Geotechnical engineering for mine waste storage facilities / Geoffrey Blight.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blight, G. E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mineral industries--Waste disposal.

Mineral industries.

Waste disposal in the ground.

Environmental geotechnology.

Engineering geology.

Soil mechanics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (656 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 des

Contents:

ch. 1. Waste engineering, characteristics of mine wastes and types of waste storage

ch. 2. Selection of a site for storage of mine waste

ch. 3. Geotechnical exploration of sites for development of mine waste storages

ch. 4. Environmental and engineering characteristics of mine waste, including stress and strain analysis and laboratory shear testing

ch. 5. In situ shear strength testing of tailings and other waste materials and its interpretation

ch. 6. Measuring the coefficient of permeability in the laboratory and in situ, seepage flow nets, drains and linings, geosynthetics, geomembranes and GCL's

ch. 7. The mechanics of compaction

ch. 8. Methods for constructing impounding dykes for storing hydraulically transported tailings and other fine-grained wastes

ch. 9. Water control and functional and safety monitoring for hydraulic fill tailings storages and dry dumps. Safety appraisal. Special considerations for carbonaceous and radioactive wastes

ch. 10. Water balances for tailings storage facilities and dry waste dumps

ch. 11. Failures of mine waste storages

ch. 12. Surface stability of tailings storages slopes : erosion rates, slope geometry and engineered erosion protection

ch. 13. The use of mine waste for backfilling of mining voids and as a construction material.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-134-99942-9

0-429-20647-X

1-134-99943-7

1-282-50387-1

9786612503870

0-203-85940-5

9780429206474

OCLC:

610820998