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  • SAIMM
    Sampling mineral commodities?the good, the bad, and the ugly - Synopsis

    A wide range of drill holes and process streams are sampled for resource estimation, grade control, and contractual purposes in the minerals industry. However, despite the availability of training cou

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SAIMM
    Integration of CSIR- and CSIRO-type of overcoring rock stress data at the Zedex Test Site, Äspö HRL, Sweden

    By F. H. Cornet, D. Ask, O. Stephansson

    We have conducted a stress analysis of overcoring stress measurements undertaken at the Zedex Test Site (ZTS) in the Äspö HRL, Sweden. Two different types of overcoring cells have been used at the sit

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Time-Dependent Tensile Strengths of Bushveld Complex Rocks and Implications for Rock Failure Around Mining Excavations

    By D. Nyungu

    Despite observations of spalling and damage of mine excavation wall rock in the Bushveld Complex (BC) over the passage of time, there have been very few time-dependent or creep tests carried out in So

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Mining induced stress estimation for pillar extraction at shallow cover

    By A. K. Singh, R. Singh, P. K. Mandal

    On the basis of in situ study of pillar loading at different sites, an attempt is made in this paper to visualize the development of mining induced stress under varying geo-mining conditions. Field st

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Hybrid finite-/discrete-element modelling of progressive failure in massive rock slopes

    By H. Willenberg, J. S. Coggan

    ABSTRACT: Although individually both continuum and discontinuum numerical analyses provide useful means to analyze rock slope stability problems, complex failures typically involve mechanisms related

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Improved Understanding Of Explosive?Rock Interactions Using The Hybrid Stress Blasting Model ? Synopsis

    Since 2001, the Hybrid Stress Blast Model (HSBM) project members have developed a software suite to model the complete blasting process from non-ideal detonation to muck pile formation. To preserve th

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Improved understanding of high pressure pre-grouting effects for tunnels in jointed rock

    By N. Barton, E. Quadros

    This paper addresses the prediction of groutable joint apertures, grout penetration limitations, and possible grout take volumes per cubic metre of rock, as a result of 5 to 10 MPa pre-injection press

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Applications of seismic hazard assessment methods in mines

    By G. van Aswegen

    Large structures in mines (faults, dykes, pillars, abutments) fail when the load exceeds the strength. If the loading system stiffness (LSS, also referred to as the ‘local mine stiffness’) is lower th

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    The application of underground support liners reaches maturity

    By I. Hague

    Support liners for underground applications include steel and timber sets, meshing and lacing, screen/mesh, shotcrete and thin support liners (superskins). Over the past few years, major advances have

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Disturbance Assessment at the Wall of a Vertical Blasted Shaft in Marls

    By J. P. Piguet, Y. Wileveau

    ABSTRACT : An experimental programme for damage assessment was performed in the vicinity of the main shaft of Andra’s Underground Research Laboratory, currently under construction in the East of Franc

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Stability assessment of underground machine hall of Rogun HPP based on the results of physical modeling and in-situ observations

    By I. Grigoriev, A. Yolkin, E. Freiberg, A. Fedchun, A. Kolichko

    Abstract: The paper describes the engineering-geological conditions and the structural decisions of the underground machine hall of Rogun HPP under construction in Tadjikistan on Vaksh river as well a

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Analysis of water permeation process in rock by X-ray CT

    By D. Fukahori, K. Sugawara, A. Sato

    X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) is a nondestructive imaging technique, and its efficiency is widely recognized. In the present paper, X-ray CT is successfully applied for the visualization of water per

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Numerical modelling of brittle rock failure using a combined finite-discrete element approach: implications for rock engineering design

    By R. J. Pine, J. M. Rance, J. S. Coggan

    ABSTRACT: The safe design of excavations created in a fractured rock mass is of paramount importance in rock engineering. Depending on the nature of the stress regime acting on an excavation, and the

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Numerical identification of the excavation damaged zone in rock salt

    By K. -H. Lux, Z. Hou

    ABSTRACT: It is well known in underground mining and waste disposal that the development of excavation damaged zones (EDZ), and thus, hydraulic pathways, is closely related to the excess in the corres

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Investigation of the geomechanical criteria for safe and efficient crown pillar extraction beneath stabilised rock rockfill at the Crusader Mine

    By J. Whitford

    The established crown pillar extraction method at Gold Fields Australia Ltd.’s Crusader Mine, leads to the significant dilution and poor recovery of ore due to caving of the overlying loose rockfill.

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Educating The Future Mining Engineering Practitioner - Introduction

    By R. Webber-Youngman

    The Department of Mining Engineering at the University of Pretoria accepts that the process of teaching and learning improvement is an ongoing exercise with the ultimate aim to deliver well-rounded mi

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SAIMM
    The role of an advanced shotcrete constitutive model for reliable predictions of the ground-shotcrete interaction in tunneling

    By D. Boldini, R. Lackner, H. A. Mang

    ABSTRACT: In this paper, the strong interaction between the hardening shotcrete lining and the surrounding ground in NATM tunneling is investigated by means of axisymmetric analyses, accounting for th

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Formation and stabilization of rock cavern roof arches

    By M. Lu, E. Broch

    Abstract: The formation and mechanism of rock cavern roof arches are studied and effects of rockbolts reinforcement are evaluated. It is concluded that a self-supported roof arch may be formed by the

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Evaluation Of A Limit Equilibrium Model To Simulate Crush Pillar Behaviour - Synopsis

    By M. du Plessis

    This paper describes the evaluation of a limit equilibrium model to simulate the behaviour of crush pillars in platinum mines. An analytical model was derived to calculate the residual average pillar

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SAIMM
    Noxious gas emissionss from the closed iron mines to the built-up areas on the surface

    By D. Grabowski, Z. Pokryszka

    ABSTRACT: Some residential areas of the iron basin of Lorraine (in the North-East of France) are affected by noxious gas emissions (under oxygenated, carbon dioxide loaded and radon loaded gas mixture

    Jan 1, 2003