Geotechnogenesis problems

Geotechgjgensis is mineralogical geochemical transformation of minerals, rocks, and ores as consequence of impact on them in the process of performing geological-exploration and irrigation works, extracting and processing mineral resources, constructing transport, civil and military objects. These effects lead to discontinuity and moving different scale fragments of upper part of lithospere and conjugate hydro-and biosphere zones. Discontinuity predttermines the disturbance of matural systems dynamic equilibriu and acceleration ofmftter transformation and migration processes. The final aim of studying geotechnogenesis minseralogy and geochemistry is the establishment of scientific foundations for developing ecological safety measures including also utilization fo geotechnogene deposits.     

尾砂胶结块体压缩及粉化特性试验研究

地下采矿引起了地表塌陷和错动;尾矿库储存尾砂能力有限,同时又受到征地限制。为综合解决这两个问题,针对金山店铁矿现状,采用半干胶结块体充填塌陷区。但在上覆和周围岩层再塌陷过程中,充填块体易破碎粉化并诱发深部采空区泥石流。因此,需要研究塌陷后充填块体的粉化率以及诱发泥石流的可能性。为此,分别对抗压强度为1、3 MPa的尾砂胶结块体和抗压强度为6 MPa的尾砂胶结块体与废石混合体进行分级压缩,并记录竖向应力-应变;当加载到某一级荷载胶结块体发生破碎并粉化时,取样进行颗粒筛分试验,分析破碎块体的粒径分布曲线。对试验结果分析可得,在采空区发生塌陷压缩胶结块体时,各种状态下的块体粉化率为8%～15%;胶结块体与废石混合充填,可有效降低围岩塌陷后充填体破碎的块体粉化率,结合泥石流试验结果,尾砂胶结块体充填诱发泥石流的可能性较小;即使发生,也能保证矿区井下正常生产     

金堆城尾矿坝加高方案数值模拟及稳定性分析

金堆城尾矿坝为了进行加高设计而对尾矿库区进行了地质钻孔勘探。基于实际钻孔勘探成果,最佳反演分析了各分区-尾矿砂和初期坝堆石体模型的渗透系数、物理力学指标和加高方案下的浸润面分布。结合加高设计方案,采用基于有效应力法的EFES-3D计算程序对该尾矿坝加高后的应力应变场进行了数值模拟和坝坡稳定性分析,得出应力应变场分布图和边坡安全系数。可以看出,在上游法加高方案下,尾矿坝坝坡有涌起抬高现象,安全系数有所降低,不利于尾矿坝的稳定安全和运行管理。为此提出了在加高方案设计中加强排渗设施建议。     

尾矿库边坡时变分析模型及其应用

尾矿库边坡稳定性多以单一安全系数为评价指标,难以反映外界条件变化的过程中尾矿库边坡稳定性演化的全过程特征。针对这一问题,提出尾矿库稳定性的时变分析方法,以安全系数时程曲线分析尾矿库边坡稳定性。以尾矿库工程实例为研究对象,建立时变分析模型进行数值模拟。研究在不同降雨入渗、库水位变动以及二者耦合条件下边坡安全系数随时间变化的规律。研究结果表明,不同强度的均匀降雨影响下,6 h以后安全系数下降速率大致相当,6 h以内雨强越大,安全系数下降越快。降雨雨型将影响安全系数变化轨迹,研究较为广泛的均匀雨型并不是最危险雨型。边坡安全系数变化滞后于库水位变动,滞后效应随水位上涨速度的减慢、下降速度的加快和涨幅的减少而减弱。耦合条件下尾矿库边坡安全系数减小将加剧。研究成果对尾矿库设计和运营具有重要意义。     

Catastrophe revisited – disastrous flow failures of mine and municipal solid waste

Catastrophic flow failures have occurred with alarming frequency in mine tailings dams and dumps of discards and other mine waste. In recent years, catastrophic flow failures have also occurred in dumps of municipal solid waste and even in what were intended to be carefully controlled and well-engineered landfills. Apart from the environmental devastation caused by these flows, they are also dangerous to human life and society. Examples include the Buffalo Creek disaster in the USA in 1972 (Vick, Planning, Design and Analysis of Tailings Dams, Wiley, 1983) that killed 118 people, made 4000 homeless and destroyed 50 million US dollars worth of property and facilities. The flow slide that occurred in the Umraniye– Hekimbasi refuse dump in Turkey in 1993 (Kocasoy and Curi, Waste Management and Research, 13, 1995, 305) killed 39 people, destroying their homes in the process. This paper will briefly review some of the more notable flow slides in waste materials, analyzing conditions necessary for a flow failure to occur and pointing to ways of preventing this type of failure by a combination of sound design and operating procedures.     

金川铜镍矿山尾矿砂酸溶性实验研究

为研究金川铜镍矿山酸性废水溶解尾矿砂实现综合治理废液与废固的可能性,进行了尾矿砂在硫酸中的溶解实验。结果表明,尾矿砂在硫酸浓度大于3mol/L、温度保持90℃以上并在液固比6.0下强力搅拌,能够较好地溶解于硫酸中,生成无定形二氧化硅;300℃的马弗炉焙烧4h有助于尾矿砂中绿泥石的溶解,对透闪石的溶解影响不大。尾矿砂中橄榄石、蛇纹石和透辉石较容易被硫酸溶解,透闪石、斜长石则比较难溶解,这与尾矿砂中矿物性质有密切关系。     

矿山尾矿矿物学研究进展

矿山尾矿由于产生大量酸性排水和释放重金属，污染地下水和地表水，破坏生态环境而成为人们关注的焦点。尾矿引起的环境问题是地表条件下，水一气一矿物复杂反应的综合结果。近年来尾矿矿物学的研究已经揭示出尾矿中矿物分解和形成的规律，水一气一矿物反应的机制和影响因素，酸性排水和重金属迁移规律，为尾矿环境危险性评价和尾矿污染防治提供了基础资料和新的思路。     

A laboratory study of covers made of low-sulphide tailings to prevent acid mine drainage

Covers with capillary barrier effects (CCBE) are considered to be one of the most effective ways to control acid mine drainage (AMD) production from mine wastes. The use of low-sulphide tailings in CCBE has been proposed recently for cases where other types of material may be unavailable near the mining site. This paper presents leaching column test results showing that CCBEs with a moisture-retaining layer made of slightly reactive tailings, with three different sulphide contents, can effectively limit the production of AMD from the acid-generating tailings placed underneath. With these layered covers, the leachate pH was maintained near neutrality throughout the testing period. When compared to uncovered tailings, the efficiency of the cover systems for reducing the amount of contaminants in the percolated water was determined to be greater than 99% for zinc, copper and iron. This study shows that the use of low-sulphide tailings can improve the ability of a CCBE to limit gas diffusion by consuming a fraction of the migrating oxygen.     

不同固结条件下尾矿动孔压演化规律

地震作用下尾矿坝有液化失稳的危险,尾矿动孔压的演化规律可以间接体现其液化过程。为研究尾矿动孔压的演化规律,开展了一系列的动三轴试验。结果表明：尾矿动孔压演化具有明显的阶段性,在等压固结时可用S形反正弦函数曲线描述,在偏压固结时可用J形指数函数曲线描述;尾矿材料在等压固结条件下临界孔压接近于围压,在偏压固结条件下临界孔压小于围压,且随围压及固结应力比的增大而减小,随尾矿平均粒径的增大而增大。基于极限平衡理论推导了等压固结和偏压固结条件下的临界孔隙水压力方程,从理论上阐释了试验结果所揭示的动孔压演化规律,可以为地震区上游式尾矿坝的抗震设计提供参考。     

超细尾砂胶结充填体强度计算模型及应用

超细尾砂已成为充填材料的主要来源。为了便于充填料浆配合比设计与强度预测,基于超细料浆微观结构,提出用固体填充率表征充填料浆结构密实程度。选用某矿山超细尾砂进行了63组配合比强度试验。研究结果表明：固体填充率和水灰比与充填体无侧限强度分别呈指数函数和负幂函数关系。采用Pearson理论对试验样本进行相关性分析,结果表明：固体填充率与水灰比相互独立。在此基础上,建立了超细尾砂胶结充填体双变量强度计算模型,模型计算值与试验值的误差在7%以内。进行了超细尾砂胶结体强度随养护时间增长的试验,基于试验数据拟合规律,提出了强度龄期数学模型,建立了三变量强度计算公式。模型能准确预测矿山充填体强度,且能有效指导矿山充填料浆设计。