Ground Support and Reinforcement Design in Deep Underground Excavation Based on Ground Condition with Emphasis on Mining

Abstract

In this thesis, design of ground support system in deep underground mining is taken account into characterising ground conditions and presenting a new classification in deep and hard rocks. A new insight into the diagnosis of ground behaviour modes and identifying failure mechanism was presented. Also, a developed design methodology so-called CUED method (Comprehensive Underground Excavation Design) was proposed. According to this method, a procedure was defined for each step by the determining IPO(Input/processing/output) approach.