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The Fourth Australasian Ground Control in Mining Conference (AusRock)

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Standardisation on rock characterisation, testing and monitoring with emphasis on ISRM suggested methods, practical issues and difficulties, and future trends

Rock mechanics involves characterizing the mechanical properties and behaviour of rock material and the natural discontinuities of the rock mass, while rock engineering is concerned with specific engineering circumstances, for example, how much load will the rock support and whether reinforcement is necessary. Rock engineering models developed depend considerably on the input data such as boundary conditions, the properties of rock material and rock mass. Correct evaluation of these properties frequently requires laboratory and in-situ tests, supplemented with a high degree of experience and judgment. Accordingly, since 1974, the ISRM Commission on Testing Methods has spent considerable effort in developing a succession of the ISRM Suggested Methods (SMs) for different aspects of rock mechanics and rock engineering with the contribution of a number of working groups and cooperation of some other ISRM Commissions. This paper emphasizes the need and importance of standardization of rock testing methods within the context of the ISRM SMs, gives a guideline for developing ISRM SMs and finally discusses on some implementation and contractual issues associated with rock testing and experienced in practice, and briefly introduces main future trends in rock characterization, testing and monitoring. This is an extended abstract only. CITATION:Ulusay, R, 2018. Standardisation on rock characterisation, testing and monitoring with emphasis on ISRM suggested methods, practical issues and difficulties, and future trends, in
Proceedings The Fourth Australasian Ground Control in Mining Conference (AusRock), pp 17-18 (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne).
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  • Published: 2018
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