Minerals (Aug 2021)

A Method of Backfill Mining Crossing the Interchange Bridge and Application of a Ground Subsidence Prediction Model

  • Shuaigang Liu,
  • Jianbiao Bai,
  • Gongyuan Wang,
  • Xiangyu Wang,
  • Bowen Wu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/min11090945
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 9
p. 945

Abstract

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The traditional backfill mining method is a technology developed by the general trend of green coal mining, but with a high cost and an impact on production efficiency. This paper proposes a structured backfill mining method with high-water materials and pillars. The evolution of roof pressure appearance is assessed through the sensor and monitoring system in the hydraulic support. The main roof fracture step distance is determined based on the roof structure characteristics of backfill mining, and the backfill step distance of underground structural backfill is 22.7 m considering the safety factor. Through the simulation results of Abaqus commercial simulation software, the roof subsidence evolution of different backfill schemes under temporary load and permanent load is compared, and the rationality of the backfill step distance is verified. Based on the probability integral method, the surface subsidence prediction model is proposed, then the final value and the maximum dynamic change value of the surface subsidence at the north and south ends of the interchange bridge by traditional mining and backfill mining are analyzed, which verifies the rationality of the structural backfill mining method.

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