploration, design, operation and closure of mine waste storage facilities.
It has been developed from the official mining industry guide to the design and operation of tailings and waste rock storage facilities in South Africa, and also from a series of post graduate courses that have been taught at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg for many years. The level and content are suitable as a technical source and reference for practising engineers engaged both in the design and operational management of mine waste storage facilities and for senior undergraduate and postgraduate students. The thirteen chapters follow the sequence of the life cycle of a waste storage facility and also consider the use of mine waste as a construction material. The text is liberally illustrated by both line drawings and photographs, and the theoretical passages are supported by typical test results, worked examples and carefully analysed case histories.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blight, Geoffrey

Blight, Geoffrey E.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Bergbau, Hüttenwesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Waste Engineering, Characteristics of Mine Wastes and Types of Waste Storage.
2: Selection of a Site for Storage of Mine Waste.
3: Geotechnical Exploration of Sites for Development of Mine Waste Storages.
4: Environmental and Engineering Characteristics of Mine Waste, Including Stress and Strain Analysis and Laboratory Shear Testing.
5: In Situ Shear Strength Testing of Tailings and Other Waste Materials and Test Interpretation.
6: Measuring the Coefficient of Permeability in the Laboratory and In Situ, Seepage Flow Nets, Drains and Linings, Geosynthetics, Geomembranes and GCLs.
7: The Mechanics of Compaction.
8: Methods for Constructing Impounding Dykes for Storing Hydraulically Transported Tailings and Other Fine-Grained Wastes.
9: Water Control and Functional and Safety Monitoring for Hydraulic Fill Tailings Storages and Dry Dumps.

10: Water Balances for Tailings Storage Facilities and Dry Waste Dumps.
11: Failures of Mine Waste Storages
12: Surface Stability of Tailings Storages Slopes – Erosion Rates, Slope Geometry and Engineered Erosion Protection.
13: The Use of Mine Waste for Backfilling of Mining Voids and as a Construction Material.