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INDEX<br />

Excavation (cont.)<br />

support ratio 334<br />

thin tabular 299–301, 430–41<br />

tunnel 115<br />

types 6<br />

zone of influence 3, 201–4, 202, 203, 277,<br />

348, 349, 481, 483, 498, 499, 500, 515<br />

see also Mine; Openings<br />

Excavation Pyramid (EP) 244–7, 248–50<br />

Excess Shear Stress (ESS) 432<br />

Explosive–rock interaction 521, 527<br />

elastic models 521<br />

Explosives 272, 518–20, 522, 528, 538, 542<br />

Absolute Strength Value (ASV) 519, 520<br />

brisance 520, 521<br />

chemical 272, 518<br />

performance 520, 528, 538, 540<br />

properties 519, 521<br />

Relative Strength Value 520<br />

rock breakage 522<br />

selection of 521<br />

see also <strong>Blasting</strong><br />

Extended Mathews stability graph (or chart)<br />

470<br />

Extensometer, rod 551<br />

Extraction<br />

area 509<br />

drifts 363, 457, 459, 461, 462, 473<br />

harmonic 517<br />

headings 6<br />

level 356, 367, 369, 471–8, 477, 561, 561–3<br />

partial 387, 434, 435, 482, 515, 516<br />

rate 467<br />

ratio 11, 271, 293, 377, 384, 386–9, 389,<br />

392, 393, 394, 435, 474, 516<br />

sequence 9, 165, 301, 396, 397, 400–03,<br />

402, 405, 417, 426, 429<br />

system design 13, 361, 368, 465<br />

volume 387<br />

Face element method 180, 301, 489<br />

Face support 218, 272, 345, 436, 439, 441,<br />

446, 447, 448<br />

Factor of Safety (F of S) 233, 235, 240, 241,<br />

257, 259, 261, 266, 328–38, 383–6,<br />

386, 388, 389, 391–3, 394, 405, 406,<br />

418, 422, 444, 447, 489, 493, 494<br />

crushing 233, 240, 277, 289, 301, 392, 404<br />

shear failure 235, 241, 422, 444, 489<br />

vertical sliding 493<br />

Failure<br />

boundary 199, 200, 214, 215, 221, 222, 587<br />

by buckling 229, 231, 233, 235, 238–40,<br />

317, 375, 439, 451, 559<br />

in compression testing 96<br />

compressive 146, 197, 213, 214, 222, 235,<br />

406<br />

criterion 111, 157, 197, 198, 213, 214–6,<br />

396, 398, 400, 526<br />

<strong>and</strong> discontinuity spacing 333, 437<br />

in dykes 391, 430, 433, 436, 485, 488, 496,<br />

497<br />

hangingwall 50, 439, 486, 502<br />

618<br />

interior 215–7<br />

modes, jointed rock 198, 227, 229, 231,<br />

243, 328, 373, 378<br />

pillar see Pillars<br />

processes 3, 115<br />

rock mass vs structure 5, 200, 213<br />

roof 227, 257, 261, 453<br />

shear 105, 107, 125, 129, 229, 235, 241,<br />

310, 373, 398, 444, 451, 469, 479,<br />

489, 502<br />

roof beam 229, 235, 241<br />

sidewall 46, 211, 212<br />

slip 133, 205–8, 225, 226<br />

wedge size 264<br />

zones 200, 215, 216, 337, 417<br />

Far-field behaviour 195, 201, 202, 306<br />

Far-field domain 349, 351<br />

Far West R<strong>and</strong>, South Africa 486<br />

Fault breccia 48<br />

Fault gouge 48, 57, 65<br />

Faulting 48, 96, 146, 147, 308, 310, 352, 464,<br />

500<br />

<strong>and</strong> fracturing 52, 96, 147, 309, 351, 463<br />

secondary structures 48<br />

thrust 146, 308, 291<br />

Faults 12, 46–8, 69, 70, 146–7, 147, 302–3<br />

conjugate 146<br />

defined 47<br />

Excess Shear Stress (ESS) 432, 432<br />

<strong>and</strong> friction 158, 303–4<br />

<strong>and</strong> mining method 353, 363<br />

static shear strength 303, 304, 432<br />

stress drop on 304, 311, 432<br />

<strong>and</strong> stress trajectories 208<br />

Fault slip 301–4, 308, 404–5, 431, 432, 535,<br />

536<br />

Field stress 16, 142–61<br />

<strong>and</strong> equilibrium 158<br />

superposition of 167, 180, 183, 184<br />

tensor 142<br />

from borehole strain 148<br />

measurements 147–61<br />

Fill<br />

back see Backfill<br />

composite see rockfill<br />

hydraulic 363, 410<br />

paste see Paste fill<br />

s<strong>and</strong> see S<strong>and</strong>fill<br />

stress measurements 552–3<br />

Filling<br />

defined 426<br />

practice 426<br />

Finite difference methods 189–95, 193, 332,<br />

335–7, 428, 453, 495, 513, 522, 527<br />

Finite element method 183–9, 184, 188, 442,<br />

513<br />

displacement variation 184, 186, 189<br />

equivalent nodal forces 187, 189<br />

stress analysis 442<br />

Finl<strong>and</strong> 428<br />

Fisher<br />

constant 75, 76<br />

distribution 75<br />

Fissure water 3, 243, 256, 586<br />

see also Groundwater<br />

Fast Lagrangian Analysis of Continua (FLAC)<br />

192, 195, 337, 438, 495, 498, 506<br />

FLAC2D 442, 513, 514<br />

FLAC3D 192, 322, 323, 443, 453<br />

Flatjack measurements 148, 151–3, 152<br />

Flooding, mine 50<br />

Floor<br />

heave 224, 225, 453, 465<br />

rocks, bearing capacity of 365, 372, 390–1,<br />

406, 435<br />

support pressure 319, 320, 320<br />

Flow<br />

ellipsoid 454, 455, 459<br />

gravity see Gravity flow<br />

patterns 354, 456, 457, 458<br />

theory 454–8<br />

Flow rules 116–7<br />

associated 116–7<br />

non-associated 322<br />

Fluorspar veins 145<br />

Folds 46–48, 58<br />

Foliation 23, 50, 114, 117, 224, 375, 563<br />

Force<br />

body 17, 18, 25, 26, 38, 143, 168, 175, 187,<br />

188, 257, 263<br />

contact 190, 191, 194, 466<br />

d’Alembert inertial 282<br />

horizontal 257, 259, 260, 270<br />

nodal 184, 187–9, 196<br />

normal 18, 120, 123–5, 127, 190, 262–3<br />

reinforcement 329<br />

shear, roof prism 256–9<br />

support 2, 2, 242, 256–61, 256, 286, 328–9,<br />

409<br />

surface 2, 17, 256, 257–9, 262–3, 271, 272,<br />

286, 289<br />

vertical 255–63, 329, 442, 469<br />

Force-displacement curves 88, 92–4, 93,94,<br />

96–7, 97, 137<br />

Force-displacement laws 190<br />

Fracture<br />

brittle 86, 117, 321, 434, 467<br />

in excavation periphery 318, 439, 544<br />

extension 398, 558<br />

generation 143<br />

hydraulic 161<br />

induced 155, 242, 409, 421–2, 451, 545<br />

initiation 4, 96, 113, 373, 398<br />

mechanics 110–1, 110, 524<br />

mechanisms 3, 96<br />

in point load test 97<br />

shear 96, 107, 119, 373, 436, 444, 558<br />

<strong>and</strong> state of stress 146–7, 153–5, 525–6<br />

tensile 96, 108<br />

toughness 111<br />

uniaxial compression 88–9, 95–6<br />

zones 108, 213, 219, 463<br />

estimating extent of 213, 463<br />

radius 322<br />

Fractures<br />

closure pressure 154

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