Back analysis of a pillar monitoring experiment at 2.4 km depth in the Sudbury Basin, Canada

G Walton, M Diederichs, A Punkkinen… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
In November 2013, a pillar monitoring and back analysis experiment was initiated on the
7910 level of the Creighton Mine, in Sudbury, Canada. An extensometer array was installed …

Investigation of shaft stability and anisotropic deformation in a deep shaft in Idaho, United States

G Walton, E Kim, S Sinha, G Sturgis… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
During construction of a deep shaft at Hecla's Lucky Friday Mine, excessive anisotropic
ground deformation led to significant damage to the shaft liner. This necessitated a major …

Numerical modeling of complex stress state in a fault damage zone and its implication on near‐fault seismic activity

A Sainoki, AK Schwartzkopff, L Jiang… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Near‐fault severe seismic activity is frequently observed when excavating deep
underground during various engineering projects. The present study elaborates a method to …

Study on the efficiency of destress blasting in deep mine drift development

A Sainoki, MZ Emad, HS Mitri - Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 2017 - cdnsciencepub.com
Canadian hard rock mines continue to reach deeper deposits, which poses greater
challenges to mine safety including rock burst control. Destress blasting techniques have …

[PDF][PDF] Improving continuum models for excavations in rockmasses under high stress through an enhanced understanding of post-yield dilatancy

G Walton - 2014 - qspace.library.queensu.ca
In recent decades, the field of rock engineering has seen an increased use of numerical
modelling tools to aid in the analysis and design of underground excavations. Although …

[PDF][PDF] Use of microseismic monitoring for rockburst management at Vale Inco mines

CI Trifu, FT Suorineni - … of 7th International Symposium on Rockburst …, 2009 - academia.edu
Seismic systems provide characterization of mine seismicity and represent a monitoring tool
for the management of seismic hazard and rockbursting. Seismic data is employed at all …

Numerical modelling of spatially and temporally distributed on-fault induced seismicity: implication for seismic hazards

A Sainoki, AK Schwartzkopff, L Jiang, H Mitri - International Journal of Coal …, 2023 - Springer
Induced seismicity is strongly related to various engineering projects that cause
anthropogenic in-situ stress change at a great depth. Hence, there is a need to estimate and …

Quantitative energy-based evaluation of the intensity of mining-induced seismic activity in a fractured rock mass

A Sainoki, HS Mitri, D Chinnasane… - Rock Mechanics and …, 2019 - Springer
To elucidate the mechanism of seismic activity taking place away from extracted stopes in
underground mines, this study focuses on the influence of a fracture network on the intensity …

Imaging of temporal stress redistribution due to triggered seismicity at a deep nickel mine

X Ma, EC Westman, BP Fahrman… - Geomechanics for Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
We conducted three-dimensional passive seismic tomography surveys by using mining-
induced seismicity of a deep nickel mine. To investigate the stress evolution with the …

[PDF][PDF] The art of rock support in burst-prone ground

M Cai, D Champaigne - Proceedings of RaSiM, 2009 - researchgate.net
Rock support in burst-prone ground requires a good understanding of the rock mass
behavior under high stress condition and the behavior and functionality of each rock support …