Analysis of Ground Fissures Induced by Underground Mining in a Metal Mine

2011 ◽  
Vol 255-260 ◽  
pp. 3754-3758 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hai Jun Zhao ◽  
Feng Shan Ma ◽  
Jie Guo
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Underground Mining ◽  
Ground Subsidence ◽  
Formation Mechanisms ◽  
Ground Fissures ◽  
Subsidence Basin ◽  
Metal Mine ◽  
Distribution Features ◽  
Subsidence Monitoring ◽  
Cut And Fill

Jinchuan nickel mine is the largest cut-and fill mining mine in China. After keep successive mining for nearly twenty years, it appeared serious ground fissures. A major thrust of this paper is to discuss the distribution features, deformation regularities, development tendency and formation mechanisms of ground fissures based on long-term subsidence monitoring and investigation. The results showed that large-scale ground subsidence basin has been developed in the mine area, and the ground fissures mainly scattered in the tensile zone of the subsidence basin. Besides, ground fissures have the features of compressive shear or tensile mechanical properties and zonary pattern. Unfortunately, with the mining scale keep expanding, both the quantity and width of the ground fissures increased rapidly. This will be unfavourable to safety of mining and engineering facilities. Therefore, strengthened monitoring and prevention works are essentially important to the similar mines which designed with cut-and-fill mining method.

scholarly journals LARGE-SCALE SUBSIDENCE GEOHAZARD MONITORING WITH SENTINEL-1 SAR INTERFEROMETRY IN CENTRAL LISHUI (CHINA)

2021 ◽  
Vol XLIII-B3-2021 ◽  
pp. 873-878
Author(s):  
T. Qu ◽  
Z. Su ◽  
H. Yang ◽  
X. Shi ◽  
W. Shao
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Small Deformation ◽  
Sar Interferometry ◽  
Ground Subsidence ◽  
Impact Factors ◽  
Survey Techniques ◽  
Ground Survey ◽  
In Situ Sensors ◽  
Sbas Insar ◽  
Subsidence Monitoring

Abstract. Ground subsidence has become a serious problem along with the rapid urban expansions. Compared with traditional point-based ground survey techniques (GPS, levelling measurement and in-situ sensors), SAR Interferometry are quite appreciated for large-scale subsidence monitoring with long term and high accuracy. In this study, we focused on large-scale subsidence geohazard monitoring of central Lishui (China) and extracted subsidence velocity map of Liandu District. 57 Sentinle-1 SAR images from April 2019 to September 2020 are analysed with SBAS-InSAR technique. The overall subsidence of Liandu is significantly correlated with the distributions of construction engineering sites with displacement velocity of approximately 30–60 mm/yr. Various types of urban ground subsidence could be identified, including the overall settlement of large construction site, the slope deformation of construction excavation, significant settlement of refuse landfill and mountain crossing tunnel, and small deformation of highvoltage towers in mountainous areas. Our results indicated that the rapid urban developments are the dominant impact factors of subsidence in Lishui, China.

scholarly journals Assessment of radar interferometry performance for ground subsidence monitoring due to underground mining

2009 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 733-745 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Hay-Man Ng ◽  
Hsing-Chung Chang ◽  
Linlin Ge ◽  
Chris Rizos ◽  
Makoto Omura
Keyword(s):  
Underground Mining ◽  
Radar Interferometry ◽  
Ground Subsidence ◽  
Subsidence Monitoring

Monitoring of Ground Fissures Induced by Underground Mining

2012 ◽  
Vol 524-527 ◽  
pp. 622-625
Author(s):  
Jie Guo ◽  
Feng Shan Ma ◽  
Hai Jun Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Similar Condition ◽  
Underground Mining ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Deformation Monitoring ◽  
Monitoring Device ◽  
Ground Fissures ◽  
Metal Mine ◽  
New Type ◽  
The Development Trend

Aim to analyze the development trend of ground fissures, new type of deformation monitoring device was developed. The device was used to measure the deformation of ground fissures in metal mine. The results showed it was feasible to monitoring the three-dimensional deformation. This study could provide reference for the similar condition mine.

scholarly journals A novel approach of determining the parameters of Asadi profiling function for predictiong ground subsidence due to inclied coal seam mining at Quang Ninh coal basin

2020 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-95
Author(s):  
Long Quoc Nguyen ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Underground Mining ◽  
Mean Absolute Error ◽  
Absolute Error ◽  
Ground Subsidence ◽  
Coal Basin ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Maximum Subsidence ◽  
Seam Mining ◽  
Subsidence Monitoring ◽  
Quang Ninh

In this paper, we proposed a novel approach for estimating preliminary values of parameters of the Asadi profiling function (APF), then the least-squares principle was used with these preliminary values and ground subsidence monitoring data at the Thong Nhat underground mine to determine to the final parameters of the APF. This function was employed to predict ground subsidence at the Mong Duong mine where there are geological and rock geomachenial conditions well as seams’ inclination similar to those of Thong Nhat mine. The results show that the Rood Mean Square Error (RMSE) and Mean Absolute Error (MAE) equal to 0.081 m and 0.055 m or 9.9% and 6.7% of maximum subsidence, respectively, and a correlation coefficient of 0.973. These results prove that the APF with calculated parameters can be used to predict ground subsidence due to underground mining in the areas that have the similar conditions to Thong Nhat mine.

scholarly journals GROUND SUBSIDENCE MONITORING WITH MT-InSAR AND MECHANISM INVERSION OVER XI’AN, CHINA

2018 ◽  
Vol XLII-3 ◽  
pp. 1375-1380
Author(s):  
M. M. Peng ◽  
C. Y. Zhao ◽  
Q. Zhang ◽  
J. Zhang ◽  
Y. Y. Liu
Keyword(s):  
Land Subsidence ◽  
Ground Deformation ◽  
Ground Subsidence ◽  
Spatiotemporal Evolution ◽  
Ground Fissure ◽  
Ground Fissures ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Subsidence Monitoring ◽  
Xi’An City ◽  
Deformation Section

The ancient Xi’an, China, has been suffering severe land subsidence and ground fissure hazards since the 1960s, which has affected the safety of Subways. Multi-sensor SAR data are conducted to monitor the latest complex ground deformation and its influence on subway line No.3 over Xi’an. Annual deformation rates have been retrieved to reveal the spatiotemporal evolution of ground subsidence in Xi’an city from 2013 to 2017. Meanwhile, the correlation between land subsidence and ground fissures are analyzed by retrieving the deformation differences in both sides of the fissures. Besides, the deformation along subway line No. 3 is analyzed, and the fast deformation section is quantitatively studied. Finally, a flat lying sill model with distributed contractions is implemented to model the InSAR deformation over YHZ subsidence center, which manifests that the ground deformation is mainly caused by groundwater withdrawal.

scholarly journals Subsidence Monitoring of Fill Area in Yan’an New District Based on Sentinel-1A Time Series Imagery

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 3044
Author(s):  
Mingjie Liao ◽  
Rui Zhang ◽  
Jichao Lv ◽  
Bin Yu ◽  
Jiatai Pang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Ground Deformation ◽  
Dynamic Change ◽  
Deformation Monitoring ◽  
Chinese Loess Plateau ◽  
Ground Subsidence ◽  
Shanxi Province ◽  
Environment Change ◽  
Loess Area

In recent years, many cities in the Chinese loess plateau (especially in Shanxi province) have encountered ground subsidence problems due to the construction of underground projects and the exploitation of underground resources. With the completion of the world’s largest geotechnical project, called “mountain excavation and city construction,” in a collapsible loess area, the Yan’an city also appeared to have uneven ground subsidence. To obtain the spatial distribution characteristics and the time-series evolution trend of the subsidence, we selected Yan’an New District (YAND) as the specific study area and presented an improved time-series InSAR (TS-InSAR) method for experimental research. Based on 89 Sentinel-1A images collected between December 2017 to December 2020, we conducted comprehensive research and analysis on the spatial and temporal evolution of surface subsidence in YAND. The monitoring results showed that the YAND is relatively stable in general, with deformation rates mainly in the range of −10 to 10 mm/yr. However, three significant subsidence funnels existed in the fill area, with a maximum subsidence rate of 100 mm/yr. From 2017 to 2020, the subsidence funnels enlarged, and their subsidence rates accelerated. Further analysis proved that the main factors induced the severe ground subsidence in the study area, including the compressibility and collapsibility of loess, rapid urban construction, geological environment change, traffic circulation load, and dynamic change of groundwater. The experimental results indicated that the improved TS-InSAR method is adaptive to monitoring uneven subsidence of deep loess area. Moreover, related data and information would provide reference to the large-scale ground deformation monitoring and in similar loess areas.

Monitoring analysis and environmental assessment of mine subsidence based on surface displacement monitoring

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Kuo Ding ◽  
Hui Li
Keyword(s):  
Surface Deformation ◽  
Surface Displacement ◽  
Horizontal Stress ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Displacement Curve ◽  
Ground Fissures ◽  
Metal Mine ◽  
Displacement Vectors ◽  
Dependent Behavior ◽  
Subsidence Zone

Over the past several years, a metal mine by block caving method has experienced a long-term and progressive surface deformation and fracturing, and then we start our investigation based on this background. The location of surface rupture was based on a series of mapping activities and the deformation data was collected by GPS from 2013 to 2016. In this paper, emphasis was put on the analysis of the fissures, deformation and stress of surface subsidence. Results reveal the diversity magnitude and structural features of surface deformation and ground fissures. In addition, the time dependent behavior is comprehended and the subsidence zone reflects different types of time-displacement curve – regressive phase, steady phase and progressive phase, all these achievements indicate the complexity and diversity of the subsidence zone. On the other hand, stress calculation which inspired from the mechanical model of the cracking of hole wall is carried out, it is meaningful to understand the relation between fracture features, displacement vectors and horizontal stress.

scholarly journals Spatial-Temporal Evolution of Land Subsidence and Rebound over Xi’an in Western China Revealed by SBAS-InSAR Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 3756
Author(s):  
Wei Shi ◽  
Guan Chen ◽  
Xingmin Meng ◽  
Wanyu Jiang ◽  
Yan Chong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Subsidence ◽  
Groundwater Level ◽  
Surface Deformation ◽  
Western China ◽  
Ground Subsidence ◽  
Underground Space ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Space Utilization ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Ground Fissures

Land subsidence is one of the major urban geological hazards, which seriously restricts the development of many cities in the world. As one of the major cities in China, Xi’an has also been experiencing a large area of land subsidence due to excessive exploitation of groundwater. Since the Heihe Water Transfer Project (HWTP) became fully operational in late 2003, the problem of subsidence has been restrained, but other issues, such as ground rebounds, have appeared, and the effect of the underground space utilization on land subsidence remains unsolved. The spatial-temporal pattern of land subsidence and rebound in Xi’an after HWTP and their possible cause have so far not been well understood. In this study, the evolutionary characteristics of land subsidence and rebound in Xi’an city from 2007–2019 was investigated using Small Baseline Subset Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SBAS-SAR) technology to process the Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) and Sentinel-1A SAR datasets, and their cause and the correlation with groundwater level changes and the underground space utilization were discussed. We found that the land subsidence rate in the study area slowed from 2007–2019, and the subsidence area shrank and gradually developed into three relatively independent and isolated subsidence areas primarily. Significant local rebound deformation up to 22 mm/y commenced in the groundwater recharge region during 2015–2019. The magnitude of local rebound was dominated by the rise in groundwater level due to HWTP, whereas tectonic faults and ground fissures control the range of subsidence and the uplift area. The influence of building load on surface deformation became increasingly evident and primarily manifested by slowing the subsidence reduction trend. Additionally, land subsidence caused by the disturbances during the subway construction period was stronger than that in the operational stage. Future land subsidence in Xi’an is predicted to be alleviated overall, and the areas of rebound deformation will continue increasing for a limited time. However, uneven settlement range may extend to the Qujiang and Xixian New District due to the rapid urban construction. Our results could provide a scientific basis for land subsidence hazard mitigation, underground space planning, and groundwater management in Xi’an or similar regions where severe ground subsidence was induced by rapid urbanization.

Unsteady Aerodynamics of an Aeroengine Double Swirler Lean Premixing Prevaporizing Burner

2004 ◽  
Vol 128 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Canepa ◽  
Pasquale Di Martino ◽  
Piergiorgio Formosa ◽  
Marina Ubaldi ◽  
Pietro Zunino
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Reynolds Stress ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Unsteady Aerodynamics ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Flow Structures ◽  
Laser Doppler Velocimeter ◽  
Formation Mechanisms ◽  
Meridional Plane ◽  
Stress Components

Lean premixing prevaporizing (LPP) burners represent a promising solution for low-emission combustion in aeroengines. Since lean premixed combustion suffers from pressure and heat release fluctuations that can be triggered by unsteady large-scale flow structures, a deep knowledge of flow structures formation mechanisms in complex swirling flows is a necessary step in suppressing combustion instabilities. The present paper describes a detailed investigation of the unsteady aerodynamics of a large-scale model of a double swirler aeroengine LPP burner at isothermal conditions. A three-dimensional (3D) laser Doppler velocimeter and an ensemble-averaging technique have been employed to obtain a detailed time-resolved description of the periodically perturbed flow field at the mixing duct exit and associated Reynolds stress and vorticity distributions. Results show a swirling annular jet with an extended region of reverse flow near to the axis. The flow is dominated by a strong periodic perturbation, which occurs in all the three components of velocity. Radial velocity fluctuations cause important periodic displacement of the jet and the inner separated region in the meridional plane. The flow, as expected, is highly turbulent. The periodic stress components have the same order of magnitude of the Reynolds stress components. As a consequence the flow-mixing process is highly enhanced. Turbulence acts on a large spectrum of fluctuation frequencies, whereas the large-scale motion influences the whole flow field in an ordered way that can be dangerous for stability in reactive conditions.

scholarly journals Quantifying Horizontal and Vertical Movements in Ho Chi Minh City by Sentinel-1 Radar Interferometry

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dinh Ho Tong Minh ◽  
Yen-Nhi NGO ◽  
Thu Trang Lê ◽  
Trung Chon Le ◽  
Hong Son Bui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
European Space Agency ◽  
Ground Subsidence ◽  
Ho Chi Minh City ◽  
Vertical Movements ◽  
Space Agency ◽  
Permanent Scatterers ◽  
The City ◽  
East West

Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), the most populous city and the economic center of Viet Nam, has faced ground subsidence in recent decades. This work aims at providing an unprecedented spatial extent coverage of the subsidence in HCMC in both horizontal and vertical components using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) time series. For this purpose, an advanced InSAR technique PSDS (Permanent Scatterers and Distributed Scatterers) was applied to two big European Space Agency (ESA) Sentinel-1 datasets composed of 96 ascending and 202 descending images, acquired from 2014 to 2020 over HCMC area. A time series of 33 Cosmos SkyMED images was also used for comparison purpose. The combination of ascending and descending satellite passes allows the decomposition of the light of sight velocities into horizontal East-west and vertical components. By taking into account the presence of the horizontal East-west movement, our finding indicates that the precision of the decomposed vertical velocity can be improved up to 3 mm/year for Sentinel-1 data. The obtained results revealed that subsidence is most severe in areas along the Sai Gon river in the northwest-southeast axis and the southwest of the city with the maximum value up to 80 mm/year, consistent with findings in the literature. The magnitude of horizontal East-West velocities is relatively small and a large-scale westward motion can be observed in the northwest of the city at a rate of 2-5 mm/year. Together, these results reinforced the remarkable suitability of ESA's Sentinel-1 SAR for subsidence applications even for non-Europe countries such as Vietnam and Southeast Asia.

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