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Figure 4.30 Normalised peak strength<br />

envelope for s<strong>and</strong>stones (after<br />

Hoek <strong>and</strong> Brown, 1980).<br />

Figure 4.31 Hoek-Brown failure<br />

envelope for Lac du Bonnet granite<br />

based on laboratory peak strength<br />

(Lab Peak), long-term strength (Lab<br />

cd) <strong>and</strong> in situ crack initiation<br />

stress (ci) determined by microseismic<br />

monitoring (after Martin, 1997).<br />

ROCK STRENGTH AND DEFORMABILITY<br />

Bieniawski found that, for the range of rock types tested, k 0.75 <strong>and</strong> c 0.90.<br />

The corresponding values of A <strong>and</strong> B are given in Table 4.1. Note that both A <strong>and</strong> B<br />

take relatively narrow ranges for the rock types tested.<br />

Brady (1977) studied the development of rock fracture around a bored raise in a<br />

pillar in mineralised shale in a trial stoping block at the Mount Isa Mine, Australia.<br />

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