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A Critical Assessment of Dynamic Rock Reinforcement and Support Testing Facilities

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A major engineering challenge for mines experiencing significant seismicity is the performance of the support systems. This paper provides a critical review of dynamic testing techniques used for understanding and quantifying the performance of ground support systems. This review focuses on testing rigs in Canada, Australia and South Africa. The different laboratory testing rigs are listed along with their characteristics and their advantages and disadvantages. The paper concludes with recommendations towards developing a more unified strategy to understand and eventually forecast the behaviour of support systems under dynamic loads.

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Acknowledgments

This review was made possible by the Deep Mining Research Consortium, which provided the guidelines for this work. The authors acknowledge the collaboration provided by several people. In particular, Dr. G. Swan and B. Simser, M. Plouffe, Prof. E. Villaescusa, D. Heal, S. Maloney, Prof. T.R. Stacey, D. O’Donnell, D. Ortlepp, D.J. Adams, D. Labrie, Prof. D. Tannant and Dr. R. Durrheim. They have all provided clarifications and access to non-published information. Our appreciation is extended to Chantale Doucet of Natural Resources Canada for providing recent results from dynamic testing.

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  1. Lassonde Institute for Mining, University of Toronto, Room 121, 170 College Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3E3, Canada

    John Hadjigeorgiou

  2. Australian Centre for Geomechanics, P O Box 3296, Broadway, Nedlands, WA, 6009, Western Australia

    Yves Potvin

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Hadjigeorgiou, J., Potvin, Y. A Critical Assessment of Dynamic Rock Reinforcement and Support Testing Facilities. Rock Mech Rock Eng 44, 565–578 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-011-0155-4

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