Rock support mesh responses to static and dynamic loadings

Steel wire mesh restrained by rock and cable bolts is widely used in mining and tunnelling for support of unstable rock fragments that may detach from the rock mass surrounding underground excavations. Several years ago the Western Australian School of Mines in Kalgoorlie designed and commissioned t...

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Main Authors: Thompson, A., Villaescusa, Ernesto, Player, J., Morton, E.
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29797
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author Thompson, A.
Villaescusa, Ernesto
Player, J.
Morton, E.
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Player, J.
Morton, E.
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description Steel wire mesh restrained by rock and cable bolts is widely used in mining and tunnelling for support of unstable rock fragments that may detach from the rock mass surrounding underground excavations. Several years ago the Western Australian School of Mines in Kalgoorlie designed and commissioned testing facilities capable of subjecting panels of mesh to static and dynamic loadings. The force-displacement responses of the mesh have been measured and then characterised by various performance indicators such as peak strength, stiffness (displacement to peak strength), post-peak behaviour and energy absorption. The modes of failure are also reported. The database of test results has been summarised in the form of charts that may be used to easily compare the performance of different mesh configurations and to assist with design of appropriate mesh ground support for static and dynamic loading applications. © 2013 Taylor & Francis Group.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-297972017-01-30T13:15:20Z Rock support mesh responses to static and dynamic loadings Thompson, A. Villaescusa, Ernesto Player, J. Morton, E. Steel wire mesh restrained by rock and cable bolts is widely used in mining and tunnelling for support of unstable rock fragments that may detach from the rock mass surrounding underground excavations. Several years ago the Western Australian School of Mines in Kalgoorlie designed and commissioned testing facilities capable of subjecting panels of mesh to static and dynamic loadings. The force-displacement responses of the mesh have been measured and then characterised by various performance indicators such as peak strength, stiffness (displacement to peak strength), post-peak behaviour and energy absorption. The modes of failure are also reported. The database of test results has been summarised in the form of charts that may be used to easily compare the performance of different mesh configurations and to assist with design of appropriate mesh ground support for static and dynamic loading applications. © 2013 Taylor & Francis Group. 2013 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29797 restricted
spellingShingle Thompson, A.
Villaescusa, Ernesto
Player, J.
Morton, E.
Rock support mesh responses to static and dynamic loadings
title Rock support mesh responses to static and dynamic loadings
title_full Rock support mesh responses to static and dynamic loadings
title_fullStr Rock support mesh responses to static and dynamic loadings
title_full_unstemmed Rock support mesh responses to static and dynamic loadings
title_short Rock support mesh responses to static and dynamic loadings
title_sort rock support mesh responses to static and dynamic loadings
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29797