12.2 Dam Breach Consequences
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Fig. 12.1 Example of C v
(%v/v) histogram from a
tailings pond
Fig. 12.2 Example of C v (%v/v) histogram from a tailings pond. It is interesting to compare this
graph with the one in Fig. 12.1. They display strong differences in the high values and difficult to
interpret distributions
• Fluid density ρ m in kg/m
3 .
The fluid density is the total density of the fluid mixture, i.e., sediments and water.
Tailings may be assumed to be fully saturated.
Previous work on Bingham fluids have found a correlation between these parameters and the concentration of solids, particle size and presence of clay minerals where
τ y exponentially increases as a function of C v , τ y will change slowly with increasing
V v (Julien 2010). At some point this changes such that small changes in C v can result
in significant changes in τ y .
175
Fig. 12.1 Example of C v
(%v/v) histogram from a
tailings pond
Fig. 12.2 Example of C v (%v/v) histogram from a tailings pond. It is interesting to compare this
graph with the one in Fig. 12.1. They display strong differences in the high values and difficult to
interpret distributions
• Fluid density ρ m in kg/m
3 .
The fluid density is the total density of the fluid mixture, i.e., sediments and water.
Tailings may be assumed to be fully saturated.
Previous work on Bingham fluids have found a correlation between these parameters and the concentration of solids, particle size and presence of clay minerals where
τ y exponentially increases as a function of C v , τ y will change slowly with increasing
V v (Julien 2010). At some point this changes such that small changes in C v can result
in significant changes in τ y .