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INDEX<br />

compressive, in stope crowns 155, 421<br />

<strong>and</strong> drilling parameters 67<br />

due to blasting 221<br />

gas in 525–6<br />

hydraulic 161<br />

radial 526, 531<br />

sets, <strong>and</strong> in situ stress 146, 434<br />

tension 206, 227, 398, 558<br />

transverse 229<br />

see also Discontinuities; Joints<br />

Fragmentation 53, 77, 367, 454, 476–9, 525,<br />

538<br />

<strong>and</strong> blasting 53, 366, 367, 454, 524–6, 538,<br />

542<br />

<strong>and</strong> draw control 458, 465, 469, 479, 481,<br />

487, 495<br />

in situ 478<br />

primary 367, 478<br />

secondary 478–9<br />

Frequency, corner 306, 307, 311<br />

Fretting 373, 390, 392<br />

Friction<br />

angle 122–9, 132–3, 412<br />

coefficient of 6, 122, 303, 328<br />

<strong>and</strong> fractured rock 219–21<br />

limiting 191, 219, 258<br />

mobilising 221, 264<br />

<strong>and</strong> peripheral rock performance 264<br />

Frictional resistance 128, 191, 235, 241, 243,<br />

412, 424, 528, 561<br />

maximum 191<br />

shear stress 241, 243<br />

Fringe (isochromatic) pattern 166<br />

Frozen-stress method 166<br />

Funnelling 484<br />

see also Chimney caving<br />

Gabbro 114<br />

Gases, mine 354<br />

Gate roads 448, 452<br />

Gath’s Mine, Zimbabwe 505, 505<br />

Gauss Divergence Theorem 193, 194<br />

Gaussian methods 151, 182<br />

Gelignites 519<br />

Geological data see Structural data<br />

Geological Strength Index (GSI) 78, 81–2, 82,<br />

135, 136, 138, 322, 323<br />

Geomechanics<br />

classification 78, 84, 134, 505<br />

convention 17, 39–40, 41, 42, 282<br />

defined 1<br />

<strong>and</strong> mining programmes 13, 351<br />

see also Beniawski; Laubscher<br />

Geophones 304, 305, 539, 540, 557<br />

Geophysical measurements 64, 69, 138, 354<br />

see also Downhole logs<br />

Geotechnical drilling 64–8,<br />

Geotechnical engineering 1, 87, 543<br />

Geotechnical environment 7<br />

Germany 308, 510<br />

Global Positioning Systems (GPS) 546, 548<br />

Gneiss 160, 320, 321<br />

Goaf treatment 516<br />

619<br />

Gold mines 49–50, 50, 345, 430–2, 434–6,<br />

439, 454, 462, 549<br />

South Africa 49–50, 50, 345, 430, 431,<br />

434–7, 439<br />

Gold reefs 299, 301, 302<br />

Gordonstone Mine, Queensl<strong>and</strong>, Australia<br />

442, 443, 445, 446<br />

Grade distribution 354, 356<br />

Grade, ore 356, 359, 479<br />

Grading 57, 401, 410–1, 411<br />

Grain 3, 47, 49, 88, 92, 93, 96, 103, 113<br />

packing 113<br />

size 47, 88, 96, 113<br />

Grain-sliding 103<br />

Grängesberg Mine, Sweden 502, 502<br />

Granite 80, 103, 105, 109, 112, 113, 114, 115,<br />

117, 141, 160, 215<br />

Graphite 48, 123, 125, 129, 558, 561<br />

Gravity draw 476<br />

Gravity flow 454–63, 477, 481, 483<br />

broken or caved ore 454–63<br />

ellipsoid of motion 454–7, 459<br />

<strong>and</strong> extraction drift width 462<br />

<strong>and</strong> flow ellipsoid 454, 455, 459<br />

limit ellipsoid 454, 456, 457, 459, 483<br />

loosening factor 483<br />

Gravity loading 225, 226, 229, 476<br />

Great circles 71–3, 83, 245, 247, 248, 568,<br />

569, 570–2<br />

Great Dyke of Rhodesia, The 49<br />

Griffith<br />

crack theory 107–9, 108, 299, 524, 527<br />

locus 107, 109<br />

Grinding, autogenous 367, 479<br />

Ground characteristic line 315, 320, 448<br />

Ground control 299, 301, 370, 401, 408–9,<br />

419, 423–9<br />

<strong>and</strong> backfill 357, 358, 408–9, 417, 423–8,<br />

425<br />

near-field 370<br />

of reinforcement 427, 429<br />

Ground motion 305, 309, 532–4, 535–8,<br />

539–41, 542<br />

damage 532, 534, 536, 537, 538<br />

instrumentation for 538, 544<br />

near-field, monitoring 538<br />

peak 53<br />

quantifying 534–6<br />

shock spectrum 534<br />

vibration packets 540<br />

waveforms 539<br />

Ground reaction curve 322, 323, 324<br />

Groundwater 3–6, 12, 78, 79, 80, 81, 158,<br />

164, 354, 489–93, 502, 543, 544<br />

level 490–2, 544<br />

<strong>and</strong> mine design 3, 14, 165, 543<br />

pressure 3, 78, 79, 158, 164, 489, 490, 493,<br />

502, 543<br />

<strong>and</strong> chimney caving analysis 484–9, 490,<br />

493–5<br />

measurements 158, 164, 544, 545<br />

Grout<br />

load capacity 335, 336<br />

-tendon bond 335–7, 422<br />

Grouted dowels 329<br />

Grouting 324, 339, 340, 342, 450, 543<br />

Gunite 342<br />

Hangingwall failure model 50, 439, 486, 502<br />

Hardening parameter 117<br />

Harmonic extraction 517<br />

Haulage drives 197, 211, 348, 564<br />

Haunches 226<br />

Heave, floor rock 224, 225, 390, 453, 465<br />

Heim’s Rule 160<br />

Hemispherical projections 71, 72, 568<br />

basic constructions 568<br />

great circles 72<br />

pole to a plane 568, 569<br />

rotation about inclined axis 572, 573<br />

true dip <strong>and</strong> dip direction 571, 572<br />

Henderson Mine, Colorado, USA 500<br />

Herringbone extraction level layout 477<br />

Hoek-Brown strength criterion 81, 112,<br />

113–5, 114, 134–6, 198, 215, 322,<br />

323, 383, 492–3<br />

Hoek’s hangingwall failure analysis 502<br />

Homestake Mine 428<br />

Homogeneous zones 60<br />

Hooke’s Law 35, 36, 279, 281<br />

Hydraulic<br />

conductivity 57<br />

feed machines 65<br />

fracturing 148, 153–5, 154, 161, 446, 468<br />

pressure cells 552–4<br />

props 313, 434, 436–8<br />

radius 267, 469, 470, 475<br />

see also Permeability<br />

Hydrology 4, 12, 367<br />

see also Groundwater<br />

Hydrostatic component 25, 117<br />

Hydrothermal deposits 352<br />

Igneous rocks 48, 49, 103, 114<br />

Impedance, characteristic 279, 280, 283, 425<br />

Inclusions, effect on in situ stress 145<br />

Influence functions 509, 510<br />

Instability<br />

fault slip 301–4, 303, 308, 404–5, 404,<br />

431–2, 432<br />

pillar crushing 294, 392, 404<br />

Instruments, monitoring 547<br />

Integral methods, stress analysis 179<br />

International Society for <strong>Rock</strong> <strong>Mechanics</strong><br />

(ISRM) see ISRM<br />

Interpolation functions 181–6<br />

Intraformational shears 49<br />

Isoparametric formulation 183, 189<br />

Isostasy 144<br />

Isotropic hardening 116<br />

Isotropy, transverse 36, 117<br />

ISRM Commission 51–3, 54–6, 58, 69, 88,<br />

90–2, 97, 98, 120<br />

borehole extensometers 547, 549, 550–2,<br />

561<br />

on compression testing 90, 92

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