Applying the Material Point Method to Identify Key Factors Controlling Runout of the Cadia Tailings Dam Failure of 2018

This thesis examines the 2018 failure of the Northern Tailings Storage Facility at Cadia Valley Operations, located in New South Wales, Australia. First, the importance of examining and understanding failure mechanisms and post failure kinematics is described. Within which we understand that in the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pierce, Ian
Other Authors: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2021
Subjects:
Dam
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/104218