INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON

SEISMIC STABILITY OF TAILINGS DAMS

Monday-Tuesday, November 10-11, 2003

310 A/B Nord Building

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, Ohio

PROGRAM

Monday, November 10

8:00 – 8:30 Registration

Session One Chaired by Prof. Zeng

8:30 – 9:00 Welcome and opening remarks

                                    Prof. Mansour, Associate Dean, Case School of Engineering

Prof. Mullen, Chairman, Department of Civil Engineering

9:00 – 9:30 Challenges in seismic analysis of tailings dams and objectives of the workshop

Prof. Zeng, Case Western Reserve University

9:30 – 9:50 Seismic design of tailings dams – viewpoint from MSHA

Dr. Kelvin Wu, MSHA

9:50 – 10:10 Seismic design of tailings dams – viewpoint from OSM

Mr. Craynon, OSM

10:10 – 10:30 Coffee break

Session Two Keynote Lectures, Chaired by Prof. Saada

10:30 – 11:15 Recent development in seismic analysis of earth dams

Prof. Idriss, University of California, Davis

11:15 – 12:00 Seismic stability of tailings dams – an overview

Dr. Castro, GEI Consultants

12:00 – 1:30 Lunch at Faculty Club

Session Three Chaired by Dr. Wu

1:30 – 1:50                 U.S. Army Corps of Engineerings dam safety seismic issues

Mr. Charles M. Pearre, P.E., National Dam Safety Program Manager

1:50 – 2:10                 Seismicity in the Southern  Appalachians

Prof. Woolery, University of Kentucky

2:10 – 2:30                 Ground motion parameters and time history

Dr. Wang, Kentucky Geological Survey

2:30 – 2:50                 Dynamic performance of earth dams in liquefiable foundations: numerical simulation of centrifuge experiments

Prof. Elgamal, University of California, San Diego

2:50 – 3:10                 Liquefaction mechanism of upper and lower San Fernando Dams

Prof. Li, Hong Kong University of Science and Technologu

3:10 – 3:30                 Coffee break

Session Four Chaired by Prof. Ko

3:30 – 3:50                 Numerical and analytical methods for seismic analysis of dams and tailings dams

Prof. Anandarajah, the Johns Hopkins University

3:50 – 4:10                 Corps of Engineers strategy for dynamic analysis of earth dams

Dr. Sharp, US Army Corps of Engineers

4:10 – 4:30                 Some recent advances in in-situ measurement of seismic wave velocity

Prof. Hiltunen, Penn State University

5:00 – 6:00                 Tour of geotechnical laboratories at Case Western Reserve University

(Optional)

6:30 – 8:30                 Dinnner at Flower, 11401 Bellflower Road, hosted by the Department of

Civil Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

Tuesday, November 11

Session Five Chaired by Dr. Castro

8:30 – 8:50 Is large displacement large strain analysis needed in seismic analysis of dams/tailings dams

Prof. Manzari, George Washington University

8:50 – 9:10                 Gravelly soil liquefaction

Prof. Evans, United States Military Academy

9:10 – 9:30 In-situ measurement of dynamic properties of soil and mine tailings for seismic site response analysis

Prof. Kalinski, University of Kentucky

9:30 – 9:50                 Some issues regarding run out evaluations

Dr. Moriwaki, GeoPentech, INC.

9:50 – 10:10              Validation of energy method to predict the liquefaction potential of soil deposits through case history analysis

Prof. Figueroa, Case Western Reserve University

10:10 – 10:30 Coffee break

Session Six Chaired by Prof. Elgamal

10:30 – 12:00 Panel Discussion One: Research Needs

Panel members: Prof. Idriss, Dr. Castro, Prof. Anadarajah, Dr. Moriwaki

12:00 – 1:30 Lunch at Faculty Club

Session Seven Chaired by Mr. Gardner

1:30 – 3:00 Panel Discussion Two: Government regulations, design methods, dissemination of research results

Panel members: Mr. Craynon, Mr. Pearre, Mr. Gray, Mr. Cecil

3:00 – 3:20 Conclusion remarks