Load transfer behavior during cascading pillar failure: an experimental study

H Dong, W Zhu, C Hou, X Liu - Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2022 - Springer
In order to reveal the load transfer mechanism during cascading pillar failure, compressive
tests on treble-pillar specimens were conducted under soft and stiff loading conditions …

Experimental and numerical investigation on the bearing and failure mechanism of multiple pillars under overburden

Z Zhou, L Chen, Y Zhao, T Zhao, X Cai, X Du - Rock Mechanics and Rock …, 2017 - Springer
To reveal the mechanical response of a multi-pillar supporting system under external loads,
compressive tests were carried out on single-pillar and double-pillar specimens. The digital …

Dynamic response of pillar workings induced by sudden pillar recovery

Z Zhou, Y Zhao, W Cao, L Chen, J Zhou - Rock Mechanics and Rock …, 2018 - Springer
When residual pillars are extracted in a short time in room and pillar mining, the load
transferred from the removed pillar acts on neighbouring pillar workings in a dynamic …

Failure propagation of pillars and roof in a room and pillar mine induced by longwall mining in the lower seam

W Zhu, L Chen, Z Zhou, B Shen, Y Xu - Rock Mechanics and Rock …, 2019 - Springer
Underground mining using the room and pillar method leaves pillars to support the overlying
strata. When longwall mining is used to extract a lower coal seam beneath the room and …

Buckling failures of reserved thin pillars under the combined action of in-plane and lateral hydrostatic compressive forces

Z Huang, X Dai, L Dong - Computers and Geotechnics, 2017 - Elsevier
The reasons that pillars with small width-to-height ratios fail remain unclear. This study
established a mechanical model for the buckling failure of a thin pillar subjected to …

Risk assessment for the cascading failure of underground pillar sections considering interaction between pillars

Z Zhou, H Zang, W Cao, X Du, L Chen, C Ke - International Journal of Rock …, 2019 - Elsevier
The cascading failure of underground pillar sections poses a risk to miners and surface
structures. Assessing the risk of underground mining panels contributes to the prevention …

[HTML][HTML] Unstable pillar failure under soft loading condition

H Dong, W Zhu, K Guan, X Liu, C Hou… - Lithosphere, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Pillar rockburst is an unstable pillar failure and one of the most hazardous problems in the
underground mining engineering of deep hard-rock mines. In order to study the mechanism …

[HTML][HTML] Large-scale laboratory investigation of pillar-support interaction

A Chaurasia, G Walton, S Sinha, TJ Batchler… - Journal of Rock …, 2024 - Elsevier
Underground mine pillars provide natural stability to the mine area, allowing safe operations
for workers and machinery. Extensive prior research has been conducted to understand …

Numerical study of failure mechanism of serial and parallel rock pillars

SY Wang, SW Sloan, ML Huang, CA Tang - Rock mechanics and rock …, 2011 - Springer
Using a numerical modelling code, rock failure process analysis, 2D, the progressive failure
process and associated acoustic emission behaviour of serial and parallel rock samples …

Yield pillar application under strong roof and strong floor condition-a case study

P Tsang, SS Peng, SM Hsiung - ARMA US Rock Mechanics …, 1989 - onepetro.org
ABSTRACT ABSTRACT: The mechanisms and functions of yield pillar are analyzed by
employing finite element method that takes time dependent and plastic failure of rock into …