New method for determining the elastic parameters of rock mass layers in the region of underground mining influence

Abstract: The primary objective of the following paper is to determine the value of strata elastic parameters in a selected Polish mining area using a new method based on finite element analysis, GSI geotechnical classification and “back analysis”. The individual rock layer strain parameters were estimated by means of comparing the measured subsidence trough with the result of numerical analysis carried out for the same geological and mining conditions. As a result of such an analysis, the values of the elastic modulus of the anisotropic model of strata were obtained in the region of underground mining influence. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]