Numerical Experiments of Drilling Pressure Relief Preventing Roadway Rock Burst

Abstract

Based on rock burst mechanism and the present research situation of control technique, pressure relief process of drilling to rock burst roadway is modeled by numerical simulation software, the contrast and analysis of stress field of surrounding rock are put up with and without pressure relief. The results of the calculation indicate that after drilling high stress area on the both sides of the roadway reduces obviously, but stress peak increases and its position is not converted into the deep areas evidently. It is the energy of the high stress area that makes the rock mass between the drillings failure, which achieves the purpose of pressure relief. Drilling diameter and space between drillings are main factors influencing pressure relief effect. The major the drilling diameter and the smaller the space between boreholes, the more complete the rock mass between the drillings failure and the better the pressure relief effect.