The Failure Law and Combined Support Technology of Roadways with Weak Surrounding Rock in Deep Wells

Abstract

In order to effectively address stability control technology issues of soft surrounding rock roadways in deep mines. This study analyses the deformation and failure characteristics of the surrounding rock of a −962 m horizontal track roadway with original support conditions based on a severe deformation case that occurred in a mine. Upon establishing a mechanical model of surrounding rock failure zoning for circular roadways, which is based on the relationship between the stress–strain curve of soft rocks and the secondary stress distribution and strength of surrounding rock, this study explores the influence of rock strength indicators, disturbance degree, and support resistance on the stress distribution of the surrounding rock. The failure or instability mechanism of high-stress soft and weak surrounding rock is revealed on this basis. A multi-stage strengthening combined support technology is proposed, which consists of “high-strength prestressed anchor bolt (cable) supports as the core, deep and shallow hole groutings as the foundation, bottom angle, and floor anchorage grouting reinforcements as the key.” Moreover, numerical simulation and engineering practice optimize and verify the support scheme. The results show that after adopting the multi-stage strengthening combined support technology, the deformation of the surrounding rock of the roadways was only 12.6~14.3% of that under the original supporting parameters, and the deformation rate was still less than 0.2 mm/d even after 40 days. The proposed surrounding rock support method realizes the stability control of the roadway, which also has specific reference significance for similar projects.

Keywords

• high-stress
• soft-rock roadway
• combined support
• numerical simulation
• engineering practice