Étude expérimentale et numérique d'un écoulement non-Newtonien à la suite d'une rupture d'un barrage des résidus de sables bitumineux

Catastrophic tailing dam failures around the world has caused major damages to the environment and infrastructure and impacted human health and safety. The toxic composition of tailing materials makes the tailing dam break more disastrous than the water dam breaks. In Canada, the Lower Athabasca region in Alberta host the oil sands mining developments with some world's largest tailing dams. These tailing dams are in proximity of the Athabasca River systems and several communities (such as city Fort-McMurray). Many past catastrophic mining tailings dam breaks has raised concern over safety and environmental impact of oil sands tailing dams. There is a great interest to investigate and predict the potential impact of an oil sands tailing dam on the downstream lands and water.