Martin Grenon

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a case study from the Brunswick Mine in Canada to determine a representative elementary volume (REV) of a jointed rock mass in the vicinity of important underground infrastructure.

TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive engineering approach to the analysis of the stability of vertical excavations in rock is presented, which relies in the generation of discrete fracture systems to better capture the structural complexity of the rock mass.

TL;DR: In this article, a design module has been developed for integrating slope stability analysis into the data management, ore reserve and pit optimisation processes of an open pit mine, which is successfully implemented along the full projected pit model of a surface mine in Canada.

TL;DR: In this article, the use of fracture system modelling can be linked to limit equilibrium analysis of rock slopes susceptible to wedge failure and a series of guidelines for interpretation of the results of rock slope results are introduced.

TL;DR: In this paper, the results of structural mapping are used to generate 3-D joint networks and determine the stability of every individual wedge along the span of an excavation, which is a prelude to an economic analysis whereby the costs associated with different stabilization techniques are assessed.