%0 Thesis %A TANG, ZHAN %D 2018 %T Application of Pressuremeter Test (PMT) in Victorian Brown Coal Open-Pit Mining %U https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/Application_of_Pressuremeter_Test_PMT_in_Victorian_Brown_Coal_Open-Pit_Mining/7056554 %R 10.26180/5b91b0a09036c %2 https://bridges.monash.edu/ndownloader/files/12978452 %K Pressuremeter %K Brown coal %K Lignite %K Tensile strength %K Geomechanics and Resources Geotechnical Engineering %K Civil Geotechnical Engineering %K Numerical Modelling and Mechanical Characterisation %X The Pressuremeter Test (PMT) is a versatile in-situ geotechnical field investigation method, but its application in open-pit mining may be challenged by two issues: the in-situ horizontal stress anisotropy and the tensile strength of the rock mass. This thesis develops two laboratory tests to understand the impacts of the issues and performs in-situ PMT in Victorian brown coal open-pit mine. %I Monash University