Analysis of the structural integrity of a frozen wall during a mine shaft excavation using temperature monitoring data

The construction of shafts of potash mines in flooded and unstable soils is usually carried out with the help of artificial ground freezing. The freezing process aims to form a waterproof frozen wall (FW) around the shaft and is monitored throughout the construction of the mine shaft. This paper des...

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Main Authors: Lev Levin, Mikhail Semin, Ivan Golovatyi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gruppo Italiano Frattura 2023-01-01
Series:Fracture and Structural Integrity
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Online Access:https://www.fracturae.com/index.php/fis/article/view/3728/3719
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description The construction of shafts of potash mines in flooded and unstable soils is usually carried out with the help of artificial ground freezing. The freezing process aims to form a waterproof frozen wall (FW) around the shaft and is monitored throughout the construction of the mine shaft. This paper describes the results of the temperature monitoring of the FW around the skip shaft of a potash mine under construction. The data on temperature measurements in control-thermal boreholes were used to parameterize the mathematical model of heat transfer, which allowed for the reconstruction of the temperature field throughout the entire cooled and frozen soil volume. The resulting temperature distribution in the FW zone for greater than one year was used to determine the distribution of the strength properties and calculate the temporary change in the limiting value of the external lateral load on an FW of a given thickness and specified thermomechanical properties. The obtained dependencies of the maximum external load on the FW can be used to optimize the operation mode of the freezing station at the ice holding stage (or passive freezing) to increase the energy efficiency of the system and ensure the structural integrity of the FW.
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spelling doaj.art-b9e69e5663ce4ded88f278ac98d2f70d2024-12-02T08:49:51ZengGruppo Italiano FratturaFracture and Structural Integrity1971-89932023-01-01176311210.3221/IGF-ESIS.63.0110.3221/IGF-ESIS.63.01Analysis of the structural integrity of a frozen wall during a mine shaft excavation using temperature monitoring dataLev LevinMikhail SeminIvan GolovatyiThe construction of shafts of potash mines in flooded and unstable soils is usually carried out with the help of artificial ground freezing. The freezing process aims to form a waterproof frozen wall (FW) around the shaft and is monitored throughout the construction of the mine shaft. This paper describes the results of the temperature monitoring of the FW around the skip shaft of a potash mine under construction. The data on temperature measurements in control-thermal boreholes were used to parameterize the mathematical model of heat transfer, which allowed for the reconstruction of the temperature field throughout the entire cooled and frozen soil volume. The resulting temperature distribution in the FW zone for greater than one year was used to determine the distribution of the strength properties and calculate the temporary change in the limiting value of the external lateral load on an FW of a given thickness and specified thermomechanical properties. The obtained dependencies of the maximum external load on the FW can be used to optimize the operation mode of the freezing station at the ice holding stage (or passive freezing) to increase the energy efficiency of the system and ensure the structural integrity of the FW.https://www.fracturae.com/index.php/fis/article/view/3728/3719frozen wallartificial ground freezingmine shafttemperature monitoringstructural integrityoptimization of freezing parameters
spellingShingle Lev Levin
Mikhail Semin
Ivan Golovatyi
Analysis of the structural integrity of a frozen wall during a mine shaft excavation using temperature monitoring data
Fracture and Structural Integrity
frozen wall
artificial ground freezing
mine shaft
temperature monitoring
structural integrity
optimization of freezing parameters
title Analysis of the structural integrity of a frozen wall during a mine shaft excavation using temperature monitoring data
title_full Analysis of the structural integrity of a frozen wall during a mine shaft excavation using temperature monitoring data
title_fullStr Analysis of the structural integrity of a frozen wall during a mine shaft excavation using temperature monitoring data
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of the structural integrity of a frozen wall during a mine shaft excavation using temperature monitoring data
title_short Analysis of the structural integrity of a frozen wall during a mine shaft excavation using temperature monitoring data
title_sort analysis of the structural integrity of a frozen wall during a mine shaft excavation using temperature monitoring data
topic frozen wall
artificial ground freezing
mine shaft
temperature monitoring
structural integrity
optimization of freezing parameters
url https://www.fracturae.com/index.php/fis/article/view/3728/3719
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