Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0345310

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0345310

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Investigating mineral alteration and infilling of discontinuities in naturally deformed rocks as a guide to rock mass rheology. Structural analysis of naturally deformed rock will be used to investigate the origin, physical characteristics and frictional behaviour of naturally formed discontinuity surfaces. Discontinuities in naturally deformed rock masses are typically altered and infilled with complex combinations of mineral matter and are a major control on the rheology, including strength and stability, of rock masses in engineering excavations. By combining structural geology techniques and laboratory experiments, and with reference to existing data on field-scale rock mass deformation derived from engineering rock mechanics investigations, a methodology for predicting rock mass rheology from fundamental geological observations will be devised and tested.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 30-06-2006

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $162,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Geomechanics | Geology | Structural Geology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Earth sciences | Other

Other Keywords

Earth sciences | Geology | Geomechanics | Other | Structural Geology

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