This project had two objectives namely: Develop a rationale for the design of stope support systems. Determine support resistance criteria for the support of stope gullies for both static and dynamic loading and develop improved support systems for gullies. The main areas of work to meet these objectives were: (i) Establishing a fatal rock related accident database. (ii)Developing and using numerical models in order to test the sensitivity of support spacing and support force on the stability of the immediate hangingwall rockmass for rockfall and rockburst conditions. (iii) Develop a methodology so that the design of stope support systems can be evaluated against rockfall and rockburst criteria derived from the accident database.
Reference:
Roberts, M.C.K. 1995. Stope and Gully Support: Final report. SIMRAC Project GAP032. Pretoria: CSIR (Report No; SIM 95-011A), pp 1-46
Roberts, M. (1995). Stope and Gully Support: Final report (Report no;SIM 95-011A). CSIR. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6767
Roberts, MKC Stope and Gully Support: Final report. Report no;SIM 95-011A. CSIR, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6767
Roberts M. Stope and Gully Support: Final report. 1995 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6767
