A numerical approach to the design parameters of permanent stoppings (seals and bulkheads) in Turkish underground coal m
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ORIGINAL PAPER
A numerical approach to the design parameters of permanent stoppings (seals and bulkheads) in Turkish underground coal mines Ozgur Yilmaz 1 & Kemal Baris 1 Received: 16 November 2017 / Accepted: 29 May 2018 # Saudi Society for Geosciences 2018
Abstract Observing permanent seals with different physical and mechanical characteristics under various conditions in the field is almost impossible. In conjunction with the development of high-speed computer algorithms, numerical simulation has become one of the major means to study the dynamics of such problems. Therefore, this study covers only the numerical approach to analyze the stability of underground seals. In this regard, the purpose of this study is to provide an insight to the design of underground seals by numerically analyzing their behaviors under different static and dynamic explosion overpressures using a geo-technical commercial software FLAC3D. For this purpose, a series of numerical models were constructed for a typical seal in an underground gallery with different properties such as seal thickness, seal dimensions, gallery geometry, and strength of the seal material to investigate the stability of seals exposed to various static and dynamic explosion overpressures. A total of 896 numerical analyses (512 static and 384 dynamic) were performed and evaluated. Regarding the gallery geometry, it was found that seals constructed in trapeze-shaped galleries are more stable than those constructed in horseshoe-shaped galleries having the same dimensions. Moreover, the results showed that the seal stability increases with the increasing seal thickness rather than the strength of the seal material. The statistical analyses suggest that there is a very strong exponential relationship between the seal thickness and the maximum displacement measured at the midpoints of the outer surfaces of the seals. The coefficients of determination values obtained are in the range of 0.92–0.93 and 0.92–0.95 for static and dynamic analyses, respectively. We proposed formulas which use the longer dimension of the seal (Wmax), maximum allowable displacement on the seal (Dmax), explosion overpressure applied onto the seal (Pexp), and compressive strength of the seal material (σc and σcd for static and dynamic conditions, respectively) to predict the minimum required seal thickness (Ts) for static and dynamic conditions. The proposed formulas enable calculating the necessary seal thickness easily if the explosion overpressure (or hydrostatic pressure) is known or approximated. Keywords Seal design . Numerical analysis . Explosive gas mixtures . Underground mines
Introduction Permanent stoppings in underground coal mines are structures used to seal abandoned parts of a mine. Continuing to ventilate such areas of a mine is expensive and usually impossible.
* Ozgur Yilmaz [email protected] Kemal Baris [email protected] 1
Department of Mining & Mineral Extraction, Zonguldak Vocational School, Bülent Ecevit University, 67500 Zonguldak, Turkey
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