Underground design and deformation based on surface geometry

This thesis presents a method for improving underground excavation design by relating geometry and deformation to the stability of hanging wall surfaces of open stopes. Instability on a stope hanging wall occurs when the opening geometry increases past a stable limit. There are no realistic metho...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Milne, Douglas Matthew
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/7390