Experimental study on dam break mode of tailing piping and discharge impact characteristics

WU Shuai-feng; YAN Jun; CAI Hong; XIAO Jian-zhang; DU Ji-fang; LIU Chuan-peng

doi:10.11779/CJGE202111021

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Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering > 2021 > 43(11): 2134-2141. > DOI: 10.11779/CJGE202111021

WU Shuai-feng, YAN Jun, CAI Hong, XIAO Jian-zhang, DU Ji-fang, LIU Chuan-peng. Experimental study on dam break mode of tailing piping and discharge impact characteristics[J]. Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 2021, 43(11): 2134-2141. DOI: 10.11779/CJGE202111021

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Experimental study on dam break mode of tailing piping and discharge impact characteristics

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State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100048, China
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School of Management Science and Engineering, Shandong Technology and Business University, Yantai 264005, China;
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School of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China

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Received Date: January 18, 2021
Available Online: December 01, 2022

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In order to analyze the evolution law of tailing pipe break, clarify the mechanism of tailing dam break, and reveal the impact characteristics of tailing flow, a large-scale physical model test method is used to study the whole process of piping break of a tailing reservoir. The results show that the scour channel is formed by piping, and then the dam break mode of the upper collapse and lateral scour occurs. The development of the breach has gone through three processes: channel expansion, longitudinal undercutting and transverse expansion. Based on this, a 7-stage dam break process is proposed. The tailing flow velocity decays logarithmically with distance, and the 3-parameter impact force model including impact velocity, density and buried mode is as follows: the depth is proposed based on the power function form, and the dam break tailing flow presents undercutting erosion at the near end of the dam body and deposition at the far end. Due to the change process of flow direction at the turning point, it presents the characteristics erosion at the outer side and deposition at the inner side. Based on this, some suggestions for protection of tailing dams are put forward. The above research results may provide theoretical basis for disaster prevention and mitigation of tailing ponds.
- tailing reservoir,
- piping,
- breach development,
- discharge impact,
- sedimentary characteristic

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