MODEL STUDIES OF INDUCED SLOPE FAILURES IN STRIP MINE WASTE.

Samuel P. Clemence, John M. Pool

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Abstract

A study of the feasibility of induced slope stability failures in strip mine waste piles is presented. Slope failures were induced in laboratory models by applying water under pressure into perforated injection tubes placed into the simulated waste pile slopes. The holes were oriented to produce hydraulic fracturing along the most optimum plane for economic relocation of the spoil material. The models were constructed of waste pile material collected from strip mine sites in southern Illinois and central Missouri. The materials tested were from active as well as inactive mines. The model waste piles were constructed to approximately one-fifteenth the size of the average waste pile configuration and were compacted to match measured field densities. Horizontal and vertical permeabilities of the model waste piles were measured. Triaxial undrained shear strengths and the associated pore pressures were measured. These results are summarized and used in the stability analysis.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationUnknown Host Publication Title
PublisherAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Pages680-696
Number of pages17
StatePublished - 1977
EventProc of the Conf on Geotech Pract for Disposal of Solid Waste Mater - Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Duration: Jun 13 1977Jun 15 1977

Other

OtherProc of the Conf on Geotech Pract for Disposal of Solid Waste Mater
CityAnn Arbor, MI, USA
Period6/13/776/15/77

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Engineering(all)

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