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  • SAIMM
    Destruction Of Underground Methane At Beatrix Gold Mine - Synopsis

    Beatrix Gold Mine, a deep-level gold mine in the Free State province of South Africa, has the highest methane emission rate of any gold mine in the country. Methane is emitted from underground sources

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SAIMM
    Effect of Crushing on Near-Gravity Material Distribution in Different Size Fractions of an Indian Non-Coking Coal

    By S. Mohanta, I. D. Behera, B. Sahoo

    "Run-of-mine coal contains particles of different sizes with different specific gravities, and when this coal is crushed, the amount of material present in a particular density class changes. This alt

    Jan 1, 2016

  • 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
    A comparison of Jointed Rock Mass Strength Envelopes Using Hoek-Brown GSI and Direct Shear Results

    By C. Haberfield, J. Szymakowski

    Recent studies by the authors into the behaviour of jointed rock masses using direct shear testing have confirmed that joint spacing has a significant effect on rock mass strength. The rock mass failu

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Application of borehole seismic and AE monitoring technique in the rock cavern

    By M. Tanaka, K. Aoki, T. Mori, H. Morioka, K. Iwano, T. Kanagawa

    To estimate the detailed characteristics of the rock around the cavern during excavation, new monitoring technique for dynamic properties of the rock has been applied. In this paper, micro-seismic mon

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    An experimental damage model for predicting the nonlinear behavior of rock

    By S. -H. Chang, C. -I. Lee, Y. -K. Lee

    Based on results from triaxial compressive tests, an experimental damage model to simulate post-peak behaviours as well as nonlinear behaviours before peak strength was developed. In order to consider

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    The effect of feed-coal particle size on the separating characteristics of a gas-solid fluidized bed - Synopsis

    By Y. M. Zhao

    The separating performance of a pilot dry beneficiation system using a gas-solid fluidized bed was investigated with coal from South Africa. The coal used for the study has a low inherent moisture con

    Jan 1, 2010

  • 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
    The importance of incorporating dynamic effects of vertical oscillations in designing underground structures

    By S. Sakurai

    We discuss the mechanical characteristics of underground structures that are subjected to vertical oscillations. Under such circumstances - expected when an earthquake rupture occurs very close to hig

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Design of Merensky Reef Crush Pillars

    By B. P. Watson

    The Bushveld platinum group metal deposits are two distinct, shallow-dipping stratiform tabular orebodies which strike for many hundreds of kilometres. Mining is extensive, with depths ranging from cl

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SAIMM
    Viscoplastic behaviour of and damage to rock related to the design of underground waste depository cavities

    By A. Bouvard, N. Hoteit, E. Boidy, F. Pellet

    In the context of the construction of an Underground Research Laboratory devoted to the feasibility studies of radioactive waste deposits, it appears of the utmost importance to study the long-term be

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Presidential Address: Rock Engineering - Good Design Or Good Judgement?

    Rock engineering has now been practised as a discipline for about50 years, and many sophisticated methods of analysis for use in rock engineering design have been developed. However, analysis is only

    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
    TEM Study Of Solid Titanium Oxides Inclusions In Steel Melt At 1600°C

    By C. -T. Mutale, A. S. Tuling

    Titanium can exist in three different oxidation states. Its oxides are numerous and in presence of iron and oxygen, iron-titanium oxide compounds can also form. Some of the oxides are non-stoichiometr

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    Practices And Initiatives To Transfer Simrac Developed Technologies To Its Stakeholders And Other Parties

    By P. van der Heever

    The genesis of Simrac?s technology transfer practices and future initiatives are discussed in this report. Simrac produces a relatively large volume of research-based health and safety outputs that mu

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SAIMM
    Refining Of Charge Chrome: A Study Of Some Products And Applications ? Synopsis

    By C. -J. Rick

    By implementing a converter downstream of the reduction furnace it is possible to broaden the product range significantly. The converter can also successfully be used to strip furnace slag from chromi

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SAIMM
    Simulation of integrated underground mining-processing

    The paper examines the design issues associated with the integration of mineral processing within underground mining systems. It demonstrates conceptual integrated system design options appropriate to

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    A study on the partially saturated mechanical behavior of iron ore of Lorraine (France)

    By D. Grgic, A. Giraud, F. Homand

    RESUME : Le comportement mécanique partiellement saturé du minerai de fer a été étudié à partir d’essais de compression simple sur des éprouvettes à pression capillaire imposée par les solutions salin

    Jan 1, 2003

  • 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
    Shear behaviour of graphite infilled joints based on Constant Normal Stiffness (CNS) test conditions

    Due to the reduction in frictional resistance, the characteristics of joint infill have a major role to play on rock mass instability. This paper elucidates the laboratory behaviour of graphite infill

    Jan 1, 2003