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INDEX<br />

Blocks 190–2, 229, 242–66, 243, 328, 345,<br />

409, 439, 465–7, 478–9, 536<br />

Body waves 277, 308, 309, 523, 532–3, 535,<br />

537<br />

Bolts see <strong>Rock</strong> bolts<br />

Borehole 67–70, 76, 147–9, 153–6, 554, 555,<br />

557, 561, 572<br />

breakout 148, 155<br />

drilling 64–7<br />

extensometers 547, 548, 549–51, 550, 551,<br />

552, 561<br />

hydraulic fracturing in 153–5<br />

impression packer 68<br />

jacking test 138<br />

logging 68–9<br />

strain 147, 148–51, 163<br />

stress change measurements 554–6<br />

Boundary<br />

conditions 90, 99, 167, 179<br />

constraint equation 196<br />

curvature 178, 209, 210, 212, 213<br />

slots 465, 468<br />

stress 47, 148–55, 163, 175–8, 199–203,<br />

206, 208–15, 212, 217, 265, 289,<br />

329, 420, 430, 525,<br />

529–31, 532, 587<br />

<strong>and</strong> excavation shape 173, 178, 198, 201,<br />

209, 211–13, 225, 265, 420<br />

minimising 212<br />

ratio 289<br />

sudden excavation 275, 287<br />

Boundary element methods 179, 183, 189,<br />

195, 290, 292, 297, 301, 397, 431,<br />

432, 513<br />

Bray’s solution 165, 176, 203, 257, 300<br />

Breast stoping 558<br />

Breccia 48, 57, 114, 498<br />

Brittle-ductile transition pressure 103<br />

Brow stability 461<br />

Brune’s model 311<br />

Brunswick Mine, Canada 398, 399, 402<br />

Buckling 229, 231, 233, 235, 238–40, 317,<br />

375, 439, 451, 559<br />

Burden 457, 459, 462, 483, 525, 526, 531<br />

Bulking factor 480<br />

Cables 322–5, 329, 337, 340–22, 450, 564–6,<br />

578<br />

cable bolts 334–41, 408, 428, 449, 451<br />

grouted 324, 345, 558<br />

for pre-reinforcement 317, 322–5<br />

reinforcement 127, 428<br />

shear force 336, 447<br />

see also Dowels; Support<br />

Calcite 57, 127<br />

Campbell Mine, Canada 325<br />

Canada 109, 304, 308, 340, 342, 345, 391,<br />

434, 506, 563–5, 567<br />

Carbonate 113, 495<br />

see also Dolomites; Limestones<br />

Cataclastic flow 103<br />

Cavability 46, 50, 51, 53, 77, 267, 369, 465,<br />

469–71, 474<br />

615<br />

Caving 8, 349–51, 350, 365–9, 430, 441,<br />

444–7, 453, 453–81, 460, 463, 466,<br />

467, 470–474, 484–95, 489, 490,<br />

496–506, 497, 557–8, 561–3, 580–4<br />

angles 77<br />

block see Block caving<br />

chimney see Chimney caving<br />

hangingwall see Progressive hangingwall<br />

caving<br />

initiation <strong>and</strong> propagation 465–8<br />

mechanics 444, 445, 465, 468<br />

methods 349–51, 365–8, 430, 453–81<br />

classification 430<br />

stress see Stress caving<br />

structures 8<br />

sublevel see Sublevel caving<br />

Cementation 114<br />

Cemented rockfill 415<br />

Cemented s<strong>and</strong>fill 412–4, 415, 416, 419<br />

Cementing agents 410, 412, 413<br />

Chalk, discontinuity spacing 52, 52–3<br />

Chimney caving 484–90, 493–5<br />

limiting equilibrium analysis 488–95, 489,<br />

490<br />

mechanisms 486, 489, 493<br />

see also Plug subsidence<br />

Chlorite 48, 57, 129<br />

Christensen-Hugel core barrels 67<br />

Clar compass 59<br />

Clays 49, 129<br />

Cleavage 47, 50, 67, 88, 117, 125, 133, 134,<br />

140, 141<br />

Closure, excavation 272, 322, 364, 409, 436,<br />

437, 464, 511–13<br />

Coal<br />

mine bumps 301<br />

mining 313, 363–5, 379–81, 440–53,<br />

506–17<br />

longwall 338, 364–5, 430, 440–53,<br />

440,442–51, 486, 506–17, 558<br />

methods 364–5, 365, 440–1<br />

seams 299, 364–5, 386, 396, 405, 445, 482,<br />

512, 521<br />

Coalbrook North Colliery, South Africa 484<br />

Coal measures 49, 440, 441, 512<br />

Coeur d’Alene, USA 434<br />

Cohesion 105, 115, 125, 390, 409–18, 494<br />

Comminution, ore 308, 351, 353, 518, 527,<br />

532<br />

Compartmentalisation 50<br />

Complex variable theory 170<br />

Compliance modulus 35<br />

Compression<br />

arch 233, 236<br />

axial 87–97, 89–91, 93–7, 99–105,<br />

100–3, 109, 117–9, 118, 272–5, 273,<br />

274<br />

biaxial 99–101, 100, 104<br />

lateral 231<br />

multiaxial 99–105<br />

plane 108, 109<br />

polyaxial 104<br />

ring 333<br />

triaxial 101–5, 102, 103, 109, 117–8,<br />

139–41<br />

Compression testing 88–97, 89, 96, 99–104,<br />

100, 102, 103, 294, 413<br />

biaxial 100, 104<br />

block jointed models 11, 242<br />

end effects 90, 92, 100, 104<br />

in situ 137, 138<br />

machine stiffness 92–3<br />

multiaxial 99–105<br />

point load test 97–9, 98, 113<br />

pore-water effect 87, 103–5<br />

servocontrolled testing machines 93–4,<br />

105, 227<br />

specimen preparation 92, 104<br />

strain rate 34, 92<br />

uniaxial 87–97, 89–91, 95, 97<br />

Compressive strength 78, 79, 87–92, 89,<br />

99–101, 106, 106, 111–5, 135, 198,<br />

383–4, 398, 399, 412–6<br />

Compressive waves 280, 524<br />

Concrete 317, 320, 341, 364, 552–4, 577<br />

Confining pressure 101–4, 101, 103, 109, 118,<br />

121, 139–41<br />

Conformal mapping 172, 173<br />

Conformation, orebody 146, 352<br />

Constant deviator stress damage criterion 115,<br />

215, 215<br />

Constitutive behaviour 15, 34, 35, 178, 193,<br />

195, 279, 301, 351, 397<br />

Constitutive equations 34, 37, 167, 173, 192–4<br />

Continuous subsidence 133, 484–6, 495, 496,<br />

501, 506<br />

elastic analysis 510–3<br />

prediction methods 508<br />

<strong>and</strong> tabular orebodies 481, 487, 506<br />

Continuous-yielding model 330, 331<br />

Contour plots 157, 166, 216, 405<br />

Control raises 13<br />

Convergence 295, 300, 301, 316, 323, 402,<br />

435, 436, 447, 448, 511, 544, 545,<br />

547, 548, 549, 550, 553, 561–3, 562,<br />

563<br />

measurement 547, 548, 549, 550, 561<br />

rates 549, 561–3<br />

volume 435<br />

Cooling effects 145<br />

Co-ordinate transformation 37, 78<br />

Copper<br />

belt, Zambia 485, 487, 492<br />

furnace slag 412, 415, 426<br />

Core<br />

barrels 66–7, 67<br />

logging 64, 68, 267<br />

orientation 68–9<br />

specimen testing 87<br />

Corner frequency 306, 307, 311<br />

Coulomb<br />

effective stress law 5, 104, 409<br />

friction, deformation model 130, 335<br />

shear strength 96, 105–7, 125, 134–6, 136,<br />

489, 492<br />

law 122, 129, 222

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