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Figure 11.19 Permanent support<br />

<strong>and</strong> reinforcement recommendations<br />

based on the Q system of rock mass<br />

classification (after Barton, 2002).<br />

ROCK SUPPORT AND REINFORCEMENT<br />

requirements for underground excavations, using precedent practice. Barton et al.<br />

proposed 38 categories of support based on their tunnelling quality index, Q, <strong>and</strong> the<br />

excavation support ratio, ESR, which varies with the use of the excavation <strong>and</strong> the<br />

extent to which some degree of instability is acceptable. These proposals have been<br />

discussed in detail by Hoek <strong>and</strong> Brown (1980) who point out the dangers involved in<br />

blindly adopting their provisions, particularly where the nature of the excavation <strong>and</strong><br />

the properties of the rock mass differ from those in the case histories that were used<br />

in developing the recommendations.<br />

Figure 11.19 shows the recommendations for the support <strong>and</strong> reinforcement of<br />

permanent excavations offered by Grimstad <strong>and</strong> Barton (1993) <strong>and</strong> Barton (2002)<br />

which update the original recommendations of Barton et al. (1974) <strong>and</strong> allow for, in<br />

particular, subsequent advances in shotcrete technology.<br />

Comprehensive analysis of general or systematic reinforcement. In a rock mass<br />

subject to fracture <strong>and</strong> yield, the spatially-extensive model of reinforcement is more<br />

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