A comparison of limit equilibrium and numerical modelling approaches to risk analysis for open pit mining

Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 571-580

  Chiwaye, H T ^a   Stacey, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

limit equilibrium; Monte Carlo simulation; numerical modelling; probability of failure; response surface methodology; Risk

Indexed keywords

LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PROBABILITY OF FAILURE; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINING; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPEN PIT MINING; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RATING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLOPE STABILITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 78651504129     PISSN: 22256253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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