Numerical Simulation of Underground Mining Exploitation Influence Upon Terrain Surface / Modelowanie Numeryczne Wpływu Podziemnej Eksploatacji Górniczej Na Powierzchnię Terenu

Underground mining exploitation may result in mining damages to building objects located on a terrain surface. Considering high harmfulness of this phenomenon, the scientists from all over the world have tried to describe impact of underground exploitation on deformations of terrain surface and objects located thereon. The first theories, based on the Gaussian distribution, have emerged in the 1950s and are in use until now. Later on, in connection with development of computational techniques, their availability and numerical methods, a possibility of numerical computations use for forecasting of deformations has emerged. These methods, when suitable numerical models are adopted, enable to include higher number of factors influencing the results being obtained. When constructing numerical model, particular attention should be paid on selection of: appropriate geometry of model, proper constitutive model describing behavior of rock and soil layers, adequate values of rock mass parameters prior to execution of mining exploitation, and after it. The author presented in this article part of these problems, based on own experience.