Modern methods of data collection for structural damage assessment in rock mass: Review

Structural damage of hard rock mass is one of the key factors of the rock mass strength and behavior, which places inclusive demands on the quality and reliability of initial information on the rock mass structure. As technologies and mathematical apparatus are being advanced, new methods of structural data collection enjoy emergence and persistent improvement, with emphasis on maximal automation, and push out the conventional approaches of rock exposure and core description. This article reviews censoriously the existing methods of source data collection, with estimation of their applicability and efficiency in structural damage characteristic of rock mass. Furthermore, the capabilities and limitations of the data collection methods recommended by the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM) are discussed. The applicability of the methods is analyzed in terms of safety, time and money spent, subjectivity and repeatability of results. Each method has benefits and disbenefits, and a complete and precise description of structural damage in rock mass requires complexing of selected techniques. At early design stages, the high quality and operational efficiency of data acquisition is provided by a set of televiewer logging and non-oriented core description. For operating mines, the most productive and reliable package includes any borehole technique in integration with a method of exposed surface mapping.

Keywords: structural damage of rock mass, structural data gathering, structural damage description, oriented core description, optical televiewer, digital photogrammetry, laser scanning.
For citation:

Serebriakov E. V., Gladkov A. S., Gapfarov T. D. Modern methods of data collection for structural damage assessment in rock mass: Review. MIAB. Mining Inf. Anal. Bull. 2023;(9):160-177. [In Russ]. DOI: 10.25018/0236_1493_2023_9_0_160.

Acknowledgements:
Issue number: 9
Year: 2023
Page number: 160-177
ISBN: 0236-1493
UDK: 624.121+622.02+622.015/.016
DOI: 10.25018/0236_1493_2023_9_0_160
Article receipt date: 19.12.2022
Date of review receipt: 19.04.2023
Date of the editorial board′s decision on the article′s publishing: 10.08.2023
About authors:

E.V. Serebriakov1, Cand. Sci. (Geol. Mineral.), Junior Researcher, e-mail: serebryakov.e.v@mail.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7280-7784,
A.S. Gladkov1, Cand. Sci. (Geol. Mineral.), Head of Laboratory, e-mail: gladkov@crust.irk.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7744-8979,
T.D. Gapfarof 1, Senior Laboratory Assistant, e-mail: t.gapfarov@yandex.ru,
1 Institute of the Earth’s Crust, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Siences, Irkutsk, 664033, Russia.

 

For contacts:

E.V. Serebriakov, e-mail: serebryakov.e.v@mail.ru.

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