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Mining Engineering |
Geotechnical Engineering |
Salt and Potash Mine Engineering |
Solution Cavern Engineering |
Numerical Modeling |
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Software Development |
Mine Sealing and Closure |
Environmental Geomechanics |
Technology Transfers |
Geomechanics Testing |
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| Mining Engineering |
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Design and analysis of shafts and mine openings
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Surface and formation subsidence predictions and modeling
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Rock burst and borehole stability analyses
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Ground support, grouting and liner design
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Mine layout and pillar design
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Site investigations
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Rock fragmentation analyses
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Blast design and ground vibration analyse
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| Geotechnical Engineering |
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Slope stabilization and retaining walls
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Rock slope design and stability analyses
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Design of tunnels and ground supports
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Design of foundations in rock
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Design of field instrumentation
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In-situ stress measurements
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| Salt and Potash Mine Engineering |
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Shaft and mine opening design and analyses
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Subsidence predictions and control
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Sealing and grouting design
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Design of roof supports
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In-situ stress measurements
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Room closure and failure analyses
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Brine inflow and gas blowout prevention
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| Solution Cavern Engineering |
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Cavern field design and stability analyses
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Containment integrity predictions
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Brine-to-gas conversion analyses
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Prediction and control of subsidence
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Design optimization of storage and retrieval operation for brine and gas
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| Numerical Modeling |
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FEM, FDM and BEM analyses of excavations in geologic media
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Viscoelastic-viscoplastic analyses including strain-softening and dilation
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Elastic-plastic and post-failure analyses
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Simulation of fluid flow in rock mass
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Modeling of formation permeability
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Simulation of ground surface subsidence
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| Software Development |
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Computerized knowledge-based
(expert) systems for site-specific design of rock
slope, ground support, blasting, rock sealing,
excavation methods, mine layout, solution mining,
and gas storage caverns
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In-house softwares: ROSES
(Rock Slope Stability Analysis), BSR (Borehole
Sealing Design)
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Computerized database systems for various geomechanics applications
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| Mine Sealing and Closure |
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Design of seal, plug, and backfill for boreholes, shafts, and underground openings
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Site-specific sealing methods and material selection
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Seal design for abandoned storage caverns
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Design of underground dams and bulkheads
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Mine closure and abandonment studies
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| Environmental Geomechanics |
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Mine tailings design
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Design of underground disposal of toxic and mine wastes
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Design of landfill, mine waste and tailings liner and surface cover systems
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| Technology Transfers |
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Organize short courses in
geomechanics and geotechnical engineering as applied
to construction and mining industry
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On-site training to suite specific needs of individual organization
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Publications: handbooks, textbooks, journals, conference papers
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| Geomechanics Testing |
In-situ Testing and Field Measurements |
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In-situ stress measurement and monitoring
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In-situ rock property measurements
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In-situ direct shear testing
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Room closure monitoring
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Rock bolt pull-out testing
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Plate bearing tests
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| Laboratory Testing |
- Complete mechanical characterization
testing: uniaxial, biaxial, and triaxial compression
tests, Brazilian and ring tension tests, strength
index tests
- Ultrasonic elastic constants measurement
- Large and small scale direct shear testing
- Pore pressure monitoring
- Fracture toughness testing
- Fracture profile measurement and roughness characterization
- Design and fabrication of test equipment and electronic circuits
- Borehole closure and stability tests
- Push-out and pull-out tests
- Hydraulic fracturing test
- Fracture healing test
- Cyclic loading test
- Creep test
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