Geotechnical Engineering for Mine Waste Storage Facilities

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.

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 (characterization, site selection, geotechnical exploration, environmental aspects, testing and compaction) 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.

Author Biography
Acknowledgements
List of Symbols

Chapter 1 : Waste Engineering, Characteristics of Mine Wastes and Types of Waste Storage
Chapter 2 : Selection of a Site for Storage of Mine Waste
Chapter 3 : Geotechnical Exploration of Sites for Development of Mine Waste Storages
Chapter 4 : Environmental and Engineering Characteristics of Mine Waste, Including Stress and Strain Analysis and Laboratory Shear Testing
Chapter 5 : In Situ Shear Strength Testing of Tailings and Other Waste Materials and Its Interpretation
Chapter 6 : Measuring the Coefficient of Permeability in the Laboratory and In Situ, Seepage Flow Nets, Drains and Linings, Geosynthetics, Geomembranes and GCL%u2019s
Chapter 7 : The Mechanics of Compaction
Chapter 8 : Methods for Constructing Impounding Dykes for Storing Hydraulically Transported Tailings and Other Fine-Grained Wastes
Chapter 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
Chapter 10 : Water Balances for Tailings Storage Facilities and Dry Waste Dumps
Chapter 11 : Failure of Mine Waste Storages
Chapter 12 : Surface Stability of Tailings Storages Slopes %u2013 Erosion Rates, Slope Geometry and Engineered Erosion Protection
Chapter 13 : The Use of Mine Waste for Backfilling of Mining Voids and as a Construction Material

Subject Index