The principal objective of this project is to give prognoses of future subsidence at Kiirunavaara mine located below the city of Kiruna. To reach this objective, it will be developed different models (e.g. geological, geostructural, geomechanical, and geohidrological conditions) and then through numerical analysis identify future failure modes. Through these analysis it will be increased the understanding of how plastic and brittle deformation zones are interrelated, and the relation between the regional stress state and the structural geology.
Forskningsprogram: LKAB; Status: Ongoing; Period: 01/01/2005 → 31/12/2010