Abstract: Common practice for evaluating the seismic performance of earth dams uses design ground motions selected to be consistent with a target design response spectrum, which are subsequently used in dynamic analyses that estimate ...

Abstract: Motivated by recent failures of tailings storage facilities (TSFs) around the globe, the tailings community is actively working to better understand the mechanical behavior of mine tailings. This study presents a geotechnical ...

Abstract: Several tailings dam failures have highlighted the potential for instability under prevailing drained conditions, which can be represented in the laboratory using constant shear drained (CSD) loading. In this study, the ...

Abstract: Performance-based probabilistic approaches (PBPAs) for estimating seismically-induced slope displacements (D) provide hazard-consistent estimates through the evaluation of D hazard curves (DHCs), and hence, its use in ...

Abstract: The seismic performance assessment of earth slopes and systems requires an estimate of the seismically-induced slope displacement (D). Modified Newmark-type analyses are useful to develop an estimate of D. Most simplified ...

Abstract: Distributed energy resource systems (DERs), such as rooftop solar panels, are gaining traction in the energy sector to improve infrastructure resilience to earthquakes by facilitating electricity sharing in seismic regions ...

Abstract: Numerous recent failures of tailings storage facilities (TSFs) (e.g., the 2019 Brumadinho failure in Brazil, the 2018 Cadia failure in Australia) have occurred in the last decade, providing important case histories ...

Abstract: The Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM) promotes performance-based approaches in geotechnical assessments. Hence, characterizing the spatial variability of deposited tailings is expected to be a key ...