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Case Study

Introduction of Q-slope and its Application Case in a Open Pit Coal Mine

Q-slope의 소개와 노천채탄장에서의 적용 사례

Choon Sunwoo1*
선우 춘1*
1Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Geologic Environment Division
1한국지질자원연구원 지질환경연구본부
* Corresponding Author
31 October 2019. pp. 305-317
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Abstract

The RMR and Q-system for characterizing rock mass and drilling core, and for estimating the support and reinforcement measures in mine galleries, tunnels and caverns have been widely used by engineers. SMR has been widely used in the rock mass classification for rock slope, but Q-Slope has been introduced into slopes since 2015. In the last ten years, a modified Q-system called Q-slope has been tested by the many authors for application to the benches in open pit mines and excavated road rock slopes. The results have shown that a simple correlation exists between Q-slope values and the long-term stable and unsupported slope angles. Just as RMR and Q have been used together in a tunnel or underground space and complemented by comparison, Q-Slope can be used in parallel with SMR. This paper introduces how to use Q-Slope which has not been announced in Korea and application examples of Pasir open pit coal mine in Indonesia.

Keywords
Q-Slope
Slope Mass Rating
Q-System
Stability of rock slope
Rock mass classification
Bench

노출 암반과 시추 코어를 특성화하고, 터널, 공동 및 광산 갱도에서 지보 및 보강 대책을 추정하기 위해 RMR 및 Q 분류법이 기술자들에 의해 널리 사용되어왔다. 사면에서의 암반분류는 SMR이 많이 사용되었지만 Q-Slope가 2015년부터 사면에 도입되었다. 지난 10년간, Q-slope라 불리는 수정된 Q시스템이 노천광산의 벤치, 도로사면 사면에 적용하기 위해 많은 저자들에 의해 시험되었다. 이 시험들을 통하여 Q-slope 값과 장기 안정 및 무지보 사면 경사각 사이에 간단한 상관관계가 있음이 나타내어 왔다. 터널이나 지하공간에서 RMR과 Q를 병용하면서 비교를 통해 상호보완 해왔던 것과 마찬가지로 사면에서도 SMR과 병행하여 Q-Slope를 사용할 수 있을 것이다. 국내에서 발표사례가 없는 Q-Slope의 사용방법과 인도네시아 Pasir 노천석탄광의 적용 예를 소개하고자 한다.

키워드
Q-Slope
SMR
Q 분류법
사면안정성
암반분류
벤치
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  • Publisher :Korean Society for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국암반공학회
  • Journal Title :Tunnel and Underground Space
  • Journal Title(Ko) :터널과 지하공간
  • Volume : 29
  • No :5
  • Pages :305-317
  • Received Date : 2019-09-30
  • Revised Date : 2019-10-16
  • Accepted Date : 2019-10-16
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7474/TUS.2019.29.5.305
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