MINEDW 3.06

USER MANUAL

  • 1.0 Introduction
  • 2.0 Features of MINEDW
  • 3.0 MINEDW Interface
    • 3.1 View Pane
    • 3.2 Main Menu
      • 3.2.1 The File Menu
      • 3.2.2 The Project Menu
      • 3.2.3 The Mesh Menu
      • 3.2.4 The BCs Menu
      • 3.2.5 The Mining Menu
      • 3.2.6 The Run Menu
      • 3.2.7 The Results Menu
      • 3.2.8 The View Menu
      • 3.2.9 The Tools Menu
      • 3.2.10 The Windows Menu
      • 3.2.11 The Help Menu
    • 3.3 Toolbar
    • 3.4 Control Panel Pane
      • 3.4.1 Plot Items
        • 3.4.1.1 Legend
        • 3.4.1.2 Display Settings
        • 3.4.1.3 Global Settings
        • 3.4.1.4 Axes
        • 3.4.1.5 Observation
        • 3.4.1.6 Boundary Conditions
        • 3.4.1.7 Element
        • 3.4.1.8 File Data
        • 3.4.1.9 Node
        • 3.4.1.10 Post Processing
        • 3.4.1.11 Cutting Planes
        • 3.4.1.12 Clip Box
      • 3.4.2 View
      • 3.4.3 Information
  • 4.0 Importing Data Sets
    • 4.1 Importing Earlier Versions of MINEDW Model Data Sets
    • 4.2 Display the Imported Model
  • 5.0 Mesh Generator
    • 5.1 Creating a Mesh
    • 5.2 The Mesh Components
      • 5.2.1 The “Domain” Component
      • 5.2.2 The “Mining Area,” “Mining,” and “Fine Area” Components
      • 5.2.3 The “Fault” Component
      • 5.2.4 The “Points” Component
      • 5.2.5 The “Polylines” Component
      • 5.2.6 The “Regions” Component
      • 5.2.7 The “All Faults” Component
      • 5.2.8 The “MMesh” Component
      • 5.2.9 The “Toggle” Component
      • 5.2.10 The “Area Tolerance” Component
    • 5.3 Exporting a Completed Mesh
    • 5.4 The Rhino “Drop” Command
  • 6.0 Nodes and Elements
    • 6.1 Selecting Elements
      • 6.1.1 Selecting Elements in 2-D
      • 6.1.2 Selecting Elements in 3-D
    • 6.2 Selecting Nodes
  • 7.0 Model Input Data
    • 7.1 Project Definition
      • 7.1.1 Project Properties
      • 7.1.2 Time Steps
    • 7.2 Model Geometry
      • 7.2.1 Generating the Mesh
      • 7.2.2 Adding Main Model Layers
      • 7.2.3 Using Topography Data
      • 7.2.4 Importing Node Elevations
      • 7.2.5 Defining a Pinch-Out
      • 7.2.6 Modifying the Mesh
    • 7.3 Zone Properties – Hydraulic Parameters
      • 7.3.1 Zone Distributions (para.fem)
      • 7.3.2 Zone Properties (kfile.dat)
    • 7.4 Boundary Conditions
      • 7.4.1 Time-Series Data
      • 7.4.2 Constant Head
      • 7.4.3 Variable-Flux
      • 7.4.4 Pumping Well
      • 7.4.5 Rivers
      • 7.4.6 Recharge
      • 7.4.7 Evaporation
    • 7.5 Initial Conditions
    • 7.6 Mining Plan
      • 7.6.1 Creating a Mining Plan
        • 7.6.1.1 Converting .DXF to .DAT files
        • 7.6.1.2 Creating a Mining Plan from Pit Topography files
        • 7.6.1.3 Creating a Mining Plan from Final-Pit Topography
      • 7.6.2 Importing a Mine Plan into MINEDW
      • 7.6.3 Pit Lake
      • 7.6.4 Zone of Relaxation for Pit
      • 7.6.5 Open-Pit Backfilling
      • 7.6.5 Zone of Relaxation for Caving
      • 7.6.6 Dewatering and Underground Mining
  • 8.0 Model Execution
    • 8.1 Validate
    • 8.2 Create Data Set
    • 8.3 Execute
  • 9.0 Model Output
    • 9.1 Read Results and Export Results as Text File
    • 9.2 Observations
    • 9.3 Hydrograph
    • 9.4 Particle Tracking
    • 9.5 Section Flux
    • 9.6 Seepage Component to Pit
      • 9.6.1 Calculating Seepage to the Pit
      • 9.6.2 Visualizing Seepage and Drains
    • 9.7 Pit Node Elevation and Water Table
    • 9.8 Export State
    • 9.9 Exporting Pore Pressure
    • 9.10 Export Cross-Section Pore Pressure
    • 9.11 Drawdown-Base Time Step
    • 9.12 Visualizing the Results
    • 9.13 Cross Sections
    • 9.14 Pit Lake – Water Level vs. Time
    • 9.15 Pumping Well – Discharge vs. Time
  • References
  • Acronyms and Abbreviations

TUTORIAL

  • Tutorial 1 - Initial Condition
    • 1.1 Problem Description
    • 1.2 MINEDW Model Construction
      • Step 1. Generating a Mesh
    • 1.3 Building the model in MINEDW
      • Step 2. Defining Project Properties
      • Step 3. Defining Time Steps
      • Step 4. Importing Ground-Surface Elevation
      • Step 5. Adding Layers
      • Step 6. Defining Zone Properties
      • Step 7. Assigning Hydraulic Zones to Elements
      • Step 8. Defining “Pinch-Outs”
      • Step 9. Defining Initial Heads
      • Step 10. Assigning the Boundary Conditions
        • Constant-Head Boundary
        • River Boundary Condition
        • No-Flow Boundary
      • Step 11. Assigning Recharge
      • Step 12. Adding Evaporation
      • Step 13. Saving the Project
    • 1.4 Running the Model
    • 1.5 Results
  • Tutorial 2 - Open Pit Mining
    • 2.1 Problem Description
      • Step 1. Opening the Project File
      • Step 2. Defining Project Properties
      • Step 3. Defining Model Time Steps
      • Step 3. Defining Initial Heads
      • Step 4. Creating a Mining Plan for an Open Pit
      • Step 5. Creating a Zone of Relaxation for an Open Pit
      • Step 6. Open-Pit Backfilling
      • Step 7. Creating a Pit Lake
      • Step 8. Adding Pumping Wells
      • Step 9. Defining the Boundary Conditions
    • 2.2 Running the Model
    • 2.3 Results
      • Creating Monitoring Points
      • Creating Hydrographs
      • Pit-Node Elevation and Water Table
      • Head Distribution in 3-D
      • Head Distribution Cross Section
      • Exporting Pore Pressures to a Different Grid in 2-D
      • Exporting Pore Pressures to a Different Grid in 3-D
      • Seepage Component to Pit
      • Pit Lake – Water Level vs. Time
      • Pumping Wells – Discharge vs. Time
      • Particle Tracking
  • Tutorial 3 - Underground Mining
    • 3.1 Problem Description
    • 3.2 Transient Simulation
      • Step 1. Opening the Project File
      • Step 2. Defining Project Properties
      • Step 3. Defining Initial Heads
      • Step 4. Creating the ZOR file for Caving
      • Step 5. Adding the ZOR for Caving to the Model
      • Step 6. Adding the Drain Nodes for the Cave Zone
    • 3.5 Running the Model
    • 3.6 Results
  • Tutorial Downloads

TUTORIAL VIDEOS

  • 1.0 Menu Options
  • 2.0 Visualization Options
  • 3.0 Boundary Conditions
  • 4.0 Mesh Generation
  • 5.0 Hydrogeological Units
  • 6.0 Drains

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