Investigations Into Premature Rock Bolt Failures in the Australian Coal Mining Industry

Authors

B. Hebblewhite, University of New South Wales
M. Fabjanczyk, Strata Control Technology Pty Ltd
P. Gray, Ground Support Services Pty Ltd

Document Type

Conference Paper

Publication Date

2003

Publication Details

This conference paper was originally published as Hebblewhite, B, Fabjanczyk, M & Gray, P, Investigations Into Premature Rock Bolt Failures in the Australian Coal Mining Industry, in Aziz, N (ed), Coal 2003: Coal Operators' Conference, University of Wollongong & the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2003, 125-131.

Abstract

An ACARP project was initiated in 1999 to address the observed phenomenon of premature failure of rock bolts in a number of Australian coal mines, and with a particular focus on the problem of Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) in rock bolts. This paper briefly outlines the findings of this study.