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Soil and Tailings Strength: Not 5kPa nor 10 kPa as is the Directive 74 Mistake.

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Date: 2014-03-23 05:22:12
Blog: I think mining
URL: http://ithinkmining.com/2014/03/23/soil-and-tailings-strength-not-5kpa-nor-10-kpa-as-is-the-directive-74-mistake/

Summary:

Most engineers have no idea what the strength of a soil or tailings implies.  Let me write a little about the physicality of soil and tailings of a given strength. Tailings with a strength of 1 kPa is but a fluid.  Kind of like warm honey.  You cannot stand on it.  Put a geotextile over […]

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5kPa, blogs, Directive, fluid, geotextile, idea, Kind, kPa, Mistake, physicality, soil, Tailings Strength, warm honey

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