Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Tezin Türü: Yüksek Lisans
Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Maden Mühendisliği Bölümü, Türkiye
Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2023
Tezin Dili: İngilizce
Öğrenci: Gökhan KUTLUBAY
Danışman: Ahmet Güneş Yardimci
Özet:
Permanent openings in underground mines require extensive geomechanical and geological investigation to determine the excavation dimensions and the support configuration assuring the long-term stability. Empirical systems have been adopted in underground excavation design due to their advantages in terms of matching the rock mass quality with the potential support configuration. Geomechanical classification system and Q-tunneling index are the most commonly accepted techniques for the preliminary support analysis. However, they cover only the significant conditions and they require to specify the intermediate conditions by field observations or numerical analyses. Computational geomechanics makes use of computational power to simulate the various excavation and support designs well-before the implementation. This research carries out a parametric study to examine the support requirements for underground mine haul roads excavated in various geomechanical conditions at different depths and field loadings. Performance of the empirically recommended support systems were checked with the finite element models relying on stress and deformation analyses. Finally, an artificial neural network model was trained using the numerical simulation outputs. Predictions of the model approve a good correlation, which implies the proposed method can be considered to replace the conventional methods for certain conditions.