Remote monitoring of a tailings dam using the Internet of Things

dc.contributor.authorJacobsz, Schalk Willem
dc.contributor.authorBroekman, Andre
dc.contributor.authorBasson, Jack Adriaan
dc.contributor.authorVandoorne, Rick
dc.contributor.authorVermaak, Jan
dc.contributor.emailsw.jacobsz@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-19T11:40:36Z
dc.date.available2021-11-19T11:40:36Z
dc.date.issued2020-08
dc.description.abstractDue to their size and often their remoteness, large geotechnical structures such as tailings dams are ideally suited to be observed using smart monitoring technologies. With the arrival of the 4th Industrial Revolution – and in a year characterised by unprecedented disruption and uncertainty impacting physical access for monitoring purposes – adoption of state-of-the-art Internet of Things (IoT) solutions for remote monitoring applications provides a unique, real-time view into the behaviour of these structures. To improve understanding of the long-term pore pressure behaviour associated with the operation of a tailings dam, the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Pretoria (UP), in collaboration with SRK Consulting and Marula Platinum, is conducting an instrumentation project to observe pore pressure (both positive and negative), moisture content and temperature at nine monitoring locations on a platinum tailings dam. The Marula Platinum Mine is situated approximately 30 km northwest of the town of Burgersfort. The mine operates a tailings dam with a footprint of 48 Ha on which deposition occurs by means of spigotting.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentCivil Engineeringen_ZA
dc.description.librarianhj2021en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://journals.co.za/journal/civengen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationJacobsz, S.W., Broekman, A., Basson, J. et al. 2020, 'Remote monitoring of a tailings dam using the Internet of Things', Civil Engineering/Siviele Ingenieurswese, vol. 28, no. 7, pp. 48-51.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1021-2000
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/82774
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherSouth African Institution of Civil Engineeringen_ZA
dc.rightsSouth African Institution of Civil Engineeringen_ZA
dc.subjectRemote monitoringen_ZA
dc.subjectTailings damen_ZA
dc.subjectInternet of Things (IoT)en_ZA
dc.titleRemote monitoring of a tailings dam using the Internet of Thingsen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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