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Figure 13.11 Definition of mining<br />

variables associated with a parallelepiped<br />

shaped pillar (after Galvin<br />

et al., 1999).<br />

ELEMENTARY ANALYSIS OF PILLAR SUPPORT<br />

should be the minimum width, w, for R < 3 <strong>and</strong> weo for R > 6. In the intermediate<br />

range of R, the effective width varies according to the relation<br />

Equation 13.6 was then re-written as<br />

<strong>and</strong> equation 13.8 as<br />

we = w (R/3–1)<br />

o = w (13.11)<br />

S = Soh w <br />

(13.12)<br />

S = Sov a R b o {(b/ε)[(R/Ro) ε − 1] + 1} (13.13)<br />

For the revised South African database, Galvin et al. (1999) found that So = 6.88<br />

MPa, =−0.60 <strong>and</strong> = 0.42. For the Australian database, So = 8.60 MPa, =<br />

−0.84 <strong>and</strong> = 0.51, <strong>and</strong> for the combined South African <strong>and</strong> Australian databases,<br />

So = 6.88 MPa, =−0.70 <strong>and</strong> = 0.50.<br />

For pillar design in hard rock mines, Lunder <strong>and</strong> Pakalnis (1997) proposed a method<br />

of estimating pillar strength which integrated the results of tributary area <strong>and</strong> boundary<br />

element analysis in the so-called confinement formula. It sought to reconcile the<br />

highly empirical expressions for pillar strength with those derived from more rigorous<br />

principles based on conventional rock strength criteria, as discussed in Chapter 4, <strong>and</strong><br />

the states of stress <strong>and</strong> confinement which develop in a pillar. It drew on a large data<br />

base of observations of pillar behaviour in Canadian mines, <strong>and</strong> also results reported<br />

by Brady (1977) for the Mount Isa Mine, Australia, Kraul<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Soder (1987)<br />

for the Black Angel Mine, Greenl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Sjöberg (1992) for the Zinkgruvan Mine,<br />

Sweden.<br />

Starting from the assumption that pillar strength S can be represented by<br />

381<br />

S = S(c, size, shape)

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