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Visualising and Understanding the Stress Path for Rock Mechanics Modelling and Testing, and Rock Engineering DesignBy J. P. Harrison, J. A. Hudson.
ABSTRACT: When considering the rock stress component of rock mechanics design, the basic procedure is to consider the pre-existing stress-state in the rock mass and then estimate the disturbance to th
Jan 1, 2003
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Geotechnical parameters characteristics for a kind of schist in IranBy A. Fahimifar, H. Soroush
Abstract: Triaxial tests were conducted on the schist specimens with various anisotropic angles under confining pressures of 0, 7 and 15 MPa, and axial stress-axial strains, were measured and plot
Jan 1, 2003
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Noxious gas emissionss from the closed iron mines to the built-up areas on the surfaceBy 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
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The Mineral And Petroleum Royalty Bill - Report To National Treasury - Executive SummaryBy F. T. Cawood
This research report was produced in response to the release of the Mineral and Petroleum Royalty Bill. It involved are view of the mineral investment environments of selected countries in order to fo
Jan 1, 2003
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A note on the strength of Flint particlesBy N. A. Smith, R. J. Fowell, J. L. Hislam
Abstract: Data are presented from two sites in southeast England, where problems were encountered in tunnelling through ground containing flint. In response to the difficulties, substantial laboratory
Jan 1, 2003
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Comparison of continuous and discontinuous modelling for computational rock mechanicsBy T. Scheldt, M. Lu, A. Myrvang
Abstract: In this paper both continuous and discontinuous modelling are utilised in order to analyze the stability of the Gjøvik Olympic Mountain Hall. The large span cavern (62 m) was built for the 1
Jan 1, 2003
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Managing the hazard of wind blast/air blast in caving operations in underground minesBy P. Sharma, J. C. W. Fowler
This paper discusses the wind blast / air blast phenomenon, how it is managed in coal mines and how it might best be managed in other underground mines. L'article qui suit a pour objets de dé
Jan 1, 2003
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Studies of strength performance and deformation characteristic of layered rockBy P. He
Abstract This paper introduces the test results of dark-gray calcium-shale, discusses the infection of strength characteristic and deformation characteristic due to the angle between structural planes
Jan 1, 2003
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The influence of conditional bias in optimum ultimate pit planningBy E. J. Magri, A. Couble
Kriging estimates of geological resources are sometimes conditionally biased because the kriging plan contains too few samples. This may be done purposely in order to match the variance of the estimat
Jan 1, 2003
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PlanIt–OPTIM: An optimal mine planning system for large underground mining corporationsBy F. Terblanche, M. Holton, A. Kruger
The paper presents an optimal mine planning system designed to simultaneously optimize all the underground mines of large South African gold and platinum mining corporations. The system, code name
Jan 1, 2003
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An experimental study on the electrical potential of non-piezoelectric geomaterials during fracturing and slidingBy T. Ito, N. Tokashiki, H. A. Bilgin, Ö. Aydan, T. Akagi
This study is concerned with the electric potential induced by deformation, fracturing and sliding of non-piezoelectric geomaterials. In experiments, the acoustic emissions together with electric pote
Jan 1, 2003
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Alarm and evacuation systems in underground miningBy J. L. Fuentes-Cantillana, Á. Rodríguez, P. Morillo
Evacuation operations from work places in the case of an emergency are the key to minimising the effects of catastrophic type accidents such as fires, explosions, cave-ins, floods, etc. The correct pl
Jan 1, 2003
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University of Kentucky’s ongoing experience with statewide expansion of engineering education: Lessons learnedBy G. T. Lineberry, C. M. Baird, D. L. Silverstein
The University of Kentucky (UK), with an enrollment of 25,891 in fall 2002, is a comprehensive, public land-grant university located in the Bluegrass Region of Central Kentucky. As the State’s flagshi
Jan 1, 2003
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Implementation of control and control issues in mineral sands plants—In-line mass flow meterMineral sand beneficiation plants comprise a complex combination of electrostatic, magnetic and gravity based separation techniques. These are combined and replicated in ways that provide the most eff
Jan 1, 2003
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Improved gravity separation systems utilizing spiral separators incorporating new design parameters and featuresBy D. M. MacHunter, M. K. Palmer
Refinement of design parameters and features has resulted in the development and commercialization of spiral separator models that offer enhanced performance for a number of application areas. Exam
Jan 1, 2003
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A national curriculum in Australian minerals education: New generation flexible-delivery undergraduate coursesBy G. Kelly
A new minerals engineering education programme is being developed in Australia which aims to provide tertiary institutions with a package of educationally sound, high quality courses for undergraduate
Jan 1, 2003
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Time-dependent behaviour of Tournemire argillites (France)By A. Rejeb
ABSTRACT: This paper contributes to the study of underground structures in argillaceous media, especially Tournemire argillites (Aveyron, France). The basic results obtained over six years in two expe
Jan 1, 2003
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Railway tunnel design against karstic collapse in KoreaBy Y. H. Suh, H. C. Lee, D. S. Kim
A progressive karst formation and its influence upon engineered structures in the ‘phil-karst’ rock mass draw a tunnel engineer’s special attention to a long-term stability and the maintenance issues.
Jan 1, 2003
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Development of MPE package and its application in ilmenite smeltingBy D. Bessinger
The present paper provides a brief overview of the thermodynamics of titania rich slags, an outline of the Multi-Phase Equilibrium (MPE) package and its application to ilmenite smelting. Through asse
Jan 1, 2003
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Mechanical behaviour of chalk reservoir: Numerical modelling of water sensitivity and time dependence effectsBy Ch. Schroeder, F. Collin, R. Charlier, Y. J. Cui
The paper proposes two numerical models ot the mechanical behaviour of chalk. First, an elasto-plastic constitutive law reproduces the different plastic mechanisms of the chalk and the influence of po
Jan 1, 2003