Point Movement Trace Vs. The Range Of Mining Exploitation Effects In The Rock Mass

Abstract

Abstract The geometric-integral theories of the rock mass point movements due to mining exploitation assume the relationship between the progress of subsidence and horizontal movement. By analysing the movement trace of a point located on the surface, and the influence of the mining exploitation in the rock mass, an equation describing the relationship between the main components of the deformation conditions was formulated. The result is consistent with the in situ observations and indicates the change of the rock mass component volume due to mining exploitation. The analyses and in situ observations demonstrate clearly that the continuity equation adopted in many solutions in the form: $\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{i = 3} {\varepsilon _{ii}= 0}$ is fundamentally incorrect.