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Figure 8.11 Normalised deflection<br />

<strong>and</strong> arch lever arm versus normalised<br />

span, from numerical simulation for<br />

E = 16 GPa <strong>and</strong> = 30 kN/m 3 (after<br />

Sofianos, 1996).<br />

EXCAVATION DESIGN IN STRATIFIED ROCK<br />

Using r = 1/2.6n from equation 8.25,<br />

FoSb = 0.59/ 3<br />

Qnsz 1 + 16s2 <br />

z ≈ 3.15/Qns 3 z = 3.15zonqns 4 z (8.42)<br />

This shows that the factor of safety against buckling instability is inversely proportional<br />

to the fourth power of the roof span. Further, for a given room span, the<br />

minimum roof bed thickness corresponding to a factor of safety of unity is given by<br />

tmin = s<br />

1/3 Qn<br />

3.15<br />

zon<br />

(8.43)<br />

Comparison of UDEC numerical studies of the beam thickness at buckling with<br />

results calculated from equation 8.43 (Sofianos, 1996) shows good correspondence<br />

between the two different approaches.<br />

8.5.6 Beam failure by crushing at hinges<br />

The maximum values of compressive stress in the arch occur at the hinge points at<br />

the top centre of the span <strong>and</strong> at the lower edges of the contacts of the beam with<br />

the abutments. Although Sofianos (1996) proposes an analysis in terms of allowable<br />

strains, the most direct method of assessing the possibility of local crushing of the<br />

hinges is to compare the local compressive stress with a measure of rock strength. To<br />

do this, equation 8.31 may be used to estimate a value of the arch deflection z, which<br />

provides directly a value of <strong>and</strong>, from equation 8.16, a value for the equilibrium<br />

moment arm of the arch, z. The required value xx may then be evaluted directly from<br />

equation 8.14.<br />

As noted previously, care must be taken in selecting a suitable value for the rock<br />

mass compressive strength c to be used in assessing the potential for failure by local<br />

crushing. The Factor of Safety against crushing at the beam hinge points, FoScrush,is<br />

given by<br />

240<br />

FoScrush = c<br />

xx<br />

(8.44)

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