TY - GEN
T1 - Geotechnical considerations for solar panel installation on mine tailings
AU - Annavarapu, Srikant
AU - Wilson, Terril
AU - Momayez, Moe
AU - Cronin, Alexander D
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Geotechnical stability considerations are important for the installation of solar panels on mine tailings areas. Active tailings deposition areas consist of coarse-grained, free-draining relatively stable particulate mass at the perimeter with fine-grained, low shear strength mass around the supernatant pond in the deposition area. An evaluation of the geotechnical stability of the supports for the solar panels constructed, which will have their foundations placed on mine tailings, is essential so that the orientation of the solar panels can be maintained within suitable limits. An assessment of the forces imposed on the solar panel supports, including the distributed weight of the solar panel arrays and effect of wind loading on the flat array surfaces, also need to be considered in the design of suitable foundations for these supports. This paper enumerates some of the geotechnical issues related to the installation of solar panel arrays on active and inactive mine tailings areas.
AB - Geotechnical stability considerations are important for the installation of solar panels on mine tailings areas. Active tailings deposition areas consist of coarse-grained, free-draining relatively stable particulate mass at the perimeter with fine-grained, low shear strength mass around the supernatant pond in the deposition area. An evaluation of the geotechnical stability of the supports for the solar panels constructed, which will have their foundations placed on mine tailings, is essential so that the orientation of the solar panels can be maintained within suitable limits. An assessment of the forces imposed on the solar panel supports, including the distributed weight of the solar panel arrays and effect of wind loading on the flat array surfaces, also need to be considered in the design of suitable foundations for these supports. This paper enumerates some of the geotechnical issues related to the installation of solar panel arrays on active and inactive mine tailings areas.
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U2 - 10.21000/jasmr09010037
DO - 10.21000/jasmr09010037
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84865412248
SN - 9781615673735
T3 - 26th Annual Meetings of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation and 11th Billings Land Reclamation Symposium 2009
SP - 37
EP - 43
BT - 26th Annual Meetings of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation and 11th Billings Land Reclamation Symposium 2009
PB - American Society of Mining and Reclamation
T2 - Joint Conference of 26th Annual Meetings of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation and 11th Billings Land Reclamation Symposium 2009
Y2 - 30 May 2009 through 5 June 2009
ER -