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• TITLE: Using Piezocone Tests for Analysis of Phreatic Water Conditions and Prediction of Soil Behavior in Tailing Dams

  AUTHORS: Dante René Bosch, Rubén Rafael Sotelo, Fernando María Mántaras

  KEYWORDS: CPTu Piezocone, Dissipation Test, Soil Behaviour, Shear Strength, Tailing Dams

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, Vol.11 No.5, May 30, 2023

  ABSTRACT: In this work the possibility of identifying two important aspects in the process of adopting soil parameters for calculating stability analysis models in tailing dams is discussed. The use of commercial computer programs for stability calculations allows obtaining numerically exact results. Its representativeness, however, will be linked to the correct definition of the phreatic regime and to the prediction of volumetric soil behavior during shearing (contractile vs. dilating materials). The theoretical principles for the selection of soils parameters for different failure models are briefly presented. Also, how the incorrect assumptions regarding material behavior can significantly affect the estimation of tailing dams’ stability. The results of CPTu tests for the diagnosis of the phreatic and mechanical condition of the materials are discussed and two examples are presented to remark on the care that should be taken to avoid incorrect soils parameters adoption.