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• 2020

  A narrow wall system to capture temperature stress-strain behavior in paste backfill

  Ting, W. K., Hasan, A., Sahdi, F., Taib, S. N. L., Sutan, N. M., Aziz, B. A. & Fourie, A., 1 Mar 2020, In : Geotechnical Testing Journal. 43, 2, GTJ20170383.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • backfill
  • Tailings
  • Ores
  • Temperature
  • tailings

• Cone penetration testing on silty tailings using a new small calibration chamber

  Ayala, J., Fourie, A. & Reid, D., Dec 2020, In : Geotechnique Letters. 10, 4, p. 492-497 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Tailings
  • void ratio
  • tailings
  • Cones
  • penetration

• DEM Study on the Instability Behaviour of Granular Materials

  Allulakshmi, K., Vinod, J. S., Heitor, A., Fourie, A. & Reid, D., 11 Nov 2020, In : Geotechnical and Geological Engineering.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • drained conditions
  • Granular materials
  • discrete element method
  • Finite difference method
  • shears

• DFT-D study of single water adsorption on low-index surfaces of calcium silicate phases in cement

  Qi, C., Spagnoli, D. & Fourie, A., 15 Jul 2020, In : Applied Surface Science. 518, 11 p., 146255.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • calcium silicate
  • calcium silicates
  • Calcium silicate
  • cements
  • Discrete Fourier transforms
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Editorial for special issue on mitigating the impacts of mining

  Qi, C. C., Fourie, A., Chen, Q. S. & Veenstra, R., 1 Aug 2020, In : International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials. 27, 8, p. 1007-1008 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• Effect of Particle Shape on Constitutive Relation: DEM Study

  Nguyen, H. B. K., Rahman, M. M. & Fourie, A. B., 1 Jul 2020, In : Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 146, 7, 04020058.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • discrete element method
  • Finite difference method
  • particle
  • Continuum mechanics
  • dilatancy
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Mechanics and safety issues in tailing-based backfill: A review

  Zhao, X., Fourie, A. & Qi, C. C., 1 Sep 2020, In : International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials. 27, 9, p. 1165-1178 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

  • Tailings
  • backfill
  • tailings
  • mechanics
  • Mechanics
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Multi-objective mixture design of cemented paste backfill using particle swarm optimisation algorithm

  Sadrossadat, E., Basarir, H., Luo, G., Karrech, A., Durham, R., Fourie, A. & Elchalakani, M., 1 Jul 2020, In : Minerals Engineering. 153, 106385.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • backfill
  • Ointments
  • Particle swarm optimization (PSO)
  • particle
  • cost
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Numerical Modelling of Rectangular Footing on a Sand Embankment over Mine Tailings

  Ullah, S. N., Hossain, M. S., Hu, Y. & Fourie, A., 4 Sep 2020, ACMSM25: Proceedings of the 25th Australasian Conference on Mechanics of Structures and Materials. Wang, C. M., Ho, J. C. M. & Kitipornchai, S. (eds.). Germany: Springer Heidelberg, p. 1027-1036 10 p. (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering; vol. 37).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Conference paper

  • Tailings
  • Embankments
  • Sand
  • Soils
  • Soil structure interactions
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Reflections on Recent Tailings Dam Failures and How the Application of Burland’s Soil Mechanics Triangle Concept May Avert Future Failures.

  Fourie, A., 2020, In : Geotechnical Engineering. 51, 3, p. 60-64 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

  • Soil mechanics
  • tailings dam
  • dam failure
  • Tailings
  • soil mechanics

• Reply to the discussion by koutsoftas on “effects of sampling disturbance in geotechnical design”

  Tor Lim, G., Pineda, J., Nathalie, B., Carraro, A. H. & Fourie, A., 2020, In : Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 57, 6, p. 944-946 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• Role of Mg impurity in the water adsorption over low-index surfaces of calcium silicates: A DFT-D study

  Qi, C., Chen, Q. & Fourie, A., Aug 2020, In : Minerals. 10, 8, p. 1-14 14 p., 665.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Density functional theory
  • Calcium silicate
  • Adsorption
  • Impurities
  • silicate

• Safety of barricades in cemented paste-backfilled stopes

  Zhao, X., Fourie, A., Veenstra, R. & Qi, C. C., 1 Aug 2020, In : International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials. 27, 8, p. 1054-1064 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • shotcrete
  • backfill
  • Ointments
  • safety
  • stress analysis
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Structural, electronic, and mechanical properties of calcium aluminate cements: Insight from first-principles theory

  Qi, C., Spagnoli, D. & Fourie, A., 20 Dec 2020, In : Construction and Building Materials. 264, 120259.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • calcium aluminate
  • Electronic properties
  • Calcium
  • Structural properties
  • Atoms

• The Optimization of Cemented Hydraulic Backfill Mixture Design Parameters for Different Strength Conditions Using Artificial Intelligence Algorithms

  Sadrossadat, E., Basarir, H., Karrech, A., Durham, R., Fourie, A. & Bin, H., 2020, Proceedings of the 28th International Symposium on Mine Planning and Equipment Selection - MPES 2019. Topal, E. (ed.). Switzerland: Springer, p. 219-227 (Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Conference paper

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Hydraulics
  • Compressive strength
  • Cements
  • Tailings
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Translating values into action: What can be done?

  Armstrong, R., Baillie, C., Fourie, A. & Rondon, G., 25 Sep 2020, Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, and Society: Lecture #24. 2 ed. Morgan and Claypool Publishers, p. 171-207 37 p. (Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, and Society; vol. 9, no. 2).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter

  • Translating
  • Industry
  • Social Conflict
  • social conflict
  • Peru
• 2017

  Compaction conditions greatly affect growth during early plant establishment

  Beckett, C. T. S., Glenn, D., Bradley, K., Guzzomi, A. L., Merritt, D. & Fourie, A. B., 1 Sep 2017, In : Ecological Engineering. 106, p. 471-481 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • compaction
  • Compaction
  • Soils
  • Water content
  • Hydraulic conductivity
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Cyclic shear response of cemented paste backfill

  Suazo, G., Fourie, A. & Doherty, J., 1 Jan 2017, In : Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 143, 1, 04016082.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Liquefaction
  • backfill
  • liquefaction
  • compressive strength
  • Compressive strength
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Effects of polymer treatment on undrained strengths and cyclic behavior of a low-plasticity slurry

  Reid, D. & Fourie, A., 1 Jun 2017, In : Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 143, 6, 04017007.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • plasticity
  • slurry
  • Plasticity
  • polymer
  • Polymers
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Experimental investigation of propagation and transmission of compressional stress waves in cemented paste backfill

  Suazo, G., Fourie, A. & Doherty, J., 1 Mar 2017, In : Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 143, 3, 04016104.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • backfill
  • Curing
  • Refraction
  • saturation
  • refraction
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Experimental investigation on the strength characteristics of cement paste backfill in a similar stope model and its mechanism

  Chen, Q. S., Zhang, Q. L., Fourie, A., Chen, L. X. & Qi, C. C., 15 Nov 2017, In : Construction and Building Materials. 154, p. 34-43 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Ointments
  • Cements
  • Scanning electron microscopy
  • Microstructure
  • Sediments
  56 Citations (Scopus)

• Undrained behaviour of granular material and the role of fabric in isotropic and K₀ consolidations: DEM approach

  Nguyen, H. B. K., Rahman, M. M. & Fourie, A. B., 1 Feb 2017, In : Geotechnique. 67, 2, p. 153-167 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Granular materials
  • Consolidation
  • consolidation
  • digital elevation model
  • fabric
  29 Citations (Scopus)

• Utilization of phosphogypsum and phosphate tailings for cemented paste backfill

  Chen, Q., Zhang, Q., Fourie, A. & Xin, C., 1 Oct 2017, In : Journal of Environmental Management. 201, p. 19-27 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Tailings
  • Phosphates
  • backfill
  • tailings
  • compressive strength
  56 Citations (Scopus)
• 2016

  Centrifuge modelling of drawdown seepage in tailings storage facilities

  Beckett, C. T. S. & Fourie, A. B., 2016, Mine Closure 2016: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Mine Closure. Fourie, A. B. & Tibbet, M. (eds.). Australian Centre for Geomechanics, p. 277-290 14 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Conference paper

  • centrifugal model test
  • drawdown
  • tailings
  • seepage
  • embankment

• Centrifuge modelling of seepage through tailings embankments

  Beckett, C., Fourie, A. & O'Loughlin, C., 2016, In : International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics. 16, 1, p. 18-30

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Effects of confining stress, density and initial static shear stress on the cyclic shear response of fine-grained unclassified tailings

  Suazo Fuentealba, G., Fourie, A., Doherty, J. & Hasan, A., May 2016, In : Geotechnique. 66, 5, p. 401-412

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Tailings
  • tailings
  • Shear stress
  • Liquefaction
  • shear stress
  16 Citations (Scopus)

• Experimental study of the evolution of the soil water retention curve for granular material undergoing cement hydration

  Suazo, G., Fourie, A. & Doherty, J., Jul 2016, In : Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 142, 7, p. 04016022-1 - 04016022-14

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • water retention
  • hydration
  • backfill
  • soil water
  • experimental study
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Influence of curing temperature and stress conditions on mechanical properties of cementing paste backfill

  Walske, M., McWilliam, H., Doherty, J. & Fourie, A., Jan 2016, In : Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 53, 1, p. 148-161

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • backfill
  • Curing
  • mechanical property
  • effective stress
  • Mechanical properties
  19 Citations (Scopus)

  414 Downloads (Pure)

• Laboratory assessment of the effects of polymer treatment on geotechnical properties of low-plasticity soil slurry

  Reid, D. & Fourie, A., 2016, In : Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 53, 10, p. 1718-1730

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • geotechnical property
  • plasticity
  • slurry
  • Plasticity
  • Soils
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Liquefaction potential of sand tailings dams evaluated using a probabilistic interpretation of estimated in-situ relative density

  Gabriel Villavicencio, A., Breul, P., Bacconnet, C., Fourie, A. & Raúl Espinace, A., 2016, In : Revista de la Construccion. 15, 2, p. 9-18

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Tailings
  • Liquefaction
  • Dams
  • Sand
  • Deposits
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Movement of contaminants in the unsaturated zone of the subsurface from a low flush on-site sanitation system in Ivory Park, Johannesburg

  van Ryneveld, M. B., Fourie, A. B. & Palmer, I. H., 2016, In : Water SA. 42, 4, p. 505-515 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Sanitation
  • sanitation
  • vadose zone
  • Phosphorus
  • pollutant

• Water repellent soils: The case for unsaturated soil mechanics

  Beckett, C., Fourie, A. & Toll, D., 2016, E3S Web of Conferences: 3rd European Conference on Unsaturated Soils. Delage, P., Cui, Y-J., Ghabezloo, S., Pereira, J-M. & Tang, A-M. (eds.). EDP Sciences, Vol. 9. 11011

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Conference paper

  Open Access

  File

  • soil mechanics
  • soil
  • water
  • waste storage
  • mine waste
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  362 Downloads (Pure)