For over five years, Itasca Chile SpA (Itasca) has developed and continuously updated, the 3D numerical groundwater flow model for this open pit mine in Chile. The model is primarily used to estimate pore pressure distributions for past, present, and predictive stages of the pit excavation. These are subsequently used for 3D slope stability analysis. With the new and updated model, new predictions for future stages were made, and new mining and drainage plans were evaluated from a hydrogeological point of view.
Dr. Furtney has 20 years of experience in numerical modeling of mechanical behavior, fluid flow, and heat transfer in Earth materials. He specializes in novel solutions to complex engineering problems including mathematical and numerical modeling and machine learning. His project work includes rock blasting, solution mining, nuclear waste isolation, mining geomechanics, and enhanced geothermal systems.
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