Seismic wave propagation to diagnose the state of fracturing

Journal of The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 437-446

  Hildyard, M W ^a   Young, R P ^b   Collins, D S ^c   Pettitt, W ^d  

^a CSIR Division of Mining Technology   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Applied Seismology Consultants ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURING FLUIDS; MINE SURVEYS; MINING ENGINEERING; NUMERICAL METHODS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY;

CRACK DENSITY; MINING INDUSTRY; ROCK ENGINEERING; SEISMIC MEASUREMENTS; SEISMIC SURVEYS;

WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 24144449841     PISSN: 0038223X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. O'CONNELL, R.J. and BUDIANSKY, B. Seismic velocities in dry and saturated cracked solids. J. Geophys. Res., vol. 79, 1974. pp. 5412-5426.
2. CRAMPIN, S. A review of wave motion in anisotropic and cracked elastic-media. Wave Motion, vol. 3, 1981. pp. 343-391.
3. HUDSON, J.A. Wave speeds and attenuation of elastic waves in material containing cracks. Geophysical Journal R. Astr. Soc., vol. 64, 1981. pp. 133-150.
4. GIBOWICZ, S.J. and KIJKO, A. In An introduction to mining seismology, International Geophysics series, Publ. Academic Press, vol. 55, pp. 111-115.
5. YOUNG, R.P. and MAXWELL, S.C. Seismic characterization of a highly stress rock mass using tomographic imaging and induced seismidty, J. of Geophys. Res., vol. 97, no. B9, August 1992, pp. 12361-12373.
6. MAXWELL, S.C. and YOUNG, R.P. Seismic imaging of rock mass responses to excavation, Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci., vol. 33, no. 7, 1996. pp. 713-724.
7. CARLSON, S.R. and YOUNG, R.P. Acoustic emission and ultrasonic velocity study of excavation-induced microcrack damage at the underground research laboratory. Int. J. of Rock Mech., vol. 30 (7), 1993. pp. 901-907.
8. COLLINS, D.S. Excavation induced seismicity in granitic rock - a case study at the Underground Research Laboratory, Canada. PhD Thesis, Keele University, UK, 1997. pp. 1-256.
9. YOUNG, R.P. and COLLINS, D.S. Seismic studies of rock fracture at the underground research laboratory Canada. Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci., special issue on geophysics in rock mechanics, vol. 38, 2001. pp. 787-799.
10. PETTITT, W.S., BAKER, C., YOUNG, R.P., DAHLSTRÖM, L.-O., and RAMQVIST, G. The assessment of damage around critical engineering structures using induced seismicity and ultrasonic techniques. Pure Appl. Geophys., 159, 2001. pp. 179-195
11. BAKER, C. and PETTITT, W. Laboratory tests to investigate the static and dynamic moduli of Crosland Hill sandstone, in SAFETI Mid-term Progress Report, Applied Seismology Consultants Ltd., UK. 2003.
12. HILDYARD, M.W. 'Wave interaction with underground openings in fractured rock', PhD Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2001, pp. 283.
13. PETTITT, W.S., COLLINS, D.S., HILDYARD, M.W., YOUNG, R.P., BALLAND, C., and BIGARRE, P. An ultrasonic tool for examining the excavation damaged zone around radioactive waste repositories - the OMNIBUS project. Eurad04. 2003.
14. MILEV, A.M., SPOTTISWOODE, S.M., and STEWART, R.D. Dynamic response of the rock surrounding deep level mining excavations. 9th Intl. Congress on Rock Mechanics, Paris, France. 1999.
15. MAXWELL S.C., YOUNG, R.P., and READ, R.S. A micro-velocity tool to assess the excavation damaged zone. Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci., vol. 35, 1998. pp. 235-247.