Avoiding catastrophic failure of cable bolts in underground mines

本工作旨在找出导致地下矿山高负荷锚杆突变破坏问题的因素，并制定防止其破坏的策略。这项工作是非常重要的，因为目前在澳大利亚的几个矿井中都有电缆螺栓失效的报告，预计这将成为一个全球性的问题。这项工作是新颖的，因为它打算成为第一个灾难性锚杆破坏的研究。预期的结果是开发经济可行的解决方案，以避免灾难性的电缆螺栓损坏。预计调查结果也将与土木工程部门有关。

This work aims to identify the factors responsible for the emerging problem of catastrophic failure of high-load cable bolts in underground mines and develop strategies for resisting their failure. The work is of high importance since failure of cable bolts is now being reported in several mines across Australia and is expected to become a problem world-wide. The work is novel as it intends to be the very first study of catastrophic cable bolt failure. The expected outcome is the development of economically viable solutions for avoiding catastrophic cable bolt failure. It is anticipated that the findings will also be relevant to the civil engineering sector.