Bawden, W 2023, 'The ground support life cycle considering real time ground-consumption monitoring', in J Wesseloo (ed.), Ground Support 2023: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Ground Support in Mining, Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Perth, pp. 3-22, https://doi.org/10.36487/ACG_repo/2325_0.01
(https://papers.acg.uwa.edu.au/p/2325_0.01_Bawden/)
Abstract: Ground support, in its various forms, serves primarily to maintain ground integrity and hence, personnel safety and operational integrity over the operating life of the excavation/s. Ground support damage occurring during mine production and the requisite support rehabilitation represent major risk and cost factors impacting underground mines. These factors become more severe as mining depths and extraction ratios increase. This paper suggests a methodology to better manage both the increased risk and cost issues through near realtime monitoring of ground support consumption through the full extraction cycle.

Keywords: mine safety, ground support, support design, support consumption, instrumentation, numerical modelling, risk management