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The assessment of the performance of ground support systems under dynamic loading is typically subjected to qualitative and subjective interpretations. As a result, it is difficult to develop an explicit knowledge of the mechanisms of action and interaction of support elements subjected to rockbursts. This paper examines rockbursts that occurred at Creighton and Copper Cliff mines since 2000 and 2004, respectively. The majority of pertinent information was obtained through onsite field assessments, seismic system records, and numerical elastic stress modelling. Passive monitoring is used to link the evolution of the frequency and severity of rockbursts to the evolution of mining and support practice at the two mine sites. Based on the collected data, ground-support elements that enhanced the capacity of support systems to withstand dynamic loads are identified. https://papers.acg.uwa.edu.au/p/1410_09_Hadjigeorgiou/ The influence of change in mining and ground support practice on the frequency and P Morissette et al. severity of rockbursts

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The performance of ground support systems under dynamic loading is typically assessed in a qualitative and subjective manner. As a result, it is difficult to develop an explicit knowledge on the mechanisms of action and interaction of support elements subjected to rockbursts. This paper examines rockbursts that have occurred at Creighton, Copper Cliff, and Coleman mines since 2000, 2004, and 2006, respectively. The mines are located in the Sudbury Basin, in Ontario, Canada. The majority of pertinent information was obtained through on-site field assessments, seismic system records, and numerical elastic stress modelling. Passive monitoring is used to link the evolution of the frequency and severity of rockbursts to the evolution of mining and support practice at the three mine sites. Based on the collected data, ground support elements that enhanced the capacity of support systems to withstand dynamic loads are identified. rockburst, ground support systems, passive monitoring.

Based on recent advances in modelling the post-yield behaviour of brittle rock, the authors have developed a calibrated inelastic model of the 7,910 level (2.4 km depth) at the Creighton Mine in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada using data collected from the monitoring of pillar dilatancy. While this calibrated model represents a state-of-the-art continuum approach for capturing the progressive development of yield and stresses in mine pillars, alternative state-of-practice approaches (elastic and perfectly plastic material models, for example) represent potentially acceptable options for practical application. The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of constitutive model choice on stress paths throughout the pillar system at the mining level of interest. The strengths and limitations of various material models are compared and contrasted. Elastic models are shown to adequately represent the larger scale pillar system behaviour from a stress transfer perspective, whereas the state-of-art brittle modelling approach is shown to be ideal for understanding specific pillar-scale stresses and yield.