scholarly journals The Setting of Strength Parameters in Stability Analysis of Open-Pit Slope Using the Random Set Method in the Bełchatów Lignite Mine, Central Poland

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (15) ◽  
pp. 4609
Author(s):  
Elżbieta Pilecka ◽  
Jacek Stanisz ◽  
Robert Kaczmarczyk ◽  
Andrzej Gruchot
Keyword(s):  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Residual Strength ◽  
Open Pit ◽  
Random Set ◽  
Strength Parameters ◽  
Lignite Mine ◽  
Parameter Values ◽  
Random Set Method ◽  
Lithological Unit

The slopes of open-pit mines are often at risk of failure. To identify this hazard, stability analyses are performed. An important element of these stability analyses is the reliable selection of input parameter values for the calculations. This selection is difficult because the slopes of the open pit are disturbed by mining activities. In such conditions, rheological processes, intensified by weathering, develop in open-pit slopes. This study is aimed at setting the strength parameters for the stability analysis of open-pit slopes with a developed slide process, using the random set method. The study was performed on the example of the open pit of the Bełchatów lignite mine, central Poland. A four-stage methodology, according to the random set method, was proposed. The methodology covered the following: site investigation, sensitivity analyses, shear strength reduction (SSR) analyses using numerical calculations, and probability analyses of the factor of safety (FoS) calculation results. The setting of the input parameters took into account the peak and residual strength parameters for each lithological unit in the physical model of the open-pit slope. Samples for laboratory tests were taken from the cores of nine test boreholes. The sensitivity analysis included all peak and residual strength parameters for each lithological unit in the body. As a result of the sensitivity analysis, specific strength parameters were adopted that would have a great impact upon the results of the calculations. Selected sets of parameter values were then used for the FoS calculations. The resultant FoS values revealed the probable slide planes. The positions of the slide planes were consistent with the interpreted slide surfaces based on the control boreholes and terrain observations. Knowledge of the slide planes positions and the values of the strength parameters enabled the designing of a securing approach for this landslide, and the taking of preventive measures to reduce this risk.

Residual Strength: Does BS 5930 Help or Hinder?

1986 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 279-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. B. Hawkins ◽  
K. D. Privett
Keyword(s):  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Normal Stress ◽  
Residual Strength ◽  
Clay Content ◽  
Failure Envelope ◽  
Strength Parameters ◽  
Effective Normal Stress ◽  
Ring Shear ◽  
Stress Dependent ◽  
Shear Box

AbstractBS 5930 offers little assistance to engineers wishing to use residual strength parameters in slope stability analysis. It wrongly suggests the ring shear gives lower parameters than the shear box.BS 5930 does not mention the fact that the residual strength is stress dependent, hence the failure envelope is curved and the parameters must be assessed using an appropriate effective normal stress. For this reason the correlation charts relating ϕ′R to plasticity index or clay content need replacing with a series of charts in which these properties are plotted against ϕ′R values obtained at a number of effective normal stress loadings. Even then such correlations should be treated with caution.

Modelling of Nitrification at the Mogden Treatment Works

1989 ◽  
Vol 21 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 305-314
Author(s):  
J. P. Lumbers ◽  
S. C. Cook ◽  
G. A. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Monte Carlo Simulation ◽  
River Basin Management ◽  
Independent Data ◽  
Activated Sludge Process ◽  
Basin Management ◽  
Alternative Control ◽  
Control Actions ◽  
Parameter Values ◽  
Generalised Sensitivity Analysis

An application of a dynamic model of the activated sludge process is described within the context of real-time river basin management. The model has been calibrated and validated on independent data and then applied to investigate losses of nitrification at the Mogden Works. Monte Carlo simulation and generalised sensitivity analysis were found to be effective ways of identifying appropriate parameter values and their importance. The prediction of unmeasured states such as the autotroph population enabled the effects of alternative control actions to be better understood and the most suitable measures found.

GIS-Based Slope Stability Analysis, Chuquicamata Open Pit Copper Mine, Chile

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric P. Nelson ◽  
Katherine A. Connors ◽  
Claudio Suárez S.
Keyword(s):  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Slope Stability ◽  
Slope Stability Analysis ◽  
Open Pit ◽  
Copper Mine

scholarly journals Mathematical Analysis of Influenza A Dynamics in the Emergence of Drug Resistance

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline W. Kanyiri ◽  
Kimathi Mark ◽  
Livingstone Luboobi
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Drug Resistance ◽  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Influenza A ◽  
Reproduction Number ◽  
Critical Value ◽  
Backward Bifurcation ◽  
Transmission Dynamics ◽  
High Morbidity

Every year, influenza causes high morbidity and mortality especially among the immunocompromised persons worldwide. The emergence of drug resistance has been a major challenge in curbing the spread of influenza. In this paper, a mathematical model is formulated and used to analyze the transmission dynamics of influenza A virus having incorporated the aspect of drug resistance. The qualitative analysis of the model is given in terms of the control reproduction number,Rc. The model equilibria are computed and stability analysis carried out. The model is found to exhibit backward bifurcation prompting the need to lowerRcto a critical valueRc∗for effective disease control. Sensitivity analysis results reveal that vaccine efficacy is the parameter with the most control over the spread of influenza. Numerical simulations reveal that despite vaccination reducing the reproduction number below unity, influenza still persists in the population. Hence, it is essential, in addition to vaccination, to apply other strategies to curb the spread of influenza.

scholarly journals Slope monitoring and stability analysis of open pit mine based on fiber Bragg grating sensing technology

2018 ◽  
Vol 1065 ◽  
pp. 252002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ligang Wang ◽  
Lewen Yu ◽  
Yuansheng Zhang ◽  
Da Zhang ◽  
Zhigang Tao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Fiber Bragg Grating ◽  
Open Pit Mine ◽  
Open Pit ◽  
Bragg Grating ◽  
Sensing Technology ◽  
Slope Monitoring

scholarly journals Analysis of Mining Waste Dump Site Stability Based on Multiple Remote Sensing Technologies

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 2025 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lianhuan Wei ◽  
Yun Zhang ◽  
Zhanguo Zhao ◽  
Xiaoyu Zhong ◽  
Shanjun Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Limit Equilibrium ◽  
Mining Waste ◽  
Open Pit ◽  
Dump Site ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Distributions ◽  
Small Baseline Subset ◽  
Small Baseline ◽  
Local Safety

The mining waste of open pit mines is usually piled-up in dump sites, making a man-made hill more than tens of meters high. Because of the loose structure of the dump sites, landslides or debris flow may occur after heavy rainfall, threatening local lives and properties. Therefore, dump stability analysis is crucial for ensuring local safety. In this paper, a collaborative stability analysis based on multiple remote sensing technologies was innovatively conducted at the Xudonggou dump of the Anqian iron mine. A small baseline subset (SBAS) analysis was used to derive the spatial and temporal distributions of displacements in the line-of sight (LOS) over the whole study area. The deformation in LOS is translated to the slope direction based on an assumption that displacements only occur parallel to the slope surface. Infrared Thermography (IRT) technology was used to detect weak aquifer layers located at the toe of possible landslide bodies. Then, numerical simulations based on the limit equilibrium method were conducted to calculate the factor of safety for three profiles located on the dump site. The results, emerging from multiple remote sensing technologies, were very consistent and, eventually, the landslide hazard zone of the Xudonggou dump site was outlined.

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