scholarly journals Reinforcement of Underground Excavation with Expansion Shell Rock Bolt Equipped with Deformable Component

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Waldemar Korzeniowski ◽  
Krzysztof Skrzypkowski ◽  
Krzysztof Zagórski
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
Construction Materials ◽  
Rock Bolt ◽  
Loading Test ◽  
Rock Bolts ◽  
Disk Spring ◽  
Static Loading Test ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Rock Bolt Support ◽  
Ultimate Loading Capacity

AbstractThe basic type of rock mass reinforcement method for both preparatory and operational workings in underground metal ore mines, both in Poland and in different countries across the world, is the expansion shell or adhesive-bonded rock bolt. The article discusses results of static loading test of the expansion shell rock bolts equipped with originally developed deformable component. This component consists of two profiled rock bolt washers, two disk springs, and three guide bars. The disk spring and disk washer material differs in stiffness. The construction materials ensure that at first the springs under loading are partially compressed, and then the rock bolt washer is plastically deformed. The rock bolts tested were installed in blocks simulating a rock mass with rock compressive strength of 80 MPa. The rock bolt was loaded statically until its ultimate loading capacity was exceeded. The study presents the results obtained under laboratory conditions in the test rig allowing testing of the rock bolts at their natural size, as used in underground metal ore mines. The stress-strain/displacement characteristics of the expansion shell rock bolt with the deformable component were determined experimentally. The relationships between the geometric parameters and specific strains or displacements of the bolt rod were described, and the percentage contribution of those values in total displacements, resulting from the deformation of rock bolt support components (washer, thread) and the expansion shell head displacements, were estimated. The stiffness of the yielded and stiff bolts was empirically determined, including stiffness parameters of every individual part (deformable component, steel rod). There were two phases of displacement observed during the static tension of the rock bolt which differed in their intensity.

Laboratory Method for Evaluating the Characteristics of Expansion Rock Bolts Subjected to Axial Tension / Laboratoryjna Metoda Badania Charakterystyk Kotew Rozprężnych Poddanych Rozciąganiu Osiowemu

2015 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 209-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Waldemar Korzeniowski ◽  
Krzysztof Skrzypkowski ◽  
Łukasz Herezy
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
Laboratory Method ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Rock Bolt ◽  
Test Facility ◽  
Geometrical Parameters ◽  
Rock Bolts ◽  
Axial Tension ◽  
Rock Bolt Support ◽  
Bolt Support

Abstract Rock bolts have long been used in Poland, above all in the ore mining. Worldwide experience (Australia, Chile, Canada, South Africa, Sweden, and USA) provides evidence of rock bolt supports being used for loads under both static and dynamic conditions. There are new construction designs dedicated to the more extreme operating conditions, particularly in mining but also in tunneling. Appreciating the role and significance of the rock bolt support and its use in Polish conditions amounting to millions of units per year, this article describes a new laboratory test facility which enables rock bolt testing under static load conditions. Measuring equipment used as well as the possibilities of the test facility were characterized. Tests were conducted on expansion rock bolt supports installed inside a block simulating rock mass with compression strength of 80 MPa, which was loaded statically as determined by taking account of the load in order to maintain the desired axial tension, which was statically burdened in accordance with determined program load taking into consideration the maintenance of set axial tension strength at specified time intervals until capacity was exceeded. As an experiment the stress-strain characteristics of the rock bolt support were removed showing detailed dependence between its geometrical parameters as well as actual rock bolt deformation and its percentage share in total displacement and deformation resulting from the deformation of the bolt support elements (washer, thread). Two characteristic exchange parts with varying intensity of deformation /displacement per unit were highlighted with an increase in axial force static rock bolt supports installed in the rock mass.

scholarly journals Adjustment of the Yielding System of Mechanical Rock Bolts for Room and Pillar Mining Method in Stratified Rock Mass

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 2082 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Skrzypkowski ◽  
Waldemar Korzeniowski ◽  
Krzysztof Zagórski ◽  
Anna Zagórska
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Modeling ◽  
Impact Energy ◽  
Laboratory Tests ◽  
Ore Deposits ◽  
Rock Bolt ◽  
Rock Bolts ◽  
Damage Area ◽  
Rock Bolt Support ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Bolt Support

The article presents a novel yielding mechanism, especially designed for the rock bolt support. Mechanical rock bolts with an expansion head and equipped with one, two, four and six dome bearing plates were tested in the laboratory conditions. Furthermore, in the Phase2D numerical program, five room and pillar widths were modeled. The main aim of numerical modeling was to determine the maximal range of the rock damage area and the total displacements in the expanded room. The models were made for a room and pillar method with a roof sag for copper ore deposits in the Legnica-Głogów Copper District in Poland. Additionally, in the article a load model of the rock bolt support as a result of a geomechanical seismic event is presented. Based on the results of laboratory tests (load–displacement characteristics), the strain energy of the bolt support equipped with the yielding device in the form of dome bearing plates was determined and compared with the impact energy caused by predicted falling rock layers. Based on the laboratory tests, numerical modeling and mathematical dynamic model of rock bolt support, the dependence of the drop height and the corresponding impact energy for the expanded room was determined.

Experimental Bond Behavior of Mortar Grouted GFRP Rock Bolt

2011 ◽  
Vol 261-263 ◽  
pp. 1244-1248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Neng Weng ◽  
Yong Yuan ◽  
Qian Guan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
Concrete Block ◽  
Rock Bolt ◽  
Rock Bolts ◽  
Engineering Structures ◽  
Bond Behavior ◽  
Gfrp Bars ◽  
Pull Out ◽  
Glass Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Concrete Blocks

Bolts are widely used in slope engineering, tunnel and large cave supporting structures, as well as restoration of engineering structures. They can improve the strength and stability of ground, rock mass, and other structures. The traditional steel bolt has some disadvantages, such as easy corrosion, heavy weight, and difficult operation. Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) is more resistant to chloride, stronger and lighter than steel. Those advantages make it a better alternative in some fields of engineering. To utilize GFRP bars as rock bolt, some aspects of its behavior, such as bond strength in mortar, bearing capacity, and bond stress distributing along its interface, have to be examined. This paper presents a research on bond behavior of GFRP rock bolts. A concrete block is used to represent rock mass in laboratory. Modified pull out tests were conducted on selected GFRP bars and compared with steel ones that were grouted with mortar in concrete blocks. Bond characteristics of mortar grouted GFRP rock bolts with diameter 16mm were mainly evaluated and other specs of bolts were also discussed.

scholarly journals A new design of support for burst-prone rock mass in underground ore mining

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 00006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Skrzypkowski
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
Underground Mining ◽  
Tensile Tests ◽  
Rock Bolt ◽  
Dynamic Loads ◽  
Rock Bolting ◽  
Rock Bolt Support ◽  
Yielding Support ◽  
Bolt Support

The article presents the basic methods of strengthening room and roadway excavations in underground ore mining. In particular, it was pointed out that the mining support is very often exposed to additional dynamic loads resulting from the mining of the deposit by means of explosives (slight) as well as from the load arising from rock mass tremors. In the article a new design of arch yielding support adapted to dynamic loads, which can be used in long-term access excavations was proposed. For this case, an exemplary spring deflection, which is located in the support foot cylinder, based on the principle of work and energy was calculated. In the case of exploitation room excavations, laboratory tensile tests of the long expansion rock bolt support, which were carried out in the rock bolting laboratory at the Department of Underground Mining AGH were presented. Load-displacement characteristics for long expansion rock bolt support with a particular indication of the elastic and plastic range were presented. In the summary, it was concluded that with the increase in the depth of exploitation, safe and efficient mining will be possible only due to the use of a support with appropriate yielding.

Analysis of Yielding Steel Arch Support with Rock Bolts in Mine Roadways Stability Aspect

2014 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 641-654 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tadeusz Majcherczyk ◽  
Zbigniew Niedbalski ◽  
Piotr Małkowski ◽  
łukasz Bednarek
Keyword(s):  
Support System ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Coal Mines ◽  
Rock Bolt ◽  
Rock Bolts ◽  
Mining Conditions ◽  
Arch Support ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Rock Bolt Support ◽  
Rockbolt Support

Abstract The result of the search for new technological solutions in the field of support for roadways in coal mines has in recent years been the widespread use of steel arch with rockbolt support systems. The efficiency of these systems is affected among other things by the option of installing rock bolts after the actual driving the mine roadway, the increased load capacity that these systems can support, and their resistance to dynamic weight. Large variation in the way that these steel arch support can be connected using different types of rock bolts necessitates mining research revealing the effectiveness of such solutions. Although the steel arch with rockbolt support system is used in the majority of European coal mines, it is still not possible to apply templates of schemes due to the diversity of geological and mining conditions. Therefore, throughout a period of several years, the authors of this article conducted research in situ under conditions of different schemes related to connecting arched support frames with rock bolts, with only selected results being presented in the article. The measurements of convergence, load supported by the system frame, load supported by the rock bolts, and the stratification of roof rocks were analyzed, carried out in two roadways with yielding steel arch support in which strand bolts were applied. The article also proposes the index for working maintenance nuw, used in preliminarily assessing the stability of a given working with a limited number of data concerning geomechanical conditions. Additionally considered are empirical methods used in Poland for designing steel arch with rock bolt support systems. The results of mine research indicate that strengthening yielding steel support with strand bolts through steel beams maintains the stability of a roadway, even when exposed to the exploitation stress. Aside from the impact of exploitation, deformations of the support system are negligible, despite the fact that the tensile forces acting on the rock bolts can reach values of up to 160 kN. Under favorable geological and mining conditions, support system frames can be spread up to 1.5 m apart when using rock bolts between them. The conducted measurement of convergence during a three year period revealed a compression amounting to a few centimeters. The results obtained by the research fully confirm the effectiveness of combined yielding steel arch with rock bolt support systems under different mining conditions.

scholarly journals Classification of Factors Affecting the Performance of Fully Grouted Rock Bolts with Empirical Classification Systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (22) ◽  
pp. 4781 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haneol Kim ◽  
Hafeezur Rehman ◽  
Wahid Ali ◽  
Abdul Muntaqim Naji ◽  
Jung-joo Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Classification Systems ◽  
Rock Bolt ◽  
Rock Bolts ◽  
Tunnel Support ◽  
Support Materials ◽  
Pull Out ◽  
Controllable Factors ◽  
Grouted Rock Bolts

Empirical classification systems do not provide details of the factors that affect the performance of fully grouted rock bolts, as they are based on average values. Fully grouted rock-bolt patterns during tunnel-support design are a part of the composite support, and they are functions of rock-mass quality and tunnel span. Various fully grouted rock bolts are used in situ in different environments, along with other tunnel-support materials in static and dynamic environments during tunnel construction. The rock-bolt performances are evaluated through pull-out tests that follow ASTM standards. Several field pull-out tests were conducted on cement and resin grouted rock bolts. Under groundwater flow conditions, inflated steel tube rock bolts were tested and the results were compared with fully grouted rock bolts. Based on field experiments and previous studies, the factors that affect rock bolt performances are divided into five groups with respective sub-factors. Natural parameters cannot be controlled to ensure safety, economy, and stability in tunnels. The controllable factors, too, can be varied only within a practical range. In conclusion, the factors investigated here should be considered with the empirical support pattern of rock-mass classification systems for safe and economical design.

Modeling interaction of suspended monorail rock bolt support and rock mass

2020 ◽  
pp. 25-39
Author(s):  
D.I. Blokhin ◽  
I.M. Zakorshmennyi ◽  
S.S. Kubrin ◽  
I.L. Kharitonov ◽  
M.L. Kholmyansky
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
Rock Bolt ◽  
Rock Bolt Support ◽  
Bolt Support

scholarly journals MODELLING ROCK MASS IMPROVEMENT USING ROCK BOLTS

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Pruška
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
Rock Bolt ◽  
Numerical Calculations ◽  
Underground Excavation ◽  
Rock Bolts ◽  
Fem Modelling ◽  
Excavation Stability ◽  
Bolt Reinforcement ◽  
Grouted Bolts ◽  
Underground Constructions

Anchor support currently represents a significant reinforcing technique in underground constructions. The principles of rock bolt reinforcement action are derived from various concepts of the underground excavation stability. In recent times, rock bolt design techniques have been complemented by numerical calculations procedures. The paper describes FEM modelling of a rock bolt system for mechanical and grouted bolts.

scholarly journals Interaction of rock-bolt supports while weak rock reinforcing by means of injection rock bolts

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 8-14
Author(s):  
Oleksandr Krykovskyi ◽  
Viktoriia Krykovska ◽  
Serhii Skipochka
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
Mine Working ◽  
Initial Permeability ◽  
Rock Bolt ◽  
Water Inflow ◽  
Mechanics Of Solids ◽  
Gas Emission ◽  
Rock Bolts ◽  
A Value ◽  
Enclosing Rocks

Purpose is to analyze changes in shape and dimensions of a rock mass area, fortified with the help of a polymer, depending upon the density of injection rock bolts as well as the value of initial permeability of enclosing rocks to substantiate optimum process solutions to support roofs within the unstable rocks and protect mine workings against water inflow and gas emission. Methods. Numerical modeling method for coupled processes of rock mass strain and filtration of liquid components of a polymer has been applied. The model is based upon fundamental ideas of mechanics of solids and filtration theory. The problem has been solved using a finite element method. Its solution took into consideration both the initial permeability and the permeability stipulated by mine working driving, injection time of reagents and their polymerization, and effect of po-lymer foaming in the process of mixing of its components. Changes in physicomechanical and filtration characteristics of rock mass during polymer hardening were simulated. It has been taken into consideration that a metal delivery pipe starts operating as a reinforcing support element only after the polymer hardening. Findings. If three and five injection rock bolts are installed within a mine working section then stresses, permeability coefficients, pressure of liquid polymeric composition, and geometry of the fortified area of rock mass have been calculated. It has been shown that rock bolt location is quite important to form a rock-bolt arch. It has been demonstrated for the assumed conditions that if five injection rock bolts are installed within the mine working roof then close interaction between rock-bolt supports takes place; moreover, the integral arch is formed within the mine working roof. Originality. Dependence of change in the polymer reinforced area upon a value of initial permeability of enclosing rocks has been derived. It has been shown that in terms of low values of initial permeability, geometry of rock-bolt supports as well as its size is identified only by means of a value of the unloaded zone around the mine working. In this context, initial permeabi-lity increase results in the enlarged diameter of the reinforced rock mass area in the neighbourhood of the injection rock bolt. Practical implications. The findings are recommended to be applied while improving a method to support the mine working roof and decrease water inflow as well as gas emission from the rocks, being undermined, into the working.

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