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  • SAIMM
    Outokumpu Sx Ew Technology Package

    By George J. Karcas, Raimo Kuusisto, Pertti Pekkala

    Ongoing Outokumpu development in Solvent Extraction and Electrowinning Technology, involving all aspects of process chemistry, equipment and control, extends over a period of close to 30 years. The de

    Jan 1, 2005

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    Evaluation Of A Limit Equilibrium Model To Simulate Crush Pillar Behaviour - Synopsis

    By M. du Plessis

    This paper describes the evaluation of a limit equilibrium model to simulate the behaviour of crush pillars in platinum mines. An analytical model was derived to calculate the residual average pillar

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SAIMM
    Design and construction of tunnel portals under difficult geotechnical conditions

    By R. M. Spang

    Abstract Between the German city of Dresden and the Czech capital Prague a 4-lane highway is under con-struction. At the outskirts of Dresden it will cross the narrow and deeply eroded Weißeritz V

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Important Considerations In The Testing Of High-Density Tailings For Beach Profile Prediction ? Synopsis

    By G. I. McPhail

    The authors have conducted several investigations into the prediction of the beach profile of high-density tailings and have found that there are a number of important considerations that need to be t

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    The interaction between excavation of Trojane tunnel and an anchored pile retaining wall

    By V. Jovicic, J. Likar

    The knowledge of the geological sequence and hydrological conditions in the area of portals was the basis for the design of the entry of the highway into tunnel Trojane. Mudstone, claystone and sandst

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Fluidized Bed Roasting Of Micro-Pelletized Zinc Concentrate: Part I?Pellet Strength And Roasting Kinetics - Synopsis

    By S. Heukelman

    Zinc or, a zinc refinery in South Africa, uses oxygen enrichment of up to 26% O2 in its fluidizing air to increase concentrate-throughput in its fluidized bed roasters. The aim of the study is to dete

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SAIMM
    Evaluation of the importance of thermo-hydro-mechanical couplings on the performance assessment of a deep underground storage design

    By A. Rejeb, A. Millard

    ABSTRACT: An evaluation of the importance of the thermo-hydro-mechanical couplings (THM) on the performance assessment of a deep underground storage design has been made as part of the international D

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Stability evaluation for Jinping arch dam by using bifurcation model in 3D FEM analysis

    By C. Steve

    ABSTRACT: In this paper, the stability evaluation and bifurcation criteria are presented for the Jinping arch dam structure. The bifurcation models in failure status of the arch dam are derived from t

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Hard rock tunnel boring, cutting, drilling and blasting: rock parameters for excavatability

    By K. Thuro, R. J. Plinninger

    ABSTRACT: Determining tunnel stability is a key issue during preliminary site investigation. In contrast, problems of excavatability have been largely ignored. While the choice of an economic tunnelli

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Simulation of the mechanical behaviour of a fracture in shear: implication of the distribution of the void space

    By J. Riss, S. Gentier, A. Marache

    The study of the hydromechanical behaviour of fractured rock masses requires a detailed knowledge of the isolated fractures. The aim of the paper is the simulation of the evolution of the void space,

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Mechanical Behaviour of Surrounding Rock Mass and New Lining Structure of Air-tight Pressure Cavern

    By M .. Hori, H. Onishi, Y. Goda

    The split-lining structure was newly developed for the air-tight lining of the underground compressed air storage cavern. This structure consists of separated reinforced concrete (RC) segments and air

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Reduction Of Chromium Oxide In Stainless Steel Slags

    By N. Sano

    The chromium oxide in stainless steel slags usually exists as Cr2O3. However, there is a possibility that it is oxidized to hazardous CrO3 after disposal or during use. Therefore, some technical devel

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    Use of magnetic anistropy sensor for measurement of stresses on steel support and its potential

    By H. Sekimoto, T. Matsuoka, K. Yasuhara, M. Ota, S. Akutagawa

    A magnetic anisotropy sensor is used for nondestructive measurement of stress on surfaces of a ferromagnetic material, such as steel. The sensor is built on the principle of the magneto-strictive effe

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Study on Tunneling in Rock Masses with Inclined Layers Using Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (DDA)

    By J. -H. Wu, S. Nishiyama, Y. Ohnishi

    The behaviors and stress distributions of the inclined jointed rock masses with different dip angles obtained from DDA are compared to the results of laboratory tests. By calculating the block stress

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Interpretation and modelling of a hydromechanical in situexperiment within a fractured calcareous rock mass

    By Y. Guglielmi, V. Merrien-Soukatchoff, I. Kadiri

    ABSTRACT: Hydraulic experiments have been conducted since 1997 within a small fractured calcareous rock mass in southeastern France, at a site called Coaraze. On this reduced-scale site closing a floo

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Is it wavy or rough?

    By J. P. Harrison

    ABSTRACT: The significant effect of fracture surface morphology on the mechanical behaviour of rock masses is well known and has been studied by many people. For linear profiles taken from fracture su

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Lötschberg base tunnel: brittle failure phenomena encountered during excavation of the Steg lateral adit

    By V. Labiouse, P. K. Kaiser, F. Descoeudres, F. Rojat

    In this paper some failure phenomena observed in the crossing of brittle rock formations at the Lötschberg base tunnel are presented. A brittle failure criteria, recently developed by Canadian researc

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Elasticity anisotropy in Oshima Granite

    By A. Golshani, M. Oda, K. Suzuki, T. Takemura

    Anisotropic behaviours of OhshimaOshima granite were investigated by carrying out uniaxial compression tests, together with observations of microcracks under an optical microscope. The elastic modulus

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Measurement of induced stress under high rock stress by compact conical-ended borehole overcoring technique

    By K. Sugawara, H. -S. Jeong, Y. Ishiguro, J. Otani, Y. Obara, A. Hirata

    A series of measurements of induced stress by the Compact Conical-ended Borehole Overcoring (CCBO) technique was performed within rock mass around a tunnel excavated in a region that an underground po

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Correlation Between P-Wave Velocity And Some Mechanical Properties For Sedimentary Rocks ? Synopsis

    By R. Altindag

    Engineers and researchers need to estimate the mechanical properties of rocks from P-wave velocity. In previous studies, the researchers have investigated either the limited values or all the data bel

    Jan 1, 2012