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Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
versión On-line ISSN 2411-9717
versión impresa ISSN 2225-6253
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JACOBSZ, SW. y NARAINSAMY, Y.. Field and laboratory research into the undrained behaviour of tailings at the University of Pretoria. J. S. Afr. Inst. Min. Metall. [online]. 2022, vol.122, n.6, pp.267-273. ISSN 2411-9717. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2411-9717/1865/2022.
Several high-impact tailings dam failures around the world in recent years have placed a renewed focus on the stability of tailings dams and pointed to potential shortcomings in traditional drained design and safety evaluation procedures. A need to consider undrained shear strength in the design of tailings facilities has become apparent. However, there are specific requirements that need to be met before undrained shearing occurs. In South Africa, the last major failure was likely the Merriespruit disaster in 1994, which leads to the question of whether the conditions required for undrained shearing are readily applicable to South African tailings dams. This paper describes research at the University of Pretoria that has recently commenced to further investigate the conditions required for undrained failure to occur. The research includes laboratory and field testing to replicate these conditions in the laboratory and relate them to those found in an active tailings dam.
Palabras clave : tailings; liquefaction; centrifuge modelling.