Probabilistic design of hardrock pillars and openings

Proceedings of the 41st U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium - ARMA's Golden Rocks 2006 - 50 Years of Rock Mechanics

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Carlisle, S P ^a   Jung, S J ^b  

^a Falconbridge Limited   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP MINES; DESIGN ENGINEERS; EMPIRICAL METHOD; FACTOR OF SAFETY; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; INHERENT RISK; MINE OPENING; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS; PROBABILISTIC DESIGN; ROCK MASS QUALITIES; ROCK PROPERTIES; STRESS CONDITION; VARIABLE CONDITIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; DESIGN; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; MINING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROBABILITY; ROCK MECHANICS; ROOM AND PILLAR MINING; SAFETY FACTOR;

ROCKS;

EID: 69149083758     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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