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Developing Hybrid Artificial Intelligence Model for Construction Labour Productivity Prediction and Optimization
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Construction labour productivity (CLP) is considered one of the most important parameters affecting the performance of construction projects. Therefore, modeling CLP is a crucial step in construction projects. Accurate prediction of CLP helps in effective planning, cost estimating, and...
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Assessing The Benefits Of Cost-Effective Monitoring Technology On Unstable Slopes Sensitive To Weather
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Across Canada, the presence of ground hazards, such as rock falls, rock slides, or earth slides, next to transportation corridors, is a potential risk to transport system users, the infrastructure, and traffic operations. Monitoring instrumentation systems tracking unstable slopes are a key...
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Evaluating the Behaviour of Rock Discontinuities in Direct Shear Under Constant Normal Load and Constant Normal Stiffness Boundary Conditions Using Additive Manufacturing Technology
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The inherent heterogeneity of natural rock and the variance in the surface roughness of discontinuities limit the repeatability of rock joint sampling and testing. One way to overcome this challenge is by using additive manufacturing (AM) techniques. AM, also referred to as 3D printing, has shown...
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Spring 2021
Mineral exploration and mining are capital intensive and carry significant environmental and societal considerations. The feasibility of prospective mining operations hinges on a series of engineering decisions. The mineral resource estimation of the quality and quantity of resources greatly...
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Burst Pressure of Pipeline with Longitudinal Crack in Dent Defects Using Extended Finite Element Method
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Pipelines are exposed to mechanical damage due to external interference while in service. The damages can be in form of dents, wrinkles, gouges, or cracks. In some instances, two or more of the damages may occur at the same location on the pipe and act as one defect. One of the combined defects...
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Spring 2021
Reclamation of oil sands fluid fine tailings (FFT) is a challenge for mine operators in Alberta because of their high water content and slow self-weight dewatering. Chemical additives, including polymer flocculants, are used by operators as a treatment technology to reduce volumes and increase...
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Using Co-Disposal Techniques to Achieve Stable “Dry-Stacked” Tailings: Geotechnical Properties of Blended Waste Rock and Tailings in Oil Sands and Metal Mining
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Mine “tailings”, waste produced by the extraction process, are most typically stored in impoundments behind dams which are often constructed from the tailings themselves. These structures pose a serious geotechnical risk and are difficult to successfully reclaim at the end of mining. As highly...
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Municipal wastewater treatment using a novel granular activated carbon based integrated fixed-film activated sludge sequencing batch reactor (IFAS-SBR)
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Integrated fixed-film activated sludge (IFAS) systems incorporate benefits provided by both attached and suspended growth systems. It is an advanced technology in wastewater treatment with high treatment efficiency and low capital and operational maintenance costs. This study used granular...
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Electric Rope Shovel Operation Enhancements, Understanding and Modelling the Impact of The Operator
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The loading and haulage system is considered a prominent part of a surface mine operation. Improving the system enhances the productivity and economics of an operation to a great extent. Operators play a critical role in the mine overall performance and production. Autonomous truck fleets have...
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Decision Support System (DSS) for selecting sustainable insulation material using Pareto Search and Novel fuzzy modified TOPSIS approach
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This research developed a Decision Support System (DSS) to aid decision-makers in selecting the most sustainable insulation materials and their thickness among commercially available alternatives. The developed DSS ranks available alternatives according to individual project cases by...