<p>Economic mineral resources lying in the earth are necessary ingredients of all our modern conveniences. Its mining yields huge profits for the companies that own them, a source of revenue for the government, and provides employment to a large number of ...

<p>Landslide is a rapid movement of rocks, soils and vegetations down the slope under the influence of gravity. Landslides are by far the most common natural disaster and pervasive natural problems in the Himalayan region of Darjeeling. Every year, people ...

The occurrence of subsidence, either by natural or anthropogenic factors, is of concern in engineering practice due to the potential impacts on infrastructure, natural resources and the environment. Subsidence is a complex phenomenon involving different processes ...

As with most highway bridges, railway transitions experience differential movements due to differences in track system stiffness, track damping characteristics, foundation type, ballast settlement from fouling and/or degradation, as well as fill and subgrade ...

<p>The present paper deals with the use of numerical methods so as to assess the efficiency of an improvement method to reduce the liquefaction potential in a sandy soil profile subjected to shaking. The objective is to reveal the beneficial or unfavorable ...

A short discussion on various ground improvement methods available for liquefaction mitigation was presented highlighting the importance of columnar inclusions. Construction methods of different granular columnar inclusions like sand compaction piles/ granular ...

Rockfall risk analysis for mitigation action design requires evaluating the probability of rockfall events, the spatial probability and intensity of impacts on structures, their vulnerability, and the related expected costs for different scenarios. These tasks ...

<p>While mining the approved stope sequence in the 100/900 ore bodies at the North Mine in Sudbury Basin of Vale Inco Ltd and following a crown blast in one of the stopes in 100 orebody in a sill pillar area, several major seismic events, with the highest ...

The probable mitigation and management issues of seismic hazard necessitate seismic microzonation for hazard and risk assessment at the local level. Such studies are preceded with those at a regional level. A comprehensive framework, therefore, encompasses ...

Drilled displacement piles are installed by the displacement of soil and subsequent placement of fluid cement grout within the evacuated volume. Depending on the soil grain-size characteristics, soil behavior, in situ soil density, pile spacing, and pile diameter, ...