Geoffrey E. Blight
Geoffrey Eustace Blight (born July 30, 1934 , † November 7, 2013 ) was a South African geotechnician .
Blight was a professor of geotechnical engineering at the University of Witwatersrand .
He dealt in particular with the construction of dams for the storage of partially highly toxic residues from mining (such as cyanide- contaminated earth in gold mining). He was involved in large projects to control the erosion of such dams around Johannesburg . For example, a 1,000-foot-high dam in northeast Washington state , which was never built because of the decline in molybdenum demand. He wrote about it a monograph with case studies on the failure of such dams with special reference to South Africa.
In 1997 he was a Rankine Lecturer (Interactions between the atmosphere and the Earth).
Fonts
- Geotechnical Engineering for Mine Waste Storage Facilities, Taylor and Francis, 2009
- Assessing loads on silos and other bulk storage structures: research applied to practice, Taylor and Francis, 2006
- with Mark Alexander: Alkali-aggregate reaction and structural damage to concrete: engineering assessment, repair, and management, CRC Press / Balkema, 2011
Web links
- Blog think mining about his book
- Jack Caldwell, Gordon McPhail, Mike Gowan History of South African Slimes Dams Engineers, 2010, pdf , with photo
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary of the American Society of Civil Engineers, accessed December 31, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blight, Geoffrey E. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blight, Geoffrey Eustace (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African geotechnician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1934 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 2013 |