Modelling of the drying and flooding of underground iron mines in Lorraine (France)

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 388-407

  Grgic, Dragan ^a   Homand, Francoise ^a   Giraud, Albert ^a  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Hydromechanical coupling; Iron mines; Numerical simulations; Partially saturated media; Poroplasticity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINE FLOODING; PLASTICITY; POROUS MATERIALS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROOM AND PILLAR MINING; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); TENSILE STRESS;

HYDROMECHANICAL COUPLING; PARTIALLY SATURATED MEDIA; POROPLASTICITY; ROOM-AND-PILLAR IRON MINES;

IRON MINES;

FLOODING; MINING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LORRAINE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 30944467899     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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