Factor C

Figure 1: Gravity Adjustment Factor C (Mathews, 1980) [1] for Stability Graph analysis.

Figure 2: Gravity Adjustment Factor C (Potvin, 1988) [2] for Stability Graph analysis.

Figure 3: Gravity Adjustment Factor C (Villaescusa, 2014) [3] for Stability Graph analysis.

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References

[1]

K. E. Mathews, E. Hoek, D. C. Wyllie, and S. B. V. Stewart. Prediction of stable excavation spans for mining at depths below 1,000 metres in hard rock. Report, Golder Associates, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1980. Report to Canada Centre for Mining and Energy Technology (CANMET), Department of Energy and Resources.

[2]

Yves Potvin. Empirical Open Stope Design in Canada. PhD thesis, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 1988. Available online at the UBC Open Collections. URL: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/ubctheses/831/items/1.0051179.

[3]

Ernesto Villaescusa. Geotechnical Design for Sublevel Open Stoping. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1st edition, 2014. ISBN 9781482211887. doi:10.1201/b16702.