Open pit mining often result in high rock slopes, sometimes combined with difficult rock conditions. This is further augmented by large blasting rounds resulting in high vibrations. Reinforcement of pit slope walls is also difficult and many times associated with high costs and loss of production. Bench slope stability is vital for a safe working place for all personnel in the mine as well as for avoiding production loss. Itasca Consultants AB is providing technical, on-site rock mechanics expertise to several open pit mines in northern Sweden.
Rodrigo Messias is a geomechanics software engineer with an academic background in chemical engineering, numerical modeling, and petroleum engineering. His areas of expertise are C/C++ programming, transport phenomena, and fluid thermodynamics. He currently works on the development team of XSite.
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