ABSTRACT

Underground Excavations in Rock deals with the geotechnical aspects of the design of underground openings for mining and civil engineering processes.

chapter |1 pages

Preface

chapter |1 pages

Acknowledgements

chapter |4 pages

Table of Contents

chapter 1|7 pages

Planning considerations

chapter 2|24 pages

Classification of rock masses

chapter 3|23 pages

Geological data collection

chapter 4|26 pages

Graphical presentation of geological data

chapter 5|44 pages

Stresses around underground excavations

chapter 6|52 pages

Strength of rock and rock masses

chapter 7|61 pages

Underground excavation failure mechanisms

chapter 8|85 pages

Underground excavation support design

chapter 9|38 pages

Rockbolts, shotcrete and mesh

chapter 10|15 pages

Blasting in underground excavations

chapter 11|15 pages

Instrumentation