APPLICATIONS OF EQUIVALENT MATERIAL MODELS IN GEOMECHANICAL PROCESS STUDIES IN UNDERGROUND SOLID MINERAL MINING

• Prasant Sharma

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There are several real-world instances of ineffective control over the geomechanical characteristics of rocks 
in solid mineral mining operations across the globe. As a result, subterranean excavations are ruined, mine 
safety and benefits decline, mineral losses increase, and accidents and ecological disasters are brought on. 
Sinkholes at the Upper Kama potash-magnesium soil deposit, flooding in salt mines [1], dynamic sagging 
of challenging main roofs (rock bridges) in coal mining, and massive methane ejections in roads [2] are just 
a few of the catastrophic consequences of poor control over the geomechanical properties of undermined 
rock strata. 

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