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Geotechnical aspects of remedial design for a gold tailings dam
Author(s) -
Sully J. P.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
international journal for numerical and analytical methods in geomechanics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.419
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1096-9853
pISSN - 0363-9061
DOI - 10.1002/nag.1610090607
Subject(s) - tailings dam , geotechnical engineering , tailings , remedial education , remedial action , slope failure , engineering , geology , slope stability , civil engineering , mining engineering , environmental remediation , contamination , mathematics , materials science , ecology , metallurgy , biology , mathematics education
Remedial measures were required for a gold tailings dam in South Africa which had undergone a minor slope failure. Information from laboratory and field measurements was used for evaluation of the present and future stability as the height of the dam increased. To aid the design process, numerical methods were used for prediction of in situ conditions. Stability analyses by computer were then used to optimize the type of remedial measure.