Support of underground excavations in hard rock / Сопровождение подземных выработок в твердых породах

This volume is the product of four years of research carried out under the direction of Professor Evert Hoek of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto, Professor Peter K. Kaiser of the Geomechanics Research Centre at Laurentian University and Professor William F. Bawden of the Department of Mining Engineering at Queen's University.

 Funding was co-ordinated by the Mining Research Directorate and was provided by Belmoral Mines Limited, Cominco Limited, Denison Mines Limited, Falconbridge Limited, Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co. Ltd., Inco Limited, Lac Minerals Limited, Minnova Inc., Noranda Inc., Placer-Dome Inc., Rio Algom Limited and the Teck Corporation.

 Funding was also provided by the University Research Incentive Fund, administered by the Ministry of Colleges and Universities of Ontario.

 The results of this research are summarised in this book. The programs DIPS, UNWEDGE and PHASES, used in this book, were developed during the project and are available from the Rock Engineering Group of the University of Toronto1. <...>