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<p>The Ocnele Mari rock salt deposit is exploited with small rooms and square pillars, on the horizons +226 m and 210 m. Following the exploitation of the lower horizon +210 m, the floor between the two horizons suffered instability phenomena, marked by fractures and cracks and local degradation of the pillars.Since the pillars at the two horizons have certain deviations from the coaxiality, the question was raised whether the instability phenomena were generated by the deviations from the coaxiality.This article presents the stability analysis of bearing structures, taking into account the actual geometry of pillars, 3D finite element analysis and analysis of safety factors at the ceiling level, calculated from 2D finite element models. The final conclusion is that the instability phenomena that occurred at the Ocnele Mari Saline were generated by the state of stresses and strains, produced by the spatial distribution of the underground voids and the geomechanical characteristics of the rock salt and insignificantly, by the deviation from the coaxiality of the pillars.</p>
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The Ocnele Mari rock salt deposit is exploited with small rooms and square pillars, on the horizons +226 m and 210 m. Following the exploitation of the lower horizon +210 m, the floor between the two horizons suffered instability phenomena, marked by fractures and cracks and local degradation of the pillars.Since the pillars at the two horizons have certain deviations from the coaxiality, the question was raised whether the instability phenomena were generated by the deviations from the coaxiality.This article presents the stability analysis of bearing structures, taking into account the actual geometry of pillars, 3D finite element analysis and analysis of safety factors at the ceiling level, calculated from 2D finite element models. The final conclusion is that the instability phenomena that occurred at the Ocnele Mari Saline were generated by the state of stresses and strains, produced by the spatial distribution of the underground voids and the geomechanical characteristics of the rock salt and insignificantly, by the deviation from the coaxiality of the pillars.

Analysis of the Influence of the Vertical Coaxiality of the Pillars on the Stability of the Resistance Structures, from the Ocnele Mari Saline

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The Ocnele Mari rock salt deposit is exploited with small rooms and square pillars, on the horizons +226 m and 210 m. Following the exploitation of the lower...

Analysis of the Influence of the Vertical Coaxiality of the Pillars on the Stability of the Resistance Structures, from the Ocnele Mari Saline

Online veröffentlicht: 11. Jan. 2023

Seitenbereich: 42 - 50

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/minrv-2022-0029

Schlüsselwörter
rock salt, rooms and pillars mining, pillar, ceiling, stability analysis, finite element, stress, strain, safety factor

© 2022 Dacian-Paul Marian et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Analysis of the Influence of the Vertical Coaxiality of the Pillars on the Stability of the Resistance Structures, from the Ocnele Mari Saline

Online veröffentlicht: 11. Jan. 2023

Seitenbereich: 42 - 50

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/minrv-2022-0029

Schlüsselwörterrock salt, rooms and pillars mining, pillar, ceiling, stability analysis, finite element, stress, strain, safety factor

© 2022 Dacian-Paul Marian et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Schlüsselwörter
rock salt, rooms and pillars mining, pillar, ceiling, stability analysis, finite element, stress, strain, safety factor