Abstract: Tailings produced during mineral processing contain up to 75% or more water and are pumped into settling ponds for disposal. They often become a pollution source due to acid generation. While tailings have been used in ...

Abstract: Partial meniscectomy is believed to change the biomechanics of the knee joint through alterations in the contact of articular cartilages and menisci. Although fluid pressure plays an important ...

Abstract: Observations in compression tests of articular cartilage have revealed unequal load increments for compression and release of the same amplitude applied to a disk with an identical previously ...

Abstract: The stiffness of articular cartilage is a nonlinear function of the strain amplitude and strain rate as well as the loading history, as a consequence of the flow of interstitial water and ...

Abstract: In Section 3 (p. 165) first full sentence. When Efε is reduced by 25% (not shown), there is no change (negligible) in the stiffness for the strain rate 0.05%/s and almost no change for the ...

Abstract: In this study, using the background of Qiyueshan high-risk karst tunnels, flow characteristics and escape-route optimization after water inrush in a backward-excavated karst tunnel are researched. First, five case studies ...

Abstract: Objective and scientific risk assessment is of great significance for tunnel construction. The intrinsic link between risk level and influencing factors are poorly understood, and our ability to assess the risks of tunnel ...

Abstract: Instability of filling media in large-scale filled-type karst caves often induce mud inrush in tunnel construction. An innovative method is proposed for the integral sliding stability analysis of the filling media on the ...