Using confinement as a means to estimate pillar strength in a room and pillar mine

Proceedings of the 1st Canada-US Rock Mechanics Symposium - Rock Mechanics Meeting Society's Challenges and Demands

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 1455-1461

  Roberts, D ^a   Tolfree, D ^a   McIntire, H ^b  

^a GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

^b The Doe Run Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COPPER MINES; LEAD MINES; NUMERICAL METHODS; ORES; PILLAR EXTRACTION; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; ZINC MINES;

DISPLACEMENT DISCONTINUITY; DOE RUN COMPANIES; EMPIRICAL CONSTANTS; GOLDER ASSOCIATES; MINING OPERATIONS; PILLAR STABILITY; ROBUST MODELING; STRENGTH PREDICTION;

ROOM AND PILLAR MINING;

EID: 56149104816     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1201/noe0415444019-c180     Document Type: Conference Paper

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