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Rock Mechanics.pdf - Mining and Blasting

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Figure 7.2 A logical framework for<br />

mine excavation design in massive<br />

rock.<br />

EXCAVATION DESIGN IN MASSIVE ELASTIC ROCK<br />

These conditions imply that fracturing of rock will occur on <strong>and</strong> near the excavation<br />

boundary. Iteration on the design variables proceeds to restrict the extent of boundary<br />

failure <strong>and</strong> the zone of failure in the excavation near field, <strong>and</strong> to mitigate any<br />

difficulties arising from either the presence of major planes of weakness or their interaction<br />

with zones of induced rock fracture. The final phase of the design is the<br />

specification of support <strong>and</strong> reinforcement measures to control the displacement of<br />

the zones of fractured rock around the excavation. Referring to Figure 7.2, the design<br />

logic implies iteration over the steps A, B, C, D, E using practically feasible shape,<br />

orientation <strong>and</strong> location parameters, until a geomechanically sound <strong>and</strong> operationally<br />

functional design is attained.<br />

In the discussion that follows, elastic analyses will be used to illustrate some<br />

important design issues <strong>and</strong> principles. In some cases they will be employed to predict<br />

the extent of non-linear processes, such as slip <strong>and</strong> separation on discontinuities, or<br />

rock mass failure. In these cases, the analyses produce only a first-order estimate of the<br />

extent of these processes. However, in the case of near-boundary damage <strong>and</strong> spalling,<br />

Martin et al. (1999) showed that an elastic analysis <strong>and</strong> the constant deviatoric stress<br />

criterion estimated the failure domain quite accurately. Similarly, Austin et al. (1982)<br />

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