Surface and Underground Project Case Histories : Comprehensive Rock Engineering: Principles, Practice and Projects.
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- Comprehensive Rock Engineering Series ; v.Volume 5 .
- Comprehensive Rock Engineering Series .
Front Cover -- Surface and Underground Case Histories -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Contributors to Volume 5 -- Contents of All Volumes -- Editor-in-Chief's Note -- Chapter 1. The Expanding Role of Rock Engineering in Developing National and Local Infrastructures -- 1.1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.2 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- 1.3 CLASSIFICATION OF UNDERGROUND USES -- 1.4 BENEFITS AND DRAWBACKS OF UNDERGROUND FACILITIES -- 1.5 CONTEMPORARY USES OF UNDERGROUND SPACE IN ROCK -- 1.6 CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE TRENDS -- 1.7 REFERENCES -- Chapter 2. Subsurface Space - An Important Dimension in Swedish Construction -- 2.1 INTRODUCTION -- 2.2 ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADVANTAGES -- 2.3 GEOINVESTIGATIONS AND DESIGN -- 2.4 HARD ROCK TUNNELING -- 2.5 CONCLUDING REMARKS -- 2.6 REFERENCES -- Chapter 3. Recent Developments in Rock Engineering in Norway: Gas-tight Rock Caverns, Subsea Road Tunnels, Steel-fiber Reinforced Shotcrete -- 3.1 INTRODUCTION -- 3.2 AIR- AND GAS-TIGHT ROCK CAVERNS -- 3.3 SUBSEA ROAD TUNNELS -- 3.4 STEEL-FIBER REINFORCED SHOTCRETE -- 3.5 REFERENCES -- Chapter 4. Design of Large Power house Caverns in Weak Rock -- 4.1 INTRODUCTION -- 4.2 ROCK MASS STRENGTH -- 4.3 IN SITU STRESS CONDITIONS -- 4.4 PILLAR SIZE BETWEEN EXCAVATIONS -- 4.5 PROBLEMS IN USING A CONCRETE ARCH IN WEAK ROCK -- 4.6 CHOICE OF CAVERN SHAPE -- 4.7 INFLUENCE OF JOINTS AND BEDDING PLANES -- 4.8 INFLUENCE OF ROOF SHAPE ON STABILITY -- 4.9 DESIGN OF REINFORCEMENT -- 4.10 EXCAVATION METHODS -- 4.11 CAVERN INSTRUMENTATION -- 4.12 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 4.13 REFERENCES -- Chapter 5. Power Caverns of Mingtan Pumped Storage Project, Taiwan -- 5.1 INTRODUCTION -- 5.2 GEOLOGY -- 5.3 ROCK PROPERTIES -- 5.4 DESIGN DETAILS -- 5.5 ACTUAL BEHAVIOR OF ROOF AND HAUNCHES DURING EXCAVATION OF THE CAVERN ROOF -- 5.6 NUMERICAL MODEL ANALYSES. 5.7 CAVERN BEHAVIOR DURING BENCHING EXCAVATION BELOW HAUNCHES -- 5.8 CONCLUSIONS -- 5.9 REFERENCES -- Chapter 6. The Agua del Toro Dam, Mendoza, Argentina - A Case of Insufficient Surface Geology Studies Affecting Underground Excavations -- 6.1 INTRODUCTION -- 6.2 LOCATION -- 6.3 GENERAL LAYOUT -- 6.4. GEOLOGICAL SETTING -- 6.5 GEOTECHNICAL PROBLEMS -- 6.6 GEOMECHANICAL TESTS -- 6.7 FAULT ACTIVITY AND INFLUENCE OF THE DIAMANTE VOLCANO -- 6.8 REFERENCES -- Chapter 7. The Rio Grande Pumped Storage Complex, Cordova Province - A Case Study of Excavations in Contrasting Rock Anisotropy -- 7.1 INTRODUCTION -- 7.2 LOCATION -- 7.3 GENERAL LAYOUT -- 7.4 GEOLOGICAL SETTING -- 7.5 GEOTECHNICAL PROBLEMS -- 7.6 REFERENCES -- Chapter 8. A Case History in Argentina-Rock Mechanics for the Underground Works in the Pumping Storage Development of Rio Grande No 1 -- 8.1 INTRODUCTION -- 8.2 LOCATION AND SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE RIO GRANDE PROJECT -- 8.3 GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE SITE -- 8.4 GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF EXPOSED SURFACES -- 8.5 BOREHOLES -- 8.6 GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS -- 8.7 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THE ROCK MASS -- 8.8 UNDERGROUND EXCAVATIONS -- 8.9 SUPPORT DESIGN -- 8.10 MONITORING -- 8.11 CONCLUSIONS -- 8.12 REFERENCES -- Chapter 9. Rock Instrumentation - Developments and Case Studies from Australia -- 9.1 INTRODUCTION -- 9.2 ROCK MECHANICS INSTRUMENTATION -- 9.3 SELECTION OF CASE STUDIES -- 9.4 CASE STUDY NO. 1 - LARGE, HIGHLY STRESSED CROWN PILLARS -- 9.5 CASE STUDY NO. 2 - FLAT, LARGE SPAN, FISSILE HANGING WALLS -- 9.6 CASE STUDY NO. 3 - DESTRESSED, BLOCKY, VERTICAL WALLS -- 9.7 CASE STUDY NO. 4 - TUNNELS IN LAYERED AND MASSIVE ROCK -- 9.8 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 9.9 REFERENCES -- Chapter 10. Lessons from Two Large-scale Underground Rock Mechanics Projects: Crestmore and Climax/NTS -- 10.1 INTRODUCTION -- 10.2. THE CRESTMORE PROJECT. 10.3 THE CLIMAX PROJECT -- 10.4 CONCLUSIONS -- 10.5 REFERENCES -- Chapter 11. The Use of Rock Mechanics Principlesin Canadian Underground Hard Rock Mine Design -- 11.1 INTRODUCTION -- 11.2 DESIGN INPUT DATA -- 11.3 NUMERICAL STRESS ANALYSIS -- 11.4 EMPIRICAL DESIGN - 'THE MATHEWS STABILITY GRAPH METHOD' -- 11.5 SUPPORT DESIGN -- 11.6 DESIGN VALIDATION -- 11.7 REFERENCES -- Chapter 12. Case Study of Rock Mechanics in the Masua Mine, Italy -- 12.1 INTRODUCTION -- 12.2 THE MASUA MINE -- 12.3 DESIGN APPROACH -- 12.4 ROCK MASS CONDITIONS -- 12.5 ROCK MASS PROPERTIES -- 12.6 IN SITU STRESS MEASUREMENTS -- 12.7 ASSESSMENT OF ROCK MASS PROPERTIES -- 12,8 DESIGN ANALYSES -- 12.9 ROCK PERFORMANCE MONITORING -- 12.11 REFERENCES -- Chapter 13. Calculation Methods and Experience of Using Energy Saving Systems for Controlling Local Climate in Mines, Tunnels and Underground Construction -- 13.1 INTRODUCTION -- 13.2 SYSTEMS OF HEAT REGIME CONTROL FOR UNDERGROUND EXCAVATIONS -- 13.3 ENERGY-SAVING SYSTEMS: PRACTICE AND PROSPECTS -- 13.4 REFERENCES -- Chapter 14. Caving Geomechanics -- 14.1 INTRODUCTION -- 14.2 ROCK MASS CHARACTERIZATION -- 14.3 IN SITU STRESSES -- 14.4 MINING AND SUPPORT METHODS -- 14.5 GROUND CONDITIONS EXPERIENCED -- 14.6 PROPOSED MINING METHODS -- 14.7 ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATIONS -- 14.8 ENGINEERING DESIGN PHILOSOPHY -- 14.9 CONCLUDING DISCUSSION -- 14.10 REFERENCES -- Chapter 15. The Role of Geological Discontinuities and Tectonic Stresses in Mine Seismicity -- 15.1 INTRODUCTION -- 15.2 CLASSIFICATIONS OF MINE SEISMICITY -- 15.3 SEISMOLOGICAL METHODS OF ANALYSES -- 15.4 CASE HISTORIES -- 15.5 DISCUSSION -- 15.6 CONCLUSIONS -- 15.7 REFERENCES -- Chapter 16 Experience with the Application of Modern Rock Classifications in Coal Mine Roadways -- 16.1 INTRODUCTION -- 16.2 CASES FROM CMRS CLASSIFICATION STUDIES -- 16.3 APPLICATION OF THE NGI SYSTEM. 16.4 SUGGESTED MODIFICATIONS OF THE NGI CLASSIFICATION FOR COAL MEASURES -- 16.5 APPLICATION OF THE CSIR CLASSIFICATION -- 16.6 PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE CSIR SYSTEM -- 16.7 CMRS CLASSIFICATION -- 16.8 CONCEPT OF IMMEDIATE ROOF FOR SUPPORT LOAD -- 16.9 RESUME AND CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 16.10 REFERENCES -- Chapter 17. An Overview of Application of Coal Mine Ground Control Techniques in the USA -- 17.1 INTRODUCTION -- 17.2 CASE 1 - DESIGN OF SHIELD SUPPORTS -- 17.3 CASE 2-METHODS OF DEALING WITH CUTTER ROOF -- 17.4 CONCLUSIONS -- 17.5 REFERENCES -- Chapter 18. Residual Subsidence Over Abandoned Coal Mines -- 18.1 INTRODUCTION -- 18.2 MECHANISMS -- 18.3 PREDICTION -- 18.4 INVESTIGATION -- 18.5 MITIGATION -- 18.6 THE CASE O F WYOMING -- 18.7 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 18.8 REFERENCES -- Chapter 19. Case Studies in Coal Mines in India -- 19.1 INTRODUCTION -- 19.2 MOONIDIH SHAFT MINE -- 19.3 SUDAMDIH SHAFT MINE -- 19.4 SUBSIDENCE CONSIDERATIONS AT MOONIDIH AND SUDAMDIH -- 19.5 STUDY OF CASE HISTORIES QUOTED BY GHOSE COMMITTEE -- 19.6 CONSIDERATION OF INDIAN COAL MINES REGULATION 99 -- 19.7 REFERENCES -- Chapter 20. Analytical and Numerical Modeling of High Pressure Fluid-Rock Mechanical Interaction in HDR Geothermal Energy Reservoirs -- 20.1 INTRODUCTION -- 20.2 SOME FIELD OBSERVATIONS AT THE CORNWALL HDR PROJECT -- 20.3 BASIC INPUTS TO FLUID-ROCK INTERACTION -- 20.4 ANALYTICAL/QUALITATIVE MODELS -- 20.5 FLUID-ROCK INTERACTION NUMERICAL MODELS -- 20.6 FUTURE MODELING -- 20.7 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 20.8 REFERENCES -- Chapter 21. Rock Mechanics for Underground Nuclear Waste Disposal in France -- 21.1 INTRODUCTION -- 21.2 SOME ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE -- 21.3 THE DIFFERENT MEDIA EXAMINED IN FRANCE -- 21.4 PHENOMENA LINKED WITH THERMAL EFFECTS IN ROCK MASSES -- 21.5 IMPERVIOUSNESS -- 21.6 EXTRAPOLATION OF GEOMECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS. 21.7 DESIGN AND CALCULATION OF A WASTE DEPOSIT -- 21.8 INSTRUMENTATION -- 21.9 CONCLUSION -- 21.10 REFERENCES -- Chapter 22. Rock-Backfill Interaction in Radwaste Repositories -- 22.1 INTRODUCTION -- 22.2 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PRINCIPLES -- 22.3 INTERACTION BETWEEN ROCK AND CLAY MATERIALS -- 22.4 COMMENTS AND CONCLUSIONS -- 22.5 REFERENCES -- Chapter 23. Man-made Induced Seismicity -- 23.1 INTRODUCTION -- 23.2 RESERVOIR INDUCED SEISMICITY -- 23.3 MAN-MADE SEISMIC ACTIVITIES RELATED TO OTHER ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENTS -- 23.4 RETROSPECT ON MAN-MADE SEISMIC INTERFERENCES -- 23.5 REFERENCES -- Chapter 24. The Use of Rock Mechanics in Petroleum Engineering: General Overview -- 24.1 INTRODUCTION -- 24.2 DRILLING -- 24.3 CEMENTING -- 24.4 PERFORATING -- 24.5 STIMULATION -- 24.6 PRODUCTION -- 24.7 CONCLUSIONS -- 24.8 REFERENCES -- Chapter 25. Hydraulic Fracturing-The Significanceof In Situ Stresses and Rock Mechanics -- 25.1 INTRODUCTION -- 25.2 ROCK MECHANICS SIMPLE RELATIONS -- 25.3 FORMATION DATA -- 25.4 BASE CASE (CASE A) CLOSURE STRESS PROFILE -- 25.5 MODIFIED CLOSURE STRESS PROFILE (CASE B) -- 25.6 THREE-DIMENSIONAL FRACTURE MODELING -- 25.7 CONCLUSIONS -- 25.8 REFERENCES -- Chapter 26. Advances in Shale Mechanics - The Key to Wellbore Stability Predictions -- 26.1 INTRODUCTION -- 26.2 RETROSPECTIVE VIEW OF WELLBORE STABILITY PREDICTIONS -- 26.3 SHALE TECHNOLOGY -- 26.4 ADVANCED WELLBORE STABILITY PREDICTIONS -- 26.5 CONCLUSIONS -- 26.6 REFERENCES -- Chapter 27. Perforation and Stimulation Design for Deviated Wells at the Kuparuk River Field, Alaska -- 27.1 INTRODUCTION -- 27.2 KUPARUK FIELD DEVELOPMENT -- 27.3 STIMULATION TREATMENT DESIGN -- 27.4 FRACTURE MODELING -- 27.5 PERFORATING STRATEGY -- 27.6 EFFECT OF STRESS MEASUREMENT -- 27.7 FIELD RESULTS -- 27.8 CONCLUSIONS -- 27.9 REFERENCES. Chapter 28. Reevaluation of the Stability of Large Concrete Structures on Rock.