- Title
- Numerical investigation of rockfall impacts on muckpiles for underground portals
- Creator
- Effeindzourou, Anna; Giacomini, Anna; Thoeni, Klaus; Sloan, Scott W.
- Relation
- Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering Vol. 50, Issue 6, p. 1569-1583
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00603-017-1183-5
- Publisher
- Springer
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2017
- Description
- Small-scale waste rock piles or muckpiles are commonly used as energy absorption barriers in various surface mining applications. This paper numerically investigates the impact behaviour of blocks on muckpiles used as cushion layer on top of underground portal entries. A three-dimensional discrete element model is implemented into the open-source framework YADE and validated using full-scale experimental data. The model allows estimating the energy absorption capacity of the muckpile and the impact forces acting on the portal structure. It also provides valuable information on the rebound characteristics which are useful for the definition of the potential safety areas in the vicinity of an underground entry. In order to show its capabilities, the model is applied to a large number of cases representing potential design conditions. The influence of block mass, impact velocity and absorbing cushion thickness on the forces at the base of the muckpile and the rebound trajectories after impact are investigated.
- Subject
- discrete element method (DEM); numerical modelling; granular material; energy dissipation; rockfall; mining
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1350206
- Identifier
- uon:30511
- Identifier
- ISSN:0723-2632
- Rights
- This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00603-017-1183-5.
- Language
- eng
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