The destressability index methodology for the assessment of the likelihood of success of a large-scale confined destress blast in an underground mine pillar

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 407-421

  Andrieux, Patrick ^a   Hadjigeorgiou, John ^b  

^a ITASCA CONSULTING GROUP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deep mining; Destressability index; High stress mining; Large scale choked destress blasting; Rock engineering systems; Underground mine pillar; Violent rock mass failure

Indexed keywords

BLASTING; EXPLOSIVES; ROCKS; ROOM AND PILLAR MINING;

CONDITION; DEEP MINING; DESTRESS BLASTING; DESTRESSABILITY INDEX; HIGH-STRESS MININGS; LARGE-SCALE CHOKED DESTRESS BLASTING; LARGE-SCALES; ROCK ENGINEERING SYSTEM; UNDERGROUND MINE PILLARS; VIOLENT ROCK MASS FAILURES;

ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 84856088449     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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