Applications of numerical modelling in underground mining and construction

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 373-385

  Coulthard, M A ^a  

^a MA Coulthard and Assoc Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Backfill; Computational stress analysis; Subsidence; Tunnelling

Indexed keywords

COAL MINES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SUBSIDENCE; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION); UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES;

BACKFILL;

LONGWALL MINING;

MINING; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRESS ANALYSIS; TUNNELING; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0033496935     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008951216602     Document Type: Conference Paper

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