Australian Geomechanics Society Western Australia – 2010 Meetings
Please note that until details are made available this list remains provisional.
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September 14 2010
From a 20kg Sample to a 100 million tonne land form: the art of tailings engineering
Alistair Cadden
Few, if any, engineers start their professional careers with the intention ofspecializing in tailings engineering. In fact, few, if any, will have heard the wordtailings mentioned during their university careers. And yet tailings storage facilities can be some of the most hazardous structures we build, using difficult materials in harsh terrain and climatic conditions, while spending the absoluteminimum on materials characterization, engineering and construction.Construction itself can last decades with materials and geometry changing due economic circumstances or change of ownership. Once in place the tailings are usually there in perpetuity. This presentation will take you through the life cycle of a tailings storage facility, from a 20kg sample to a 100 million tonne landform, highlighting the idiosyncrasies of tailings engineering, giving anumber of case histories and explaining why we consider it an art as much asa science.
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September 17-18 2010
Soil and Rock Logging Course – AS1726 Geotechnical Site Investigations
The Western Australian Chapter of the Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) provides notice of a course to be held on Soil and Rock Logging. The two day course will aim to educate geotechnical engineers, geologists, geo-technicians and other relevant professionals in logging and/or interpreting soil and rock logs in accordance with AS1726 – Geotechnical Site Investigations.
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12 October 2010
GFWA Prize (17th annual event)
UWA, Curtin & WASM students
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9 November 2010
AGM
Fiona Chow
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November 11, 2010
Rankine Lecture
Chris Clayton
Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are held at Engineers Australia, 712 Murray Street, West Perth.
Directions to 712 Murray Street, West Perth
Meetings are usually held on the second Tuesday evening of each month from February to November, inclusive.
Presentations commence at 6:00pm (free light snacks are available from 5:30pm) and conclude around 7:30pm.
Non-members are welcome.