Determination and Assessment of Parameters Influencing Rock Mass Cavability in Block Caving Mines Using the Probabilistic Rock Engineering System

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1207-1220

  Rafiee, Ramin ^a   Ataei, Mohammad ^a   Khalokakaie, Reza ^a   Jalali, Seyed Mohammad Esmaeil ^a   Sereshki, Farhang ^a  

^a SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cavability of rock mass; Probabilistic coding; Rock engineering system (RES)

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); DECISION MAKING; MINING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROCK MECHANICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY; ECONOMICAL PRODUCTION; EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS; INFLUENCING PARAMETERS; INTERACTION MATRICES; PROBABILISTIC CODING; ROCK ENGINEERING SYSTEM; ROCK MASS;

ROCKS;

EID: 84928376865     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-014-0614-9     Document Type: Article

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