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Rock Mechanics.pdf - Mining and Blasting

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CONTENTS<br />

9 Excavation design in blocky rock 242<br />

9.1 Design factors 242<br />

9.2 Identification of potential block failure modes – Block Theory 243<br />

9.3 Symmetric triangular roof prism 255<br />

9.4 Roof stability analysis for a tetrahedral block 261<br />

9.5 Design practice in blocky rock 263<br />

9.6 Stope wall design – the Mathews stability chart method 266<br />

10 Energy, mine stability, mine seismicity <strong>and</strong> rockbursts 271<br />

10.1 Mechanical relevance of energy changes 271<br />

10.2 <strong>Mining</strong> consequences of energy changes 275<br />

10.3 Energy transmission in rock 277<br />

10.4 Spherical cavity in a hydrostatic stress field 285<br />

10.5 General determination of released <strong>and</strong> excess energy 289<br />

10.6 Mine stability <strong>and</strong> rockbursts 293<br />

10.7 Instability due to pillar crushing 294<br />

10.8 Thin tabular excavations 299<br />

10.9 Instability due to fault slip 301<br />

10.10 Characterisation of seismic events 304<br />

11 <strong>Rock</strong> support <strong>and</strong> reinforcement 312<br />

11.1 Terminology 312<br />

11.2 Support <strong>and</strong> reinforcement principles 313<br />

11.3 <strong>Rock</strong>–support interaction analysis 317<br />

11.4 Pre-reinforcement 322<br />

11.5 Support <strong>and</strong> reinforcement design 326<br />

11.6 Materials <strong>and</strong> techniques 338<br />

12 <strong>Mining</strong> methods <strong>and</strong> method selection 347<br />

12.1 <strong>Mining</strong> excavations 347<br />

12.2 <strong>Rock</strong> mass response to stoping activity 349<br />

12.3 Orebody properties influencing mining method 352<br />

12.4 Underground mining methods 355<br />

12.5 <strong>Mining</strong> method selection 368<br />

13 Pillar supported mining methods 370<br />

13.1 Components of a supported mine structure 370<br />

13.2 Field observations of pillar performance 372<br />

13.3 Elementary analysis of pillar support 375<br />

13.4 Design of a stope-<strong>and</strong>-pillar layout 384<br />

13.5 Bearing capacity of roof <strong>and</strong> floor rocks 390<br />

13.6 The Elliot Lake room-<strong>and</strong>-pillar mines 391<br />

13.7 Stope-<strong>and</strong>-pillar design in irregular orebodies 396<br />

13.8 Open stope-<strong>and</strong>-pillar design at Mount Charlotte 403<br />

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