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Ted Brown, Peter Cundall, Maurice Dusseault, Peter Kaiser, Alex Mendecki, Philip Pells and Boris Tarasov to present keynote addresses at SHIRMS.

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AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR GEOMECHANICS

SHIRMS2008

st Southern Hemisphere International Rock Mechanics Symposium1

mechanics

on the rocks fundamental petroleum

mining civil

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Industry Exhibitors

ISRM REGIONAL SYMPOSIUM

Major Sponsor

* The symposium received papers list is correct at time of brochure printing. For updates please visit www.shirms.com

Paper Title Author(s)

CIVIL ROCK MECHANICSEstimation of Axial Force in PS-Anchors by a Magnetic Anisotrophy Sensor Arbanas, Z., et al.

Lateral Load Capacity of Single Piles Socketed into Jointed Rocks — A Review Chakeri, H., Fedowsi, B.

Behaviour of the Engineered Slopes in Flysch Rock Mass Chi, X., Qin. Y.

Non-Destructive Test and Wavelet Analysis of Rock Bolt at Underground Powerhouse Chong, W., et al.

Rock Mass Stability in the Southern New England Fold Belt, NSW, Australia Fityus, S.

Quasi-Static and Dynamic Response of Energy Dissipatore for Rockfall Protection Giacomini, A., Giani, G.

Ground Improvement by Jet Grouting Method in St.Kuzam Tunnel — Monitoring of Performance Kovacevic, M., et al.

Test Study and Numerical Simulation Analysis on Explosion in Steel Tubes Li, X., et al.

Tunnel Cave-In — Convergence Confinement and 2D Analyses Li, Y., et al.

Effects of Tunnelling on Existing Support Systems of Intersectional Tunnels in the Sydney Region Liu, H., et al.

Rockfalls Risk Reduction and Redesign of Rock Slopes Using Rockfall Program Sadagah, B.

Instability Analysis of Amiya Slope by Numerical Modelling Sarkar, K., Singh, T.

Rockfall Hazard Assessment, Risk Quantification, and Mitigation Options for Reef Cove Resort Development, False Cape, Queensland, Australia Schlotfeldt , P.

Numerical Simulation of Rock Blasting in a Pipe-Jacking Project of China Trinh, Q., Broch, E.

PETROLEUM ROCK MECHANICSEvaluation of Mohr Coulomb Failure Criterion Using Unconfined Compressive Strength Al-Awad, M.

Seismic Monitoring from Within the Stimulation Borehole of an Oil or Gas Reservoir Albrecht, M., Mansurov, V.

A Novel Approach to Improve Wellbore Stability in Shale Through Rapid Chemoporoelastic Characterisation of Drill Cuttings Bunger, A., Detournay, E.

Sensitivity Study of Geomechanical Effects on Reservoir Simulation Cabral, L., Falcão, F.

Constraining Pore Pressure Using Observations of Wellbore Breakouts in Shales — Case Study in the Papua New Guinea Fold Belt Region Castillo, D.

Surface Weight Change Effect on Tilt Field and Hydraulic Fracture Inversion Accuracy Chen, Z., Jeffrey, R.

The Variable Rate of Sand Production Captured by an Analytical Model Fjær, E., Papamichos, E.

Drilling Action of Roller-Cone Bits — Modelling and Experimental Validation Franca, L., Mahjoob, A.

Evaluation of Salt Cavern Closure Via FEM Code PLAXIS Gjerapic, G. Thompson, W.

Coupled Strata and Gas Behaviour in Co-Extraction of Coal and Methane Guo, H., et al.

Effect of Carbon Dioxide Injection on the Mechanical Properties of Synthetic Brown Coal Jasinge, D., et al.

Hydraulic Fracture Growth in Coal Jeffrey, R., Zhang, X.

Modelling Pore Pressure/Stress Coupling Mueller, T., et al.

Stress Dependent Anisotrophy in Shales — Measurements and Modelling Pervukhina, M., et al.

Representing a Rock Engineering System to Analyse Wellbore Instability Due to Fracture Reactivation Younessi, A., Rasouli, V.

On Intersection and Crossing of Frictional Interfaces by Hydraulic Fractures Zhang, X., Jeffrey, R.

VenueSheraton Perth Hotel207 Adelaide TerracePerth, Western Australia, 6000Phone: +61 8 9224 7777 Fax: +61 8 9224 7788Please refer to ACG’s SHIRMS 2008 when making reservations.

Symposium DinnerWednesday 17 September 2008Fremantle Town Hall, FremantlePre-dinner drinks at 7:00pm, dinner at 7:30pmDress: smart casualSpaces are limited and will be filled on a “first come, first served” basis.

1st Southern Hemisphere International Rock Mechanics Symposium Received Papers*

* The symposium received papers list is correct at time of brochure printing. For updates please visit www.shirms.com

Paper Title Author(s)

FUNDAMENTAL ROCK MECHANICSVibrating Screen Modelling with the Numerical Manifold Method An, X., et al.

Effect of Grain Size and Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Minerals on Strength Reduction of Binary Ores Subjected to Microwave Radiation Bradshaw, S., Ali, A.

The AE Response of Intact Quartzite Under Uniaxial Compression Darlington, W., et al.

Assessing the Fracture of a Gravity Dam Under Earthquake Load Using a Mesh-Free Method Das, R., Cleary, P.

Sliding Crack Model for Uniaxial Stress-Strain of Rock David, E., et al.

Rock Physics, Geomechanics and Rock Properties in Shales — Where are the Links? Dewhurst, D., et al.

Comparsion and Translation of Cap Models in Rock Mechanics Fokker, P.

Prediction of Long-Term Strength of Some Weak Rocks in Thailand Fuenkajorn, K.

A Quantitative Modelling of Granular Soils in Hypoplasticity Huang, W., Sheng, D.

A Revised Shear Strength Model for Infilled Rock Joints Considering Over-Consolidation Effect Indraratna, B., et al.

A Comprehensive Material Balance Equation with the Inclusion of Memory During Rock Fluid Deformation Islam, R., Hossain, M.

Modelling of Brittle Pillar Behaviour Kuijpers, J., et al.

Nonlinear Elastic Behaviour of Bushveld Rock Kuijpers, J., et al.

Correlation of Rock Mass Classification with Strength Parameters, Emass, σ mass Laderian, A.

Some Unique Statistical Properties of the Seismic Process in Mines Lasocki, S.

Crystallisation Preferred Orientation in Porous Media Lecampion, B.

Use of Seismic Tomography for CO2 Migration Monitoring in Porous Anisotropic Rock Formation Lei, X., et al.

Wave Propagation and Attenuation Through Filled Rock Joint Li, J., et al.

Uncertainty in Rock Mass Jointing Characterisation Lyman, G., et al.

Sedimentary Rock Jointing as a Stress Indicator Mukhamediev, S.

Study of Sub-Critical Crack Growth and Long-Term Strength for Rock and Cementitious Material for Radioactive Waste Disposal Nara, Y., et al.

Numerical Micro-Scale Modelling of Inter-Joint Swelling Pressure Narsilio, G., et al.

A Model for Sorbed Methane Participation in Coal Fracture Odintsev, V.

Representation of Rock Strength Classifications in the Canonical Scale Oparin, V., Tanaino, A.

Remote Characterisation of Surface Roughness of Rock Discontinuities Poropat, G.

Math Modelling of Stress State in a Filling Mass and Host Rocks Considering the Sequence of Mining Operations Seryakov, V.

Borehole Breakouts and In Situ Stresses Shen, B.

Acoustic Emission Analysis of Initiation and Propagation of Faults in Brittle Rock and Compaction Boards in Porous Rock Stanchits, S.

Ortlepp Shears — Dynamic Brittle Shears of SA Goldmines van Aswegen, G.

A Statistical Damage Constitutive Model of Brittle Rocks Based on Weibull Distribution Wang, J., et al.

DEM Simulation of Rock Fragmentation and Size Distribution Under Different Loading Conditions Wang, Y.

Determining Properties of High-Compliance Porosity by Use of an Effective-Medium Model Based on Crack Description in Terms of Their Normal- and Shear-Compliance Parameters

Zaitsev, V.

Determination of Effective Elastic Properties of Micro-Cracked Rocks Based on Asymptotic Approximation Zhao, J., et al.

Deformation and Failure of Rocks Within Limit and Beyond Limit Loading Ranges Zhigalkin, V., et al.

* The symposium received papers list is correct at time of brochure printing. For updates please visit www.shirms.com

1st Southern Hemisphere International Rock Mechanics Symposium Received Papers*

SponsorshipThe symposium is an excellent platform to enhance your presence in the market and position your organisation as one of the leaders in the industry. Benefits include: - Direct access to a niche target audience.- Increased brand awareness.- Achieving a high profile association with an innovative and credible industry event.

Event ChangesThe Australian Centre for Geomechanics (The University of Western Australia) reserves the right to make changes to programmes and speakers, or to cancel events if enrolment criteria are not met or when conditions beyond their control prevail. Every effort will be made to contact each delegate if the event(s) is cancelled. Should the event(s) not be held for any reason, our liability is limited to the event fee.

Paper Title Author(s)

MINING ROCK MECHANICSResults of the Radius Factor Stability Assessment Method for Design and Pillar Extraction at the Conqueror Mine, St Ives Gold Mine Andrews, P., Barsanti, B.

STEPSIM4-REVISED: Step-Path Network Analysis Methodology — Critical Paths in Rock Mass Slopes Baczynski, N.

Anatomy of a Toppling Slope Failure — Predicted Versus Actual — OK TEDI, Papua New Guinea Baczynski, N., et al.

Rock Mass Rating Determination of Southern Wall of 6th Golbini Jajarm Bauxite Mine, Using Fuzzy RMR Besheli, A., et al.

Data Acquisition with 3DM Analyst Mine Mapping Suite Birch, J.

A Compilation of Dilution Graph Data for Open Stope Hangingwall Design Capes, G., Milne, D.

Numerical Modelling of Mining Near and Beneath Tailings Dam Coulthard, M., Holt, G.

Development of Industry-Friendly Rockbolts Davison, G.

Design of Stable Slopes at Tau Lekoa Mine Dunn, M., Stacey, T.

Effect of Binder Type and Proportion on the Short- and Long-Term Strength and Stability of Cemented Paste Backfill Ercikdi, B., et al.

Design, Implementation and Validation for an Instrumentation Plan Applied to an Instability Condition at the El Teniente Mine Constanzo, H., Fernandez, F.

Mining the South Deep at Doornkop Grave, M., Balt, K.

3D Simulations of Block Caving Flow Using ESyS-Particle Hancock, W.

Mine Scale 3D Stress Model for the New Mine Level Project, El Teniente Mine, Codelco, Chile Jarufe, J., Vasquez, P.

A Preliminary Model for Quantifying the Risk of Rockfalls and Evaluating the Benefits of Safety Spending Joughin, W., Rwodzi, L.

Experience of Applying a Complex Criterion in the Assessment of Seismic Hazard at Apatite Mines, Kola Peninsula, Russia Kozyrev, A., et al.

A Case Study of Geodynamical Risks Management at the Khibiny Apatite Mines, Kola Peninsula, Russia Kozyrev, A., et al.

Field Scale In Situ Investigations of Stress Field and the Excavation Damaged Zone Extent, Kola Peninsula, Russia Kozyrev, A., et al.

Variability and Uncertainty on Rock Mass Strength via a Synthetic Rock Mass Approach Lambert, C.

Establishing a Methodology for the Assessment of Remnant Stability Using Recorded Seismic Events on Harmony Mines le Roux, P.J.

Microseismic Monitoring of Thermal Cracking Induced by Underground Firing Luo, X.

Self-Organising Map Analysis of Seismicity Associated with Mining at Mt Charlotte Mine Mikula, P., et al.

Applying Numerical Modelling to Pillar Design in South African Mines — An Initial Study Naidoo, K., Handley, M.

Numerical Simulation of a Multi-Reef Tabular Mining Layout in a South African Platinum Mine Napier, J., Malan, D.

Numerical Modelling of Thin Spray-On Liners Using FLAC Richardson, J., et al.

Analysis of Caving Behaviour Using a Synthetic Rock Mass (SRM) Ubiquitous Joint Rock Mass (UJRM) Modelling Technique Sainsbury, B., et al.

Low Wall Slope Monitoring by Robotic Theodolite Support to Increase Production of Coal in Pt Adaro, Indonesia Saptano, S., et al.

Trident Mine Raise Bore – A Bored Pile Case Study Sexton, M., et al.

Indian Experiences of Mechanised Coal Pillar Extraction Singh, A., Singh, R.

Energy and Stiffness of Mine Models and Seismicity Spottiswoode, S., et al.

Geotechnical Modelling for Kimberlite Pipes Tyler, D.

The Influence of Non-Persistant Joints on the Failure Modes of Large Rock Slopes van Sint Jan, M., Mauricio, P.

Geomechanics Parameters for Design and Planning of the Conceptual Engineering Chuquicamata Underground Mining Project Villegas, F., Diaz, J.

Microseismic Monitoring of Hard Rock Mine Slopes Wesseloo, J., Sweby, G.

* The symposium received papers list is correct at time of brochure printing. For updates please visit www.shirms.com

1st Southern Hemisphere International Rock Mechanics Symposium Received Papers*

Who Should AttendThis event has been extensively researched and designed for all mining, civil, fundamental and petroleum rock mechanics practitioners, including operation and consulting personnel. Scientists involved in rock mechanics research in their respective field of applications will be particularly interested in this symposium.

NetworkingThis ACG international event will attract some of Australia’s most influential decision makers in the mining industry, research and government. This event provides ideal opportunities to network, such as morning and afternoon tea breaks and the symposium dinner.

SYMPOSIUM ASSOCIATED EVENTS

Monday 15 September 2008A free half-day laboratory tour has been organised of both the UWA and CSIRO Petroleum laboratory facilities. This tour is limited to 20 SHIRMS 2008 symposium attendees only. Contact the ACG for bookings.

FROM ROCK MASS TO ROCK MODEL WORKSHOP*

0800 REGISTRATION

0830 Introduction, J. Wesseloo, Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Australia

0845 ‘Mechanics’ in Rock Mechanics, P. Pells, Pells Sullivan Meynink Pty Ltd, Australia

0935 Deriving Modelling Parameters from Field and Laboratory Tests, G. Mostyn, Pells Sullivan Meynink Pty Ltd, Australia

1025 MORNING BREAK

1055 Case Study: Open Pit Stability, D. Beck, Beck Arndt Engineering Pty Ltd, Australia

1145 Discussion

1215 LUNCH

1300 An Approach to Rock Mass Modelling, P. Cundall, Itasca Consulting Group, USA

1400 Model and Method Dependence of Parameters, D. Stead, Simon Fraser University, Canada

1450 AFTERNOON BREAK

1520 From Seismicity to Rock Model, S. Spottiswoode, CSIR, South Africa

1610 Where to From Here?

1700 WORKSHOP CLOSE/ SHIRMS 2008 PRE-REGISTRATION

Monday 15 September 2008, Sheraton Perth Hotel, Western Australia

PETROLEUM GEOMECHANICS IN THE VALUE CHAIN SHORT COURSE*Sunday and Monday 14 - 15 September 2008, Sheraton Perth Hotel, Western Australia

DAY ONE Sunday 14 September 2008

0800 REGISTRATION

0830 Introductory Modules stresses, rock properties, HC accumulation, fracture carbonates

1000 MORNING BREAK

1030 Introductory Modules salt, weak sandstones and other materials

1200 LUNCH

1330 Drilling and Stresses casing point selection, shale behaviour

1500 AFTERNOON BREAK

1530 Drilling and Stresses drilling fluids management for shales and particular stress conditions, temperature effects

1700 CLOSE DAY ONE

DAY TWO Monday 15 September 2008

0830 Reservoir Geomechanics depletion stresses, hydraulic fracturing, waste disposal, sand production

1000 MORNING BREAK

1030 Reservoir Geomechanics sanding in heavy oil, temperatures and stresses and properties changes in unconsolidated sandstones

1200 LUNCH

1330 Hydraulic Fracturing Geomechanics special topics in petroleum geomechanics including waste disposal

1500 AFTERNOON BREAK

1530 Hydraulic Fracturing Geomechanics monitoring, and the development of coupled stress-strain-fluid flow modelling

1700 CLOSE DAY TWO

The course is intended for engineers, geoscientists, and technologists involved in reservoir exploitation, but those involved in drilling and exploration and other upstream activity will also benefit. For those with a geomechanics (rock and soil mechanics) background, the course will serve as an introduction to typical geomechanics issues arising in oil and gas development.

Course presenter: Maurice Dusseault, University of Waterloo, Canada

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MATERIALS BEHAVIOUR UNDER ExTREME CONDITIONS*Friday 19 September 2008, Sheraton Perth Hotel, Western Australia

1230 REGISTRATION

1300 Fractures and the Geothermal World, K. Regenauer-Lieb, University of Western Australia, CSIRO, Australia

1330 Thermodynamics of Fracture and Damage, B. Hobbs, CSIRO, University of Western Australia, Australia

1400 Simulating Extremes in Earth Materials, K. Wright, Curtin University, Australia

1430 AFTERNOON BREAK

1500 Blasting Earth Materials, P. Cundall, Itasca Consulting Group, USA

1530 Deformation and Mineral Reactions: Insights from Large Strain Torsion Experiments, C. delle Piane, CSIRO, Australia

1600 Determining Rock Damage Parameters Under Extreme Conditions, A. Ord, CSIRO, University of Western Australia, Australia

1630 Where to From Here? facilitated discussion around novel concepts such as: multiscaling; maximum entropy production principle

1700 WORKSHOP CLOSE

Rock Mechanics Laboratory Tour of The University of Western Australia and CSIRO Petroleum

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Petroleum Geomechanics in the Value Chain Short Course only 14 - 15 Sept. 2008

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From Rock Mass to Rock Model Workshop only 15 Sept. 2008Paid before

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Materials Behaviour Under Extreme Conditions CSIRO Half-day Short Course only 19 Sept. 2008

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Petroleum Geomechanics in the Value Chain Short Course and SHIRMS 2008 Symposium 14 - 19 Sept. 2008

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Standard registration A$3,190.00 A$3,630.00

ACG affiliate/academic/ISRM member* A$2,090.00 A$2,530.00

Student registration (full time only) A$440.00 A$880.00

From Rock Mass to Rock Model Workshop and SHIRMS 2008 Symposium 15 - 19 Sept. 2008

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ACG affiliate/academic/ISRM member* A$1,540.00 A$1,980.00

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SHIRMS 2008 Symposium 16 - 19 Sept. 2008

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Standard registration A$1,760.00 A$1,980.00

ACG affiliate/academic/ISRM member* A$1,100.00 A$1,320.00

Student registration (full time only) A$440.00 A$660.00

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SHIRMS 2008 Symposium dinner A$132.00