Managing Large-Scale Deformation in Mine Tunnels in 
Anisotropic Rock Masses

Chapula, Brian

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2025-07-19

Authors

Chapula, Brian

Date

2022

Supervisor

Erkan Topal

Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh

Type

Thesis

Award

MPhil

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Faculty

Science and Engineering

School

WASM: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/92790

Collection

Curtin Theses

Abstract

This research investigates ways of effectively managing large-scale deformation in tunnels of underground hard rock mines. This thesis presents a method of forecasting large-scale deformation using RQD and FLAC3D. RQD and Q-system were isolated as the focal point in this research to study the likelihood of geotechnically significant deformation in underground mines. Large-scale deformation was investigated at CSA mine using FLAC3D, and the results were compared with RQD values of the area. A good correlation was found between the FLAC3D results and the RQD values.