Institute of Geonics AS CR, v. v. i.

Documenta Geonica 1 / 1997

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Characteristics of the Institute of Geonics AS CR
Main research projects
- Project No.K1012601: Evaluation of the physical rock mass reaction onto antropogeneous effects
  - Partial project: Investigation of chosen physical properties of rocks and coal during various loading regimes
  - Partial project: Investigation of reinforcement processes in the rock mass
  - Partial project: Mathematical simulation of the rock mass using effective numerical methods and simultaneous computer aided implementation
  - Partial project: Seismic investigation of rock mass fracturing
- Project No.K1042603: Pollutants in the process of rock disintegration
  - Partial project: Study of sorption of Fe(CN)6 3-, Cu2+ , paraquat and phenol on waste slurries by means of carbon paste electrode (CPE)
  - Partial project: Determination of respirable fraction of dust in the abrasive material
The Department of Earth Materials Science
- Laboratory of Petrology and Physical Properties of Rocks
  - Mathematical simulation of mineral grains disintegration by means of effects of high-pressure and abrasive beam, mineralogy and kind disintegration of garnets
  - Coal clasts in Carboniferous sediments of the Upper Silesian basin
  - Tonsteins in the Carboniferous of the Upper Silesian basin: Their origin and importance for the volcanism of the Variscan collision zone and for corellation of Euro-American coal basins
  - Permeability of sedimentary rocks under 3D stress-strain state
- Laboratory of Rock Disintegration
  - Research of the critical state of cutting tools of winning machines
  - Sampling of aerosoles and slurries in processes of disintegration of rocks by means of high speed water jet
  - Alternative fuel development (Coal Cumminution by High Pressure Water Jet)
  - Mathematical modelling of mineral grain failure caused by high pressure water and abrasive jet action, mineralogy of abrasives and the way of failure of garnets for two isomorphous series
  - Mathematical model of the system for the disintegration of very strong abrasive rocks by means of rolling disks operating on plane trajectories
- Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry
  - Burning solid fuel in the fireplaces of small furnaces
  - Study of N2O formation in mobile and stationary equipments
  - Quality of coal combustion in small boilers
Department of Geomechanics
- Stabilisation of the rock mass in coal mines by means of synthetic resins
- Tectonic fauls vinicity impact to primary stress character changes in the carboniferous massif in the Upper Silesian Basin Czech Part
Departnent of Applied Mathematics
- Mathematical modelling in geomechanics: solution of large 3D problems
- High performance computing in geosciences
- Large-scale computing in geosciences
- Rock mass freezing
- Mathematical model of a system for disintegration of very strong abrasive rocks by rolling discs moving along plane trajectories
Department of Geophysics and Special Measurement Methods
- Energetic characteristic of mining-induced seismic events (in the Czech Part of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin)
- Mobility of techtonic zones of the Northern part of the Moravian – Silesian Region and their earthquake activity
- Evaluation of development of rock failure process by application of acoustic methods
- Sources and properties of wavefield of the short period seismic noise in the Ostrava – Karviná region and its spatial and temporal development