Effect of Geomechanics on Mine Design

J. Dubinski, A. Kidybinksi, Central Mining Institute, Katowice

• Introduction; Controls exerted by dominant parting planes over the deformation of tabular deposits; Development of mining induced seismicity in relation to the advance of coalfaces in Karvina, part of Ostrava-Karvina Coal Basin; Water inflows and weightings above longwall workings; Surface subsidence associated with partial extraction: An Australian case study; Control of deformations in the pillar between the twin bores of a tunnel in Aosta valley, Italy; Soil strain measurements in areas of underground mining exploitation; A research into underground pressure in longwall face induced by use of sublevel caving in thick seam; A theoretical basis for physical models; Energy analysis during compression tests of rock samples; Inversion analysis of original stress condition of rock strata based on extensometric measurement results; The model of structural mechanics and its theoretical basis for designing strata control technique in longwall panels; Determination and prediction of geomechanical state of rock mass; Interpretation of the results of rock pressure upon tunnels lining at full-scale measurements at the lining stage construction; Interpretation of the results of full-scale measurements in the vertical mines shafts; Mining design of a vein orebody exploitation using two cemented fill methods; Yield pillars in a deep potash mine; A method for forecasting of the gasodynamic events in Nowa Ruda coal mine; New concept of destressing in outburst prone rocks; Rock pressure control at longwall faces by using the powered supports; Author index