In response to recent tailing dam break incidents, mining companies are actively seeking ways to better assess their risk. However, modelling tailing dam breach in MIKE 21 has been a challenge because the current technology does not represent fluids not following Newton’s law of viscosity.
Therefore, to simulate non-Newtonian fluids, a new option is now available in MIKE 21 FM for specifying fluid properties including density, Bingham fluid viscosity and yield stress. This solution enables you to better assess the impact of a tailing dam break, fulfil legal requirements and address potential scrutiny. Plus, by including the Mud Transport module in your simulations, fluid properties can vary in time and space to represent mixing of non-Newtonian fluids with water.