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E3S Web of Conferences
Volume 24, 2017
AG 2017 - 3rd International Conference on Applied Geophysics
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| Article Number | 02003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 8 | |
| Section | Properties of soil, rock and rock mass | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20172402003 | |
| Published online | 20 November 2017 | |
Deformation of the rock pillar caused by bed operation using the room and pillar system
KGHM Cuprum Ltd Research and Development Centre, 53-659 Wroclaw, Poland
* Corresponding author: lstolecki@cuprum.wroc.pl
The copper ore deposit of the Legnica-Głogów Copper Mining District a one-deck bed formed from the contact of weak sandstone rocks, and solid, durable dolomite rocks, separated by a layer of copper slate. The bed operation is carried out using the room and pillar system. The course of deformation in such bed operation systems is determined by the mutual interaction of particular elements of the geo-mechanical system which include: the roof slab, the pillars and the excavation bed. Due to the possibility of human intervention, structural pillars – whose strength properties can be determined by the appropriate selection of their dimensions and shape – play a particular role in this system. The optimization of the properties of these pillars is mainly based on the results of laboratory tests of rock samples in the strength test machine and on the basis of visual observations of their behavior in situ. The article presents the experimental results carried out under pit conditions in order to determine the rock pillar reaction. Suitable observations were made using the so-called volumetric method. The obtained results were discussed in relation to the results of strength tests on rock samples, indicating the limited similarity to the deformation characteristics.
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