Sizing room and pillar by numerical modeling for underground marble quarries in Turkey

AKSOY C. O., ONARGAN T.

JOURNAL OF MINING SCIENCE, vol.42, no.5, pp.483-489, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 42 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s10913-006-0077-9
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF MINING SCIENCE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.483-489
  • Keywords: underground marble quarry, numerical modeling, rock stability
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Optimal parameters of room-and-pillar mining have been established by numerical modeling based on in-situ data on topography, geological structure and physico-mechanical properties for three marble quarries in Turkey. Vertical stresses in pillars are estimated and rock stability classification is developed.