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Figure 8.10 Normalised arch thickness<br />

versus normalised span (after<br />

Sofianos, 1996).<br />

EXCAVATION DESIGN IN STRATIFIED ROCK<br />

between load depth fraction, n, <strong>and</strong> normalised room span, sn (given by s/t, where<br />

t is the roof bed thickness). The plot shown in Figure 8.8 shows good consistency<br />

between the finite element <strong>and</strong> UDEC results.<br />

It was found that, for a wide range of roof beam geometries, the values of n at<br />

equilibrium lie between 0.12 <strong>and</strong> 0.30, <strong>and</strong> fit the expression<br />

n = 1/(0.22 sn + 2.7) (8.15)<br />

It should be noted that this equation returns magnitudes of the equilibrium value of<br />

n that are considerably less than the value of about 0.75 reported by Diederichs <strong>and</strong><br />

Kaiser (1999a).<br />

8.5.1 Beam deflection<br />

In roof beam formation, an arch of undeflected height zo is shortened by an increment<br />

L during a vertical deflection to form an arch of height z. The relation between<br />

arch height <strong>and</strong> deflection, <strong>and</strong> some associated relations required in the following<br />

analysis, are given by<br />

= z0 − z (8.16)<br />

zn = z<br />

t = zon − n<br />

(8.17)<br />

zon = 1 − 2<br />

n (8.18)<br />

3<br />

MR = 1<br />

2 xxn t 2 zn<br />

(8.19)<br />

where subscript n represents normalisation of geometric parameters with respect to<br />

the roof thickness t.<br />

8.5.2 Arch geometry<br />

In its deflected position, the lateral thrusts T mobilised in the compression arch<br />

are associated with axial stresses which satisfy equation 8.13. The relation between<br />

mobilised thrust <strong>and</strong> beam deflection exploits the assumption of the shape of the<br />

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