Masters Theses
Abstract
"The problem involves studies of the mechanical properties of rocks and was undertaken in an attempt to determine practical data that will help in estimating the supports required to maintain the roofs of mines during and after mining operations. One of the most important problems in mining today is that of the analysis of the action of mine-rock under stresses. From such an analysis in any given mining venture it should be possible to obtain cheaper methods of mining because the supports necessary to maintain the walls and roof of an excavation may be determined on the basis of how the rock will act under stress. That is, whenever an excavation is made, the roof and walls are under stress, and must be maintained against failure inasmuch as the support originally given by the materials which came from the excavation has been removed"--Introduction, page 1.
Advisor(s)
Forrester, James Donald, 1906-1979
Department(s)
Mining Engineering
Degree Name
M.S. in Mining Engineering
Publisher
Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy
Publication Date
1946
Pagination
v, 137 pages
Note about bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-74).
Rights
© 1946 Walter E. Lewis, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Subject Headings
Ground control (Mining) -- Mathematical models
Mine roof control
Rock deformation -- Mathematical models
Rocks -- Testing
Strains and stresses
Thesis Number
T 754
Print OCLC #
5973034
Electronic OCLC #
670107890
Link to Catalog Record
Recommended Citation
Lewis, Walter Edwin, "The mechanical properties of mine rocks and a standardized test procedure for their determination" (1946). Masters Theses. 6665.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/6665