ROCK MECHANICS FOR UNDERGROUND MINING
CONTENTS ROCK MECHANICS AND MINING ENGINEERING GENERAL CONCEPTS INHERENT COMPLEXITIES IN ROCK MECHANICS UNDERGROUND MINING FUNCTIONAL INTERACTIONS IN MINE ENGINEERING IMPLEMENTATION OF A ROCK MECHANICS PROGRAMME STRESS AND IN?NITESIMAL STRAIN PROBLEM DE?NITION FORCE AND STRESS STRESS TRANSFORMATION PRINCIPAL STRESSES AND STRESS INVARIANTS DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS OF STATIC EQUILIBRIUM PLANE PROBLEMS AND BIAXIAL STRESS DISPLACEMENT AND STRAIN PRINCIPAL STRAINS STRAIN COMPATIBILITY EQUATIONS STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONS CYLINDRICAL POLAR CO-ORDINATES GEOMECHANICS CONVENTION GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF BIAXIAL STRESS PROBLEMS ROCK MASS STRUCTURE AND CHARACTERISATION INTRODUCTION MAJOR TYPES OF STRUCTURAL FEATURES IMPORTANT GEOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF DISCONTINUITIES COLLECTING STRUCTURAL DATA PRESENTATION OF STRUCTURAL DATA THE HEMISPHERICAL PROJECTION ROCK MASS CLASSI?CATION ROCK STRENGTH AND DEFORMABILITY CONCEPTS AND DE?NITIONS BEHAVIOUR OF ISOTROPIC ROCK MATERIAL IN UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION BEHAVIOUR OF ISOTROPIC ROCK MATERIAL IN MULTIAXIAL COMPRESSION STRENGTH CRITERIA FOR ISOTROPIC ROCK MATERIAL STRENGTH OF ANISOTROPIC ROCK MATERIAL IN TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION SHEAR BEHAVIOUR OF DISCONTINUITIES MODELS OF DISCONTINUITY STRENGTH AND DEFORMATION BEHAVIOUR OF DISCONTINUOUS ROCK MASSES PRE-MINING STATE OF STRESS SPECI?CATION OF THE PRE-MINING STATE OF STRESS FACTORS IN?UENCING THE IN SITU STATE OF STRESS METHODS OF IN SITU STRESS DETERMINATION PRESENTATION OF IN SITU STRESS MEASUREMENT RESULTS RESULTS OF IN SITU STRESS MEASUREMENTS METHODS OF STRESS ANALYSIS ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR MINE DESIGN PRINCIPLES OF CLASSICAL STRESS ANALYSIS CLOSED-FORM SOLUTIONS FOR SIMPLE EXCAVATION SHAPES COMPUTATIONAL METHODS OF STRESS ANALYSIS THE BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD THE ?NITE ELEMENT METHOD THE DISTINCT ELEMENT METHOD FINITE DIFFERENCE METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS ROCK LINKED COMPUTATIONAL SCHEMES EXCAVATION DESIGN IN MASSIVE ELASTIC ROCK GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EXCAVATION DESIGN ZONE OF IN?UENCE OF AN EXCAVATION EFFECT OF PLANES OF WEAKNESS ON ELASTIC STRESS DISTRIBUTION EXCAVATION SHAPE AND BOUNDARY STRESSES DELINEATION OF ZONES OF ROCK FAILURE SUPPORT AND REINFORCEMENT OF MASSIVE ROCK EXCAVATION DESIGN IN STRATI?ED ROCK DESIGN FACTORS ROCK MASS RESPONSE TO MINING ROOF BED DEFORMATION MECHANICS ROOF DESIGN PROCEDURE FOR PLANE STRAIN ROOF BEAM ANALYSIS FOR LARGE VERTICAL DE?ECTION EXCAVATION DESIGN IN BLOCKY ROCK IDENTI?CATION OF POTENTIAL BLOCK FAILURE MODES – BLOCK THEORY SYMMETRIC TRIANGULAR ROOF PRISM ROOF STABILITY ANALYSIS FOR A TETRAHEDRAL BLOCK DESIGN PRACTICE IN BLOCKY ROCK STOPE WALL DESIGN – THE MATHEWS STABILITY CHART METHOD ENERGY, MINE STABILITY, MINE SEISMICITY AND ROCKBURSTS MECHANICAL RELEVANCE OF ENERGY CHANGES MINING CONSEQUENCES OF ENERGY CHANGES ENERGY TRANSMISSION IN ROCK SPHERICAL CAVITY IN A HYDROSTATIC STRESS ?ELD GENERAL DETERMINATION OF RELEASED AND EXCESS ENERGY MINE STABILITY AND ROCKBURSTS INSTABILITY DUE TO PILLAR CRUSHING THIN TABULAR EXCAVATIONS INSTABILITY DUE TO FAULT SLIP CHARACTERISATION OF SEISMIC EVENTS ROCK SUPPORT AND REINFORCEMENT TERMINOLOGY SUPPORT AND REINFORCEMENT PRINCIPLES ROCK–SUPPORT INTERACTION ANALYSIS PRE-REINFORCEMENT SUPPORT AND REINFORCEMENT DESIGN MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES MINING METHODS AND METHOD SELECTION MINING EXCAVATIONS ROCK MASS RESPONSE TO STOPING ACTIVITY OREBODY PROPERTIES IN?UENCING MINING METHOD UNDERGROUND MINING METHODS MINING METHOD SELECTION PILLAR SUPPORTED MINING METHODS COMPONENTS OF A SUPPORTED MINE STRUCTURE FIELD OBSERVATIONS OF PILLAR PERFORMANCE ELEMENTARY ANALYSIS OF PILLAR SUPPORT DESIGN OF A STOPE-AND-PILLAR LAYOUT BEARING CAPACITY OF ROOF AND ?OOR ROCKS THE ELLIOT LAKE ROOM-AND-PILLAR MINES STOPE-AND-PILLAR DESIGN IN IRREGULAR OREBODIES OPEN STOPE-AND-PILLAR DESIGN AT MOUNT CHARLOTTE YIELDING PILLARS ARTI?CIALLY SUPPORTED MINING METHODS TECHNIQUES OF ARTI?CIAL SUPPORT BACK?LL PROPERTIES AND PLACEMENT DESIGN OF MINE BACK?LL CUT-AND-?LL STOPING BACK?LL APPLICATIONS IN OPEN AND BENCH STOPING REINFORCEMENT OF OPEN STOPE WALLS LONGWALL AND CAVING MINING METHODS CLASSI?CATION OF LONGWALL AND CAVING MINING METHODS LONGWALL MINING IN HARD ROCK LONGWALL COAL MINING SUBLEVEL CAVING BLOCK CAVING MINING-INDUCED SURFACE SUBSIDENCE TYPES AND EFFECTS OF MINING-INDUCED SUBSIDENCE CHIMNEY CAVING SINKHOLES IN CARBONATE ROCKS DISCONTINUOUS SUBSIDENCE ASSOCIATED WITH CAVING METHODS OF MINING CONTINUOUS SUBSIDENCE DUE TO THE MINING OF TABULAR OREBODIES BLASTING MECHANICS BLASTING PROCESSES IN UNDERGROUND MINING EXPLOSIVES ELASTIC MODELS OF EXPLOSIVE–ROCK INTERACTION PHENOMENOLOGY OF ROCK BREAKAGE BY EXPLOSIVES COMPUTATIONAL MODELS OF BLASTING PERIMETER BLASTING TRANSIENT GROUND MOTION DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE AND DESIGN OF UNDERGROUND EXCAVATIONS EVALUATION OF EXPLOSIVE AND BLAST PERFORMANCE MONITORING ROCK MASS PERFORMANCE THE PURPOSES AND NATURE OF MONITORING ROCK MASS PERFORMANCE MONITORING SYSTEMS EXAMPLES OF MONITORING ROCK MASS PERFORMANCE