Rock Mass Stability Around Underground Excavations in a Mine: A Case Study

ISBN-13: 9780367360085 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 180 str.

Yan Xing; Pinnaduwa H. S. W. Kulatilake; Louis Sandbak

Opis

This monograph provides detailed procedures for the stability assessment and support design for an underground mine case study. It is an excellent reference for the senior undergraduates, graduate students, researchers and practitioners.

Spis treści

1 Introduction
2 Description of the site, the tunnel system, ground control methods and field measurements
3 Methodologies for investigating rock mass stability around underground excavations
4 Some critical factors in modeling rock mass stability around underground excavations
5 Theory and background of three-dimensional Distinct Element Code
6 Conducted laboratory tests and results
7 Three-dimensional discontinuum numerical modeling of tunnel stability
8 Conclusions and recommendations for future work
Appendices