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- 1Altaf, Mohammed Sadiq
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- 2AbouRizk, Simaan (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 2Bouferguene, Ahmed (Campus Saint-Jean)
- 1Al-Hussein, Mohamed (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Al-Hussein, Mohamed (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
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Incorporation of 3-D Mixing in Long-term Production Scheduling Optimization for Block Caving Mines
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As open-pit mines go deeper, because of the massive amount of waste removal which is required to extract the ore as well as high operational costs per tonne, underground mining has become more attractive. Block caving is the only underground mining method that its production rates and...
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Integrated Production Planning and Control System for Prefabrication of Panelized Construction for Residential Building
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Panelized construction has been recognized as a promising approach to residential construction. However, its full potential in terms of productivity improvement has not yet been realized due to the absence of an automated production planning and control system. This research thus conceives an...
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Investigating Light Solvent Aided Process in Cold Lake Oil-Sand Reservoir Using Experimental and Numerical Approaches
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Steam assisted- gravity drainage (SAGD) is the main in-situ bitumen recovery process in which saturated steam is injected into the bitumen zone. However, it has some drawbacks, which include high-energy consumption and significant environmental concerns. Solvent Aided Process (SAP) is a method...
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Spring 2013
Production scheduling of any mining system has an enormous effect on the operation’s economics. The economics of today’s mining industry are such that the major mining companies are increasing the use of massive mining methods. Among the mining methods available, caving methods are favored...
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Fall 2023
The downturn of the world economy and the increasingly severe competition among mining giants puts forward higher requirements for open-pit mining, which is the dominant method for humans to obtain minerals from the earth. Among these so-called higher requirements, reducing mining costs as much...
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Optimization of Outflow Control Devices Design in Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage Models with Wellbore Trajectory Excursions
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Canada has giant oil reserves which ranks third worldwide with proven oil reserves of 171 billion barrels. Alberta alone contributes with 165.4 billion barrels found in oil sands. However, those oil sands are extremely viscous and only 10% are recoverable by means of open-pit mining. In-situ...
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Optimization of Temporary Haul Road Design and Earthmoving Job Planning based on Site Rough-grading Design
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Site rough-grading operations are the preliminary work of the construction projects in remote areas especially in Northern Alberta. Haulage cost typically accounts for around 30% of the total cost of mass earthmoving projects. The temporary haul road network built in the earthmoving field is one...
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Fall 2013
Laydown yard management is comprised of planning and controlling of all necessary efforts to ensure that the correct quantity of materials are available where and when they are needed on construction storage yards. Applying the right material management methodology in construction projects would...
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Fall 2018
The economics of today’s mining industry is such that the major mining companies are increasing the use of massive underground mining methods. Follow to this attraction, mine planning in underground mining and its optimization have been considered more seriously in recent years. Two aspects of...