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Rock Mechanics.pdf - Mining and Blasting

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PRE-MINING STATE OF STRESS<br />

(d) Determine the magnitudes of the field principal stresses, <strong>and</strong> their orientations<br />

relative to the mine global axes.<br />

(Note: This problem is most conveniently h<strong>and</strong>led with a calculator capable of<br />

solving six simultaneous equations.)<br />

5 Measurement of the state of stress in a rock mass produced the following results:<br />

1, of magnitude 25 MPa, is oriented 109◦ /40◦ ;<br />

2, of magnitude 18 MPa, is oriented 221◦ /25◦ ;<br />

3, of magnitude 12 MPa, is oriented 334◦ /40◦ .<br />

The groundwater pressure at the measurement site is 8 MPa. A fault, oriented<br />

190 ◦ /60 ◦ , is cohesionless, <strong>and</strong> has an estimated angle of friction of ′ = 20 ◦ .<br />

Comment on the consistency of this set of observations, <strong>and</strong> describe any other<br />

subsequent investigations you might consider necessary.<br />

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