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Numerical Modeling of Stability and Transport of Soluble Contaminants in Tailings Dams under Coupled Hydro-Chemical Processes (A Case Study of Sarcheshmeh Tailings Dam)
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Sadeghi, Hamed (Supervisor)
Abstract
The instability and contamination leakage through tailings dams is one of the major problems of them. These dams are usually constructed through self-consolidation with minimum compaction effort, so special attention must be given to the stability of these structures. In addition, tailings dams contain considerable amounts of metals and chemically soluble contaminants resulting from mining processes in their reservoirs, making them more likely to leak contamination from the dam's foundation and body, causing pollution downstream. The infiltration of various chemical contaminants into the soil may alter its hydraulic and resistance properties. Laboratory studies have shown that pore solution...
Numerical investigation of saturated-unsaturated flow and stability analysis of tailings dams considering the influence of saline solutions
, Article E3S Web of Conferences ; Volume 382 , 2023 ; 25550403 (ISSN) ; Sadeghi, H ; Darzi, A. G ; Bardanis M ; Sharif University of Technology
EDP Sciences
2023
Abstract
A tailings dam is normally constructed through self-consolidation with minimum compaction effort. Accordingly, special attention to the ultimate limit design in assessing the tailings dam instability condition is of primary importance. Furthermore, the existence of pore fluid chemical contaminants with high concentrations makes soil hydraulic and shear resistance properties subject to considerable changes.Therefore, this study aims to investigate the stability of a tailing dam using saturated-unsaturated flow analysis under 0.2 and 0.6 M sodium chloride solutions and pure water as a benchmark. To make the analyses as realistic as possible, recently developed solute-dependent hydraulic...