As the most severe damage form of tailings ponds, dam failure causes a serious threat and
damage to the surrounding lives and environment. Therefore, based on the systematic …

The construction period of most tailing ponds generally lasts for more than 10 years or even
decades. During this period, it may be affected by more than one earthquake and is often …

Tailing dam failures result in irreversible environmental impacts and cause fatalities. In
recent years the mechanical behaviour of tailing geo-materials has received more attention …

Although numerous studies focus on the mechanical behaviour and instability of tailings
dam materials, a framework that adequately describes all the processes involved in their …

Disintegrated carbonaceous mudstone (DCM), derived from pre-disintegration treatments of
waste carbonaceous mudstone, is utilized as filler for highway embankments with the aim of …

Fault activity is a factor causing geological disasters and controlling their spatial distribution.
The information on fault activity can be recorded by the microstructure of the fault gouge …

In this study, an analytical solution is proposed to describe one-dimensional self-weight
consolidation of two-layer soil under variable load and semi-permeable boundary condition …

As one of the largest artificial geotechnical structures on earth, the tailings dams are
classified as one of the high-risk sources in China's industry. How to improve the stability …

Upstream tailings dams are extensively employed owing to their straightforward and
economical construction methodologies worldwide. Nevertheless, they are susceptible to …

Due to the importance of their handling and the consequent negative impacts on humans
and the environment as well as limited understanding of their mechanics, detailed …