10 m standpipe tests on oil sands tailings: Longterm experimental results and prediction

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 875-888

  Jeeravipoolvarn, S ^a   Scott, J D ^a   Chalaturnyk, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consolidation theory; Creep; Large strain consolidation; Oil sands tailings; Standpipe consolidation

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA; APPROPRIATE MATERIALS; COMPRESSION BEHAVIOR; CONSOLIDATION THEORY; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONSHIPS; CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT; EFFECTIVE STRESS; FINITE-STRAIN CONSOLIDATIONS; LARGE-STRAIN CONSOLIDATION; MONITORING PERIODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OIL SANDS TAILINGS; SELF-WEIGHT; STANDPIPE CONSOLIDATION; STUDY MATERIALS; TEST RESULTS; VOID RATIOS;

COMPACTION; CREEP; OIL SANDS; SAND; TESTING;

WATER TOWERS;

CONSOLIDATION; CONTROL SYSTEM; CREEP; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL METHOD; OIL PIPELINE; OIL SAND; PIPE; PREDICTION; SLURRY; STRESS; TAILINGS; VOID RATIO; VOLUME; WEIGHT;

EID: 70349198925     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T09-033     Document Type: Article

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