The stability of portals in rock

Portals are frequently an exceedingly difficult area in terms of ground control due to the near-surface, weathered, and highly discontinuous rock mass conditions. Surface and subsurface failures involving portals were analyzed using over 500 case histories which were organized into a database. Criti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rogers, Gary K.
Other Authors: Mining and Minerals Engineering
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/54405