Estimating in-situ consolidation properties of tailings deposits using CPT

The successful integration of tailings deposits into existing landforms requires knowledge on how much they will compress and release water under load over time. Typically this is characterized using laboratory based methods, but these tests on small samples cannot capture the behaviour of a full scale deposit. This project will develops a method to use conventional field measurements in a novel way to estimate this rate of compression.

Faculty Supervisor:

Paul Simms

Student:

Partner:

ConeTec Investigations Ltd (BC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

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