eprintid: 289
rev_number: 9
eprint_status: archive
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datestamp: 2010-03-18 16:47:46
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creators_name: Fowkes, N.
creators_name: Mureithi, E.
corp_creators: Richard Stacey
title: Rockbursts and mud
ispublished: pub
subjects: materials
studygroups: misgsa5
companyname: Mining
full_text_status: public
abstract: It has been observed that the presence of water or mud on the floor of a mining tunnel seems to reduce tunnel failure associated with remote seismic events. We examine two mechanisms that could explain this phenomenon. The investigations suggest that lubrication effects due to the presence of water within cracks could well affect the occurrence of spalling, and the results obtained suggest that coating the tunnel walls with moisture containing semi-liquid pastes may be effective for tunnel wall stabilization.
date: 2008
related_url_url: http://web.wits.ac.za/NewsRoom/Conferences/MISGSA2009/Outcomes.htm
citation:   Fowkes, N. and Mureithi, E.  (2008) Rockbursts and mud.  [Study Group Report]     
document_url: http://miis.maths.ox.ac.uk/miis/289/1/mud.pdf