Equilibrium Publications & Posters

Explore our team’s latest technical papers, industry case studies, and conference presentations detailing our ongoing work and innovations in geotechnical and hydrogeological engineering.

Publications

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Hebert, Y, Lawrence, K & Peik, B 2026, ‘A flow-controlled support formulation for coupled cave propagation modelling’, in A van As, D Cumming-Potvin & J Wesseloo (eds), Caving 2026: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Block and Sublevel Caving, Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Perth, pp. 1-15, https://doi.org/10.36487/ACG_repo/2645_20

Miller, AK, Peik, B, Tsai, A, Mehrabifard, A & Lawrence, K 2025, ‘Representation of faults and fault zones in 3D numerical stability analyses of open pit mines’, in JJ Potter & J Wesseloo (eds), SSIM 2025: Fourth International Slope Stability in Mining Conference, Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Perth, https://doi.org/10.36487/ACG_repo/2535_31

Peik, B, Chamberlain, J, Miller, AK, Lawrence, K, Williams, C, Gaida, M, Morkeh, J, Ergun, S, Gibbs, J & Weigel, J 2025, ‘A sustaining pit-wide geotechnical stability model of Bingham Canyon Mine’, in JJ Potter & J Wesseloo (eds), SSIM 2025: Fourth International Slope Stability in Mining Conference, Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Perth, https://doi.org/10.36487/ACG_repo/2535_32

Peik, B, Azocar, K, Lawrence, K & Ergun, S 2025, ‘A kinematic-based method to quickly inform operational decisions in response to slope deformation’, in JJ Potter & J Wesseloo (eds), SSIM 2025: Fourth International Slope Stability in Mining Conference, Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Perth, https://doi.org/10.36487/ACG_repo/2535_36

Veltin, K, McMillan, R & Lawrence, K 2025, ‘Enhancing data quality and transparency in geotechnical data collection’, in JJ Potter & J Wesseloo (eds), SSIM 2025: Fourth International Slope Stability in Mining Conference, Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Perth, https://doi.org/10.36487/ACG_repo/2535_45

Tasse, E, Gallant, K, Veltin, K & Ducharme-Rivest, S 2024, ‘Utilising Equotip Leeb hardness testing for rock strength estimation and geotechnical domain definition’, in P Andrieux & D Cumming-Potvin (eds), Deep Mining 2024: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Deep and High Stress Mining, Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Perth, pp. 1079-1090, https://doi.org/10.36487/ACG_repo/2465_69

Owre, S., Tilley, E., and C. Kamp. “New Afton Convergence Monitoring and Rehabilitation Planning in the B3 Footprint.” Paper presented at the 58th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Golden, Colorado, USA, June 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.56952/ARMA-2024-0461

Peik, B., Tsai, A., Lawrence, K.P. & Moffitt, K.M. Practical Implications of Using the Ubiquitous Joint Model in Continuum Applications. In Proceedings of the 15th ISRM Congress and 72nd Geomechanics Colloquium, Schubert & Kluckner (eds.), Salzburg, Austria, 9 – 14 Oct 2023.

Ergun, S, Cambio, D, Williams, CP, Gaida, M, Lawrence, K, Katsaga, T, Lorig, L, Weigel, J, Gibbs, J, Chapin, G, Peik, B & Sankhaneel, S 2023, ‘Back-analysis of the Bingham Canyon Mine southeast wall: a complex slope failure mechanism called Leo’, in PM Dight (ed.), SSIM 2023: Third International Slope Stability in Mining Conference, Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Perth, pp. 559-576, https://doi.org/10.36487/ACG_repo/2335_37

Moffitt, K 2023, ‘Critical challenges impacting the advancement of slope design reliability’, in PM Dight (ed.), SSIM 2023: Third International Slope Stability in Mining Conference, Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Perth, pp. 23-34, https://doi.org/10.36487/ACG_repo/2335_0.02

Veltin, KG, Peik, B & Lawrence, K 2023, ‘A new approach to identify and analyse key blocks in pit slopes’, in PM Dight (ed.), SSIM 2023: Third International Slope Stability in Mining Conference, Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Perth, pp. 939-950, https://doi.org/10.36487/ACG_repo/2335_64

Posters

Ibarra, G., J. Randall, and K. Moffitt. “Evaluating The Impact Of Overbreak Zone Representation On Pore Pressure Distributions“. Poster presented at Groundwater Modeling and More 2026, March 2026.

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