DEMIN - Departamento de Engenharia de Minas
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Item Three‑dimensional stability analyses and sensitivity studies of the input parameters in a global failure of an open pit slope : a case study.(2023) Oliveira, Davidson Paulo Azevedo; Lana, Milene SabinoThis work aims to study the parameters afecting a global slope failure in an open pit mine. The event was a complex failure, formed by an upper layer of a weathered rock, which behaved like a soil mass, above two faults, which intersect to form a wedge. This upper soil layer has pressured the wedge leading to its failure. It occurred in the northern sector of the pit in 2013, causing the interruption of mining activity for about 1 year. The geomechanical parameters were defned from an extensive feld survey database; lab tests and Schmidt hammer tests were performed in the region of the failure. The HoekBrown criterion was adopted for the rock mass; Barton-Bandis for the discontinuities and Mohr-Coulomb for the weathered rocks. Three-dimensional limit equilibrium methods were applied using the average strength parameters. The factor of safety (F.S.) was 1.33, a situation which indicated relative stability. Thus, sensitivity analyses were performed to defne the parameters that conditioned the failure, by progressively reducing the discontinuity shear strength via percentage factors, until F.S reached 1.0. Failure surface geometry obtained in the analysis was close to the failure observed at the feld. The susceptibility condition of the wedge failure was evaluated through kinematic analyses in two scenarios; F.S = 1.33 and F.S. = 1. The results indicated a signifcant increase in the probability of kinematic feasibility when F.S. was 1. The reduction of the slope dip should ensure a stable condition. Moreover, the water level should be kept far from the slope face.Item Three-dimensional stability analysis of an urban slope located in João Monlevade, Brazil.(2019) Pereira, Fernanda Cristina; Oliveira, Flavia Laís Dias; Assis, Laís Emily de; Santos, Tatiana Barreto dosGeotechnical stability analysis of slopes is an important tool for decision making in civil projects. Use of three-dimensional software for analysis of soil slope stability has increased in recent years. Rocscience Inc. created Slide3 software in 2017. Slide3 is a software that allows geotechnical engineers to calculate the factor of safety of complex 3D slope stability geometries that 2D models cannot fully simulate. In this context, this paper presents a three-dimensional stability analysis of a slope located in an urban area at city of João Monlevade, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The slope was selected due to the instability history in rainfall periods. Topography of the area was provided by the city council. Young and mature residual soils were identified in the studied slope. Young residual soil was physically classified as clay without gravels and presents in natura values of cohesion and friction angle, equal to 32 KPa and 23.97o, respectively. Mature residual soil was physically classified as clayey silt without gravels and presents in natura values of cohesion and friction angle, equal to 19 KPa and 23.30o, respectively. The factor of safety of the soil slope was equal 0.977, considering the slope saturated. The factor of safety of the drained slope was equal to 1.415. Generalized limit equilibrium (GLE) method was used in this equilibrium-limit analysis. The results stability analysis of the slope was coherent, once previous instability occurs in a period that was identified above average rainfall.Item Assessment of the effects of vegetational cover on the long-term stabilityof a waste rock dump.(2019) Lima, Hernani Mota de; Mendanha, Fabiano OliveiraWaste rock dump reclamation includes re-grading the banks to flatten the overall slope followed by re-vegetation. These measures are required to reduce surface erosion, provide physical stability, and meet future use goals. In some cases, the presence of trees can cause localized shear zones in a waste rock dump by the load of the tree mass and the action of wind, the presence of roots in the soil and the death of some species. In geotechnical assessment, however, the influence of trees on slope stability of waste rock dumps is only qualitative. This article assesses the effects of trees on slope stability of a reclaimed waste rock dump of an iron ore mine. Historic data of construction, laboratory tests, and stability analysis were evaluated. Slope stability assessments were performed after an extensive geotechnical and forest campaign, considering two scenarios - the final waste rock dump without the vegetational cover and the final waste rock with vegetational cover. Tree vegetation in slopes produces both positive and negative effects on slope stability. For scenario 1, the lowest factor of safety occurs for a potential failure surface near the bottom of the waste dump, passing by a layer 6 m depth from the surface. In scenario 2 the factor of safety is increased by 10%. For deeper failure surface, the smallest factor of safety occurs 30 m deep. However, very tall trees at the top of the waste dump are subject to wind action, which has a negative impact on slope stability.Item Stress–strain analysis of buckling failure in phyllite slopes.(2013) Pereira, Luana Cláudia; Lana, Milene SabinoBuckling failure occurs in the open pit mines in the Quadrila´tero Ferrı´fero of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. In this study, this failure mechanism is evaluated through stress–strain analysis, using the finite element software named Phase2. Many representative hypothetical models of the slopes were created in order to reproduce the conditions in open pit mines, like their geometry and foliated joints with kinematic conditions for buckling failure. Elastic and plastic simulations have been done. Strength and deformability parameters, such as discontinuity stiffness and cohesion, as well as the in situ stress field, are analyzed in order to understand their influence in the buckling failure mechanism in the global open pit mine slopes excavated in phyllites. As studies about this problem are extremely rare, the present research brings important contributions to establish the basic conditions for this kind of failure.Item Estabilidade dos taludes da Cava Cachorro Bravo com base em modelagem numérica por elementos finitos.(2008) Silva, Carolina Helena Caldeira; Lana, Milene Sabino; Pereira, Luana Cláudia; Lopes, Manoel da ConceiçãoEsse trabalho apresenta a análise da estabilidade de um talude da Mina Córrego do Sítio, que pertence ao Grupo Anglo Gold Ashanti, e encontra-se inserida na porção nordeste do Quadrilátero Ferrífero. No local, ocorrem rochas metamórficas deformadas, com significativas descontinuidades que ocasionam problemas geotécnicos. Os objetivos do estudo foram analisar os fenômenos de ruptura observados na Cava Cachorro Bravo, em 2003, e avaliar a estabilidade dos taludes da cava, em 2006, a partir da simulação da evolução da lavra nesse período. Para tal, utilizou-se um modelo computacional, por meio do software Phase²6.0 da Rocsciense (Canadá), que permite a modelagem do maciço através do método dos elementos finitos. Os resultados mostraram-se satisfatórios, reproduzindo a situação observada em campo e indicando a necessidade de novos estudos para avaliação da estabilidade dos taludes a longo prazo.