Stability of underground excavations is of great importance to an operating mine because it ensures the safety of the working people and operating equipment, and successful ore production. Due to the complex geological conditions and mine constructions, and variability and uncertainty in estimating rock mass mechanical properties, the assessment of rock mass stability for an underground mine is extremely challenging and difficult. Tackling of this difficult problem is not covered in detail in any of the textbooks currently available in the rock mechanics literature. This monograph aims to cover this gap in the rock mechanics and rock engineering field.

This monograph provides detailed procedures for the stability assessment and support design for an underground mine case study. It covers the background of the mine site including the monitored deformation data, the state-of-art methodologies for the stability analysis of rock masses around underground excavations, performed laboratory tests, estimation of the rock mass properties, a brief theory and background of the 3-D Distinct Element Code (3DEC), and numerical modeling of underground rock mass stability including investigation of the effectiveness of rock supports. The monograph is an excellent reference for the senior undergraduates, graduate students, researchers and practitioners who work in the Underground Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering area in the Mining Engineering, Civil Geotechnical Engineering and DEM (Distinct Element Method) Numerical modeling.

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Information

Publisher

CRC Press

Year

2019

ISBN

9781000697971

Edition

Topic

Tecnología e ingeniería

Subtopic

Ingeniería minera

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface
List of abbreviations
List of symbols
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Description of the site, the tunnel system, used ground control methods and field measurements
Chapter 3 Methodologies for investigating rock mass stability around underground excavations
Chapter 4 Some critical factors in modeling of rock mass stability around underground excavations
Chapter 5 Theory and background of three-dimensional distinct element code
Chapter 6 Conducted laboratory tests and results
Chapter 7 Three-dimensional discontinuum modeling of tunnel stability
Chapter 8 Summary, conclusions and recommendations for future work
Appendix A: Supplementary of laboratory test results
Appendix B: Supplementary of the numerical modeling results
References
Index