Plastic Failure Analysis of Roadway Floor Surrounding Rocks Based on Unified Strength Theory

Taking the whole surrounding rock of an excavation roadway as the research object, the elastoplastic failure mechanics analysis of the surrounding rock body of the excavated roadway under three-directional in situ stresses is carried out by using the knowledge of generalized plane strain problems and unified strength theory, and the equations are derived for the elastic-plastic zone stress together with the plastic fracture range of the roadway floor surrounding rock under three-directional in situ stresses. At the same time, by means of the conclusion of mechanical analysis and the results of in situ detection of in situ stress in the Changcun mining area, the stability of the roadway floor surrounding rock was analyzed. The analysis reveals the influence on the stability of the roadway floor surrounding rock between the spatial relationship with the different in situ stresses and the roadway layout; meanwhile, it calculates the range of the plastic failure zone and the stress value of the #1 roadway floor in the S6 mining area of Changcun mine, which provides a reliable theoretical mechanical reference for research on roadway floor heave control technology.

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