Open stope stability using 3D joint networks

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 183-208

  Grenon, M ^a   Hadjigeorgiou, John ^b  

^a Falconbridge Limited   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discontinuity networks; Open stope; Stability analysis

Indexed keywords

MINES; MINING; NUMERICAL METHODS; ROCKS;

OPEN STOPE STABILITY; STABILITY ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL JOINT NETWORKS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 0038346692     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-002-0042-0     Document Type: Article

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