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COURSE: ACG Ground Support in Mining Short Course (Introduction)

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Today's date is Thursday, April 25, 2024
ACG Ground Support in Mining Short Course (Introduction) : This basic level course has been developed to cover both the technical and practical aspects of ground support for open pit and underground metalliferous and coal mines. Other events...
Short course topics • Types of ground instability in underground and surface excavations. • Mechanisms of reinforcing and supporting rock. • Bolting alternatives and their relative performance. • Support design techniques including practical constraints on design. • Support installation methods and minimum standards of installation quality. • Quality assurance programmes. • Support costs and monitoring the support design. • Rockfalls and mine seismicity in underground mines. • Ground support in highly deformable ground. • Case studies from the coal and metalliferous industries. Each topic will be illustrated by case history examples from surface and underground mines.
Speaker(s) Facilitators: W/Professors Yves Potvin and Phil Dight
Location Hotel IBIS, Perth, WA
Contact Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Irene Neskudla < [email protected] > : 08 6488 3300
URL http://www.acg.uwa.edu.au/events_and_courses/current_courses
Start Wed, 22 Aug 2012 08:00
End Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:00
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Last Updated Wed, 20 Jun 2012 13:54
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