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Rock Mechanics.pdf - Mining and Blasting

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Figure 11.25 Types of rockbolt<br />

<strong>and</strong> dowel (after Hadjigeorgiou <strong>and</strong><br />

Charette, 2001).<br />

MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES<br />

in corrosive environments, rockbolts are usually fully grouted with cement or resin<br />

grout for improving both pull-out strength <strong>and</strong> corrosion resistance.<br />

<strong>Rock</strong>bolts are often classified according to the nature of their anchorages. Early<br />

rockbolt anchors were of the mechanical slot-<strong>and</strong>-wedge <strong>and</strong> expansion shell types. It<br />

is often difficult to form <strong>and</strong> maintain mechanical anchors in very hard or in soft rocks.<br />

Mechanical anchors are also susceptible to blast-induced damage. Anchors formed<br />

from Portl<strong>and</strong> cement or resin are generally more reliable <strong>and</strong> permanent. A third<br />

category of rockbolt anchorage is that utilised by friction (Split Set <strong>and</strong> Swellex)<br />

bolts which rely on the generation of friction at the rock-bolt contact along their<br />

lengths for their anchorage <strong>and</strong> strength. As with mechanical anchors, friction bolts<br />

depend for their efficacy on the sizes <strong>and</strong> accuracy of the drilling of the holes in<br />

which they are installed. They are also susceptible to corrosion. Although they may<br />

be given a pre-tension to ensure that an anchorage is formed, friction bolts are usually<br />

not installed with the levels of pre-tension (5–20 tonnes) used for other rockbolts. In<br />

this case, they act a dowels rather than rockbolts. Other types of dowel are usually<br />

grouted along their lengths on installation <strong>and</strong> develop their tension with deformation<br />

of the rock mass in which they are installed. Grouting of Split Set bolts <strong>and</strong> dowels<br />

may increase their load carrying capacity for longer term applications (Thompson<br />

<strong>and</strong> Finn, 1999).<br />

Figure 11.25 shows a number of types of rockbolt <strong>and</strong> dowel classified according<br />

to the anchorage method used but with several types of shank illustrated. Figure 11.26<br />

shows further details of the installation <strong>and</strong> grouting of a resin anchored <strong>and</strong> grouted<br />

bolt made from threaded bar. Resin encapsulated rockbolts are widely used for<br />

the reinforcement of longer term openings in metalliferous mines.(e.g. Slade et al.,<br />

2002).<br />

11.6.3 Cable bolts<br />

Cable bolts are long, grouted, high tensile strength steel elements used to reinforce<br />

rock masses. They may be used as pre-or post-reinforcement <strong>and</strong> may be left untensioned<br />

or be pre- or post-tensioned. Windsor (2001) defines the following terms<br />

associated with cable bolting:<br />

Wire – a single, solid section element.<br />

Str<strong>and</strong> – a set of helically spun wires.<br />

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