Preface, Foreword, Dynamic performance and design of underground excavations in jointed rock, Ground motion in a backfilled stope during seismic events, The behaviour of the loosened zone around rock caverns monitored by acoustic emission, Boreability assessments for the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, Applied underground instrumentation, The behaviour of different explosive types and the effects on blast results, Design for the rehabilitation of a concrete lined shaft damaged by plastic deformation, Classex: An expert system for rock mass classification, An update on discontinuous subsidence measurements at an undermined area on the Central Witwatersrand, Use of forward probe coring methods and remote sensing for investigation of geological conditions ahead of drill and blast and TBM tunnel drivages, Numerical stress analysis to assess the stability of a combined open pit and underground mining operation in central Australia, Micro-Computer modelling and practical design/monitoring of large underground excavations, Combined point estimate and Monte Carlo techniques for the analysis of wedge failure in rock slopes, Stabilisation of rock cuttings on the Florence to Worcester section of National Route N l, South Africa, Fatigue behaviour of granite under cyclic loading, Rock mechanics aspects of mechanised and bulk mining methods at Western Areas Gold Mine, Powerhouse cavern stress analysis at consecutive excavation stages, Laboratory approach to alleviate dynamic behavior of rock structure, A study on determination of the relaxed zone around an excavated tunnel, Early shaft reef extraction - The Western Deep Levels South approach to shaft protection, Pillar associated seismicity at Western Deep Levels Mine, Laboratory determination of dynamic properties of two sandstones, In situ stress determinations in mines located in two major structural domains in South Africa, Assessment of the geomechanical properties of swelling and slaking mudrocks in tunnel excavations, Hydro-fracturing and fluid injection data from simple tests in three different mining environments, A contribution to the explanation of the behaviour of swelling rock, Blasting induced seismicity in an ultra deep level gold mine, Stress relief by hydraulic fracturing - Dream or reality?, Cyclic processes of fracture and failure around deep-level longwall stopes, A methodology for designing pillar layouts for shallow mining, Dynamic behaviour of structures caused by blasting for excavations in rock, Collapse of a section in a highway tunnel - A case study, Observed crush pillar failure between two regional stability pillars at Impala Mines, Probabilistic evaluation of ore pass stability and support, Stabilisation of old coal workings by blasting: Case study of a failed experiment, A quantitative evaluation of seismic potential during the extraction of the Scott Shaft Pillar, Stilfontein Gold Mine, Elastodynamic simulation of mining, Observations at a pillar failure site at Sigma Colliery, Roof behaviour in roadways and intersections of South African collieries, Penetration and pull-out strength of fasteners fired into rocks, Application of ultrahigh pressure water jet for rock drilling, Stability studies of pillars in the Realmonte Salt Mine, An investigation of shear debris comminution as a mechanism of strain energy release for frictional sliding on dominant parting planes, Author index
