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Structural Engineering and Mechanics
  Volume 60, Number 5, December10 2016 , pages 809-828
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/sem.2016.60.5.809
 


Comparison of Hoek-Brown and Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion for deep open coal mine slope stability
Cemalettin O. Aksoy, Guzin G. Uyar and Yilmaz Ozcelik

 
Abstract
    In deep open pit mines, slope stability is very important. Particularly, increasing the depths increase the risks in mines having weak rock mass. Blasting operations in this type of open pits may have a negative impact on slope stability. Several or combination of methods can be used in order to enable better analysis in this type of deep open-pit mines. Numerical modeling is one of these options. Many complex problems can be integrated into numerical methods at the same time and analysis, solutions can be performed on a single model. Rock failure criterions and rock models are used in numerical modeling. Hoek-Brown and Mohr-Coulomb terms are the two most commonly used rock failure conditions. In this study, mine planning and discontinuity conditions of a lignite mine facing two big landslides previously, has been investigated. Moreover, the presence of some damage before starting the study was identified in surrounding structures. The primary research of this study is on slope study. In slope stability analysis, numerical modeling methods with Hoek-Brown and Mohr-Coulomb failure criterions were used separately. Preparing the input data to the numerical model, the outcomes of patented-blast vibration minimization method, developed by co-author was used. The analysis showed that, the model prepared by applying Hoek-Brown failure criterion, failed in the stage of 10. However, the model prepared by using Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion did not fail even in the stage 17. Examining the full research field, there has been ongoing production in this mine without any failure and damage to surface structures.
 
Key Words
    numerical modeling; controlled blasting; yielding criteria; deep open pit; slope stability
 
Address
Cemalettin O. Aksoy: Department of Mining Engineering, DokuzEylul University, Faculty of Engineering, İzmir, Turkey
Guzin G. Uyar and Yilmaz Ozcelik: Department of Mining Engineering, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Engineering, Ankara, Turkey
 

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