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  • SME
    Groundwater Control For Two-Pass Soft Ground Tunneling

    By Cary Hirner, David Stacey, William A. Rochford

    Design considerations and construction techniques were implemented to address groundwater infiltration from a confined aquifer during the excavation and lining of the Cady Marsh Flood Relief Tunnel. T

    Jan 1, 2007

  • DFI
    Development and Experiences on Versatile Applications of RD-pile Wall

    By Fredrik Sarvell, Leo-Ville Miettinen, Veli-Matti Uotinen

    "Abstract The continued concentration of building activities in cramped areas of city centres means more underground construction and facilities. Demand to minimize execution time and any kind of dist

    Jan 1, 2014

  • NIOSH
    IC 8110 Uses And Properties Of Magnesia As A Superrefractory For Temperatures Above 1,500° C.: A Bibliography ? Introduction And Summary

    By Sara Jane Boles

    In recent years the demand for products of greater refractoriness has placed an ever-increasing emphasis on ceramic materials, including the metallic oxides. Magnesia (MgO) is one of the most importan

    Jan 1, 1962

  • AUSIMM
    Sulphuric Acid: The Chamber Process Under Tropical Conditions.

    THOUGH the literature on the chamber process is considerable, it mostly refers to European conditions. Owing to the demand for acid for flotation and leaching at the mine, it may be necessary to work

    Jan 1, 1920

  • DFI
    Case History: Augered Cast-In-Place Piles For The Pittsburgh International Airport Midfield Terminal

    By Randy R. Huberty

    Although originally designed with deep foundations consisting of all driven steel H piles and drilled caissons, a unique application of Augered Cast-in-Place (ACIP) piles as an alternate design result

    Jan 1, 2001

  • DFI
    Load Testing Of Steel Sheet Piling Driven With A Vibratory Hammer

    By Drew Floyd

    Five full-scale pile load tests were performed on pairs of PZ-22 sheet piles installed with a vibratory pile driving hammer. The sheet piling was installed in several locations in soil generally consi

    Jan 1, 1989

  • IIMP
    Sistematización y modelamiento para el diseño y evaluación de disparos

    By Gualberto Salas

    Dado que la voladura es una de las operaciones unitarias de mayor extracción del mineral -en tanto logra una adecuada fragmentación de la roca con un costo reducido, es necesario lograr una interrelac

    Sep 13, 2001

  • AUSIMM
    New 40Ar/39Ar Dates of Adularia from Epithermal Deposits in the Hauraki Goldfield, New Zealand

    By C Hall, J L. Mauk

    New 40Ar/39Ar dates of vein and wall rock adularia from seven epithermal deposits and one porphyry copper prospect help constrain the ages of mineralisation in the Hauraki Goldfield. Vein adularia fro

    Jan 1, 2005

  • DFI
    Design Of Augered Cast In Place (ACIP) Piles - Introduction

    By Michael McVay

    The use of augered cast-in-place piles has seen tremendous growth under commerical structures in the past twenty years. Problems with vibration, soil densification and/or heave associated with driven

    Jan 1, 1997

  • AUSIMM
    Presidential Address, 1968: The Standards We Inherit

    At last year's. annual meeting of The Institute, Sir George Fisher, as President, compared it somewhat nostalgically with a meeting of its kind in the 1920s when comment was expressed on the decl

    Jan 1, 1968

  • AUSIMM
    Pulverizing Goals

    Brief descriptions of several types of unit pulverizeI' are given and the functioning of the components that crush, carry, dry and classify the coal is considered. A distinction is drawn between

    Jan 1, 1957

  • SME
    Case Study Failure Of Shallow Open Pit Slopes Shirley Basin Mine

    By R. M. Owens, J. F. Lupo

    The Shirley Basin Uranium mine, located in southeastern Wyoming, USA, was an open pit mining operation consisting of a series of several open pit mines excavated into poorly consolidated sandstones, s

    Jan 1, 2001

  • NIOSH
    OFR-8-95 Mineral Investigations In The Colville Mining District And Southern National Petroleum Reserve In Alaska

    By Joseph M. Kurtak

    The U.S Bureau of Mines conducted a five-year mineral resource assessment of the 16.6 million acre Colville Mining District in northern Alaska, which includes part of the National Petroleum Reserve in

    Jan 1, 2011

  • IIMP
    Modelo conceptual de desarrollo del proyecto minero Antapaccay - Xstrata Tintaya S.A.

    By Edgardo Orderique

    El presente texto describe el modelo de desarrollo del proyecto minero Antapaccay, de forma que cada etapa en el proceso de determinación de reservas, sea rigurosamente evaluada y estimada. La secuenc

    Sep 9, 2007

  • SME
    Application of Dot Tunneling Method to Construction of Multi¬service Utility Tunnel Adjacent to Important Structures

    By Akihiro Higashide, Roy H. Patten

    The DOT Tunneling method combines two conventional earth pressure balance shield machines in an overlapping cylindrical arrangement. The method allows two tunnels to be driven simultaneously with mini

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME
    Virtual Reality In Mine Training (3eb7dfa5-08f9-4834-9597-81542b7b8eb6)

    By R. Unger, L. Mallett

    The use of virtual reality (VR) technologies to train miners is an evolving area in research and development. In July 2006, representatives of 14 international organizations met to discuss current VR-

    Jan 1, 2007

  • ISEE
    Sympathetic Detonation Causes and Solutions

    By P D. "Takis" Katsabanis

    The phenomenon of sympathetic detonations in blastholes is investigated by comparing experimental observations and numerical modelling results. Numerical modelling using the TDL computer code and Fore

    Jan 1, 1991

  • SAIMM
    Pyrite roasting, an alternative to sulphur burning - Synopsis

    The roasting of sulphide ores and concentrates is often the first step in the production of metals or chemicals. In many processes, the production of sulphuric acid is viewed as a by-product, whereas

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    Salvage and Direct Transfer for Accelerating Restoration of Native Ecosystems on Mine Sites in New Zealand

    By P Williams, S Flynn, R Birchfield, R Simcock, R Toft, P Comeskey

    Direct transfer, or community translocation, comprises salvage and replacement of intact æsodsÆ of vegetation together with underlying soil. It has been applied to New Zealand mine sites restoration o

    Jan 1, 2000

  • AIME
    PART V - Deformation Under Combined Static and Vibratory Stresses

    By G. S. Baker, S. H. Carpenter

    Langenecker has reported significant reduction in strength of high-strength metals during ultrasonic t'ibration. Decreases in static yield stress an order of magnitude greater than the calculated

    Jan 1, 1967