Experimental investigation of bedding plane orientation on the rockburst behavior of sandstone

• Main Authors: He, M. C., Nie, W., Zhao, Z. Y., Guo, Wei
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/97794; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12211
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Rockburst is a violent rock failure process which poses a significant threat to human safety in mining and tunneling construction. Although many in situ investigations provided valuable insights on the rockburst mechanism, the failure and rock fragmentation process during a rockburst cannot be fully...