Reduced hydraulic model of Forquilha IV tailings dam

Floods from tailings dam failures.

This paper compiles the available information on historic tailings dam failures with the purpose to establish simple correlations between tailings ponds geometric parameters (e.g., dam height, tailings volume) and the hydraulic characteristics of floods resulting from released tailings. Following the collapse of a mining waste dam, only a part of tailings and polluted water stored at the dam is...

Diversion of Water from a Tailings Dam

Hydraulic Model Test of the Bottom Outlet of Sivand Dam

This paper presents the results of hydraulic test of bottom outlet of the Sivand Dam. The aims of the hydraulic model test are, gate discharge characteristics and gate loading. Results for different gate openings are also compared with calculated values obtained by a finite element method. Key-Words: Hydraulic model test, Dam, Finite element method, Gate, Gate Discharge

Reported tailings dam failures. A review of the European incidents in the worldwide context.

A detailed search and re-evaluation of the known historical cases of tailings dam failure was carried out. A corpus of 147 cases of worldwide tailings dam disasters, from which 26 located in Europe, was compiled in a database. This contains six sections, including dam location, its physical and constructive characteristics, actual and putative failure cause, sludge hydrodynamics, socio-economic...

Environmental impacts assessment of construction and utilization phases of tourism projects in Karun Dam IV, Iran

There is a strong mutuality between tourism and environment via the creation of feedback mechanisms, since tourism often places adverse effects upon the quality and quantity of natural and cultural resources of the destination, leading to its qualitative and quantitative degradation. Within theEnvironmental Impacts Assessment (EIA) studies, various methods have been proposed to assess and analy...