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Rock Mechanics.pdf - Mining and Blasting

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Figure 11.13 <strong>Rock</strong>bolt design to<br />

support the weight of a roof beam in<br />

laminated rock.<br />

SUPPORT AND REINFORCEMENT DESIGN<br />

local support <strong>and</strong> reinforcement to support individual blocks or loosened zones<br />

on an excavation boundary;<br />

general or systematic reinforcement in which the objective is to mobilise <strong>and</strong><br />

conserve the inherent strength of the rock mass; <strong>and</strong><br />

support <strong>and</strong> reinforcement system designed to resist the dynamic loading associated<br />

with rock burst conditions.<br />

Static design analyses for the first two applications will be discussed here. The more<br />

complex case of dynamic or rockburst loading will be considered in section 15.2.3.<br />

11.5.2 Local support <strong>and</strong> reinforcement<br />

Two types of design analysis will be presented here. The first type involves simple<br />

static limiting equilibrium analyses which essentially treat the system components<br />

as rigid bodies <strong>and</strong> use simplified models of system mechanics. The second type are<br />

more rigorous <strong>and</strong> comprehensive analyses which take into account the deformation<br />

<strong>and</strong> slip or yield of the support <strong>and</strong> reinforcing system elements <strong>and</strong> the rock mass.<br />

Design to suspend a roof beam in laminated rock. As illustrated in Figure 11.13<br />

rockbolts may be used to suspend a potentially unstable roof beam in laminated rock.<br />

The anchorage must be located outside the potentially unstable zone. If it is assumed<br />

that the weight of the rock in the unstable zone is supported entirely by the force<br />

developed in the rockbolts then<br />

or<br />

T = Ds 2<br />

s =<br />

<br />

T<br />

D<br />

1<br />

2<br />

(11.8)<br />

where T = working load per rock bolt, = unit weight of the rock, D = height of<br />

the unstable zone, <strong>and</strong> s = rockbolt spacing in both the longitudinal <strong>and</strong> transverse<br />

directions.<br />

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