Rheology effect determination of the heterogeneous rock massif on the stress-strain state of the breakage face geomechanical system

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the nature of influence of the rheological properties of the rocks on the results of computational experiments simulating the mine workings contour condition during the breakage face advance. To determine the deformations along the mine workings contour, the calculations have been made of the junction area between the preparatory and stope face mine workings by the finite element method for various parameters of the material models. These data provided the basis for analysis of the patterns development of the rheology modelling influence on the stress-strain state of the geomechanical system. The obtained patterns are described by a function of many variables, and this function determines the limit and degree of rheology effect on the results of calculations. For the first time this pattern takes into account the heterogeneity of the rheological characteristics of rocks and the specifics of the computational domain geometry. The use of the obtained patterns makes it possible to simplify significantly the process of modelling in time and space of the geomechanical systems, which have a complex structure describing the interaction of several objects.