Quantification of stope fracture zone behaviour in deep level gold mines

Journal of The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 119-134

  Napier, J A L ^a   Daehnke, A ^a   Dede, T ^a   Hildyard, M W ^a   Kuijpers, J S ^a   Malan, D F ^a   Sellers, E J ^a   Turner, P A ^a  

^a CSIR Division of Mining Technology   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ROCK MECHANICS; STOPING;

DEEP LEVEL GOLD MINE STOPES; ELASTODYNAMICS; STOPE FRACTURE ZONE;

GOLD MINES;

EID: 0031145024     PISSN: 0038223X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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