Safe rapid drifting - Support selection

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 682-699

  Suorineni, F T ^a   Kaiser, P K ^b   Henning, J G ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c a wholly owned subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advance rates; Drill and blast; Mining; Rapid drifting; Rockmass classification systems; Support matrix; Support selection

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DRILLING; EXCAVATION; EXPLOSIVE DRILLING; EXPLOSIVES; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; INDUSTRY; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; NITRATION; PAPER; ROCK MECHANICS; TECHNOLOGY; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

ADVANCE RATES; BLOCK CAVING; CAPITAL COSTS; CAVE MINING; DEVELOPMENT CYCLES; DEVELOPMENT RATES; GROUND CONDITIONS; HARD ROCKS; MINING COMPANIES; MINING INDUSTRIES; NET PRESENT VALUE (NPV); ORE-BODIES; PRODUCTION COSTS; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION (RMC); SUPPORT DESIGNS; SUPPORT SYSTEMS; TEMPORARY SUPPORT; WORKER SAFETY;

MINING;

ADVANCE RATE; BLASTING; CAVING; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; DRILL AND BLAST; DRILLING; MINING; MINING INDUSTRY; PRODUCTION COST; Q SYSTEM; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; TUNNELING;

CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 46449130023     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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