On criteria of rockburst hazard. Russian Mining Industry
Kozyrev A.A.1, Kuznecov N.N.1, Makarov A.B.2
1 Mining Institute Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Apatity, Russian Federation
2 SRK Consulting (Russia) Ltd (UK), Moscow, Russian Federation
Russian Mining Industry №S1/ 2023 р. 61-68
Abstract: By now at least ten different criteria have been proposed to assess the rockburst hazard. Some of them are used only in certain countries and some only for certain deposits. This raises the problem of selecting a universal rockburst hazard criterion that can be used when standard test equipment is available at different deposits. To solve this problem, the rockburst hazard assessment of rocks from the deposits in Russia and Kazakhstan has been performed according to the Kaiser criterion, the Stavrogin criterion, the criterion of the Mining Institute of the KSC RAS and the energy criterion. Based on the data obtained, the results of the rockburst hazard assessment were analyzed and compared according to the criteria considered. The limits of their applicability and the correlation between the results obtained are established. The main advantages and disadvantages of the criteria are highlighted. A universal approach to assessing the rockburst hazard has been proposed, consisting in the combined use of several criteria.
Keywords: rockburst hazard criterion, rocks, brittleness coefficient, elastic modulus, post-peak modulus, specific strain energy, uniaxial compression
For citation: Kozyrev A.A., Kuznecov N.N., Makarov A.B. On criteria of rockburst hazard. Russian Mining Industry. 2023; (1 Suppl.):61–68. https://doi.org/10.30686/1609-9192-2023-S1-61-68
Article info
Received: 22.12.2022
Revised: 23.01.2023
Accepted: 27.01.2023
Information about the authors
Anatoly A. Kozyrev – Dr. Sci. (Eng.), Professor, Head of the Department of Geomechanics, Mining Institute Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Apatity, Russian Federation
Nikolai N. Kuznecov – Cand. Sci. (Eng.), Head of the Laboratory of Instrumental Study of Rock's State of the Russian Arctic Region, Mining Institute Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Apatity, Russian Federation; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Aleksandr B. Makarov – Dr. Sci. (Eng.), Professor, Senior Geomechanics Consultant, SRK Consulting (Russia) Ltd (UK), Moscow, Russian Federation
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