Beam models for the hangingwall of deep, tabular excavations in stratified rock

In the South African gold mining industry, mining is being conducted at depths of over 3 000 m below the surface. Severe fracturing and deformation of the rock occurs making it unlikely that stress analysis which treats the rock as a homogeneous elastic material will yield useful results about the b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De Villiers, N A
Other Authors: Martin, J B
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18466