China Safety Science Journal ›› 2022, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (S1): 120-126.doi: 10.16265/j.cnki.issn1003-3033.2022.S1.0650

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Dry beach length pre-warning of tailings dam based on Bayesian decision

LIU Di1,2(), LU Caiwu1,2, LIAN Minjie1,3, GU Qinghua1,2,**(), JING Ying2,4   

  1. 1 School of Resource Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an Shaanxi 710055, China
    2 Xi 'an Key Laboratory of Perceptive Computing and Decision for Intelligent Industry, Xi'an Shaanxi 710055, China
    3 China Sinosteel Mining Co., Ltd., Beijing 100080, China
    4 School of Management, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an Shaanxi 710055, China
  • Received:2022-01-20 Revised:2022-04-10 Online:2022-06-30 Published:2022-12-30
  • Contact: GU Qinghua

Abstract:

In order to reasonably determine early warning threshold of dry beach length of tailings dam, firstly, change characteristics of dry beach length and permeability coefficient were analyzed, length data were discretized based on stability analysis of tailings dam and Bayesian decision theory, and its uncertainty was expressed by random variable. Secondly, safety factor range of dam bodies was discretized according to relevant regulations, a Bayesian decision model of correlation between safety factor and dry beach length was established, and Bayesian decision classification was conducted according to principle of minimum risk analysis before warning threshold of dry beach length was determined through maximum posterior probability. Finally, the early warning method was applied to a tailings pond in Shaanxi province. The results show that when the dry beach length is less than 170 m, tailings dam has the risk of dam failure, but the stability requirement can be met by increasing its length to 175 m through drainage. The early warning data of Bayesian decision is consistent with monitoring data of enterprises, and the warning threshold can objectively reflect stability state of tailings dam.

Key words: Bayesian decision, tailings dam, dry beach length, early warning threshold, stability analysis