Effect of fully-grouted bolts on the failure behaviors of mine pillars: Insights from block-based FDEM modeling

S Zhang, S Qiu, Q Jiang, L Jia, S Li, Z Xie - Construction and Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, the Voronoi-based breakable block model (VBBM) based on the combined
finite-discrete element method (FDEM) is used to investigate the failure mechanism of mine …

Distinct element analysis for the effectiveness of preliminary coal pillar rib support systems based on the strength reduction method using coal Mass constitutive Model

D Guner, T Sherizadeh, S Nowak, KE Karadeniz… - Mining, Metallurgy & …, 2023 - Springer
Despite numerous empirical, numerical, and hybrid studies conducted on the subject of coal
rib failure, mine fatalities related to rib failures continue to occur at around 1.5 per year …

Distinct element analysis of various structural element responses for coal rib support simulation

A Kirmaci, D Guner, K Karadeniz… - ARMA US Rock …, 2023 - onepetro.org
Understanding the bolt responses for the efficacy of bolt performance during coal rib support
applications plays a key role in controlling the stability of underground coal mine openings …