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RECTANGULAR COLLAPSE {Large area panels) <br />~ i _ h{100) <br />H <br />__ ; H- %S <br />~ ~ p ~r Li°I <br />H ~ ~~' <br />~ _ , '" ,.' <br />-a~~ L <br />~ ~ P ~-~ <br />CONICAL COLLAPSE <br />H <br />H _ 3h(100) <br />%S <br />S = PERCENT SWELL = V Vo ° (100) <br />Vo = ORIGINAL VOLUME OF UNBROKEN ROOF STRATA <br />Vc = VOLUME OF COLLAPSED ROOF STRATA <br />Diagram showing notation for calculating <br />maximum height of collapse (H) in <br />relation to geometry of collapse. <br />H = 2h 100) <br />°i° s <br />(Four-way intersections) <br />30- <br />rti <br />.-. <br />= 25- <br />W (~ <br />to w <br />a = <br />J z 20- <br />tO <br />V O <br />LL ~ <br />0 <br />~ J 15- <br />t~ <br />w~ <br />_ ~ 10- <br />~ ~ <br />Q p^C 5 <br />li <br />W <br />v <br />o- <br />-c• <br />..:....:.........:... ..:....:....:....:.... . ........:....:.... ...:....:....i....t--. ..;....;....;... <br />..j.... ~....~.....j... .j....}....j.... ~.... .... ~.... {....iy....j.... ... j.... ~.... ~....~.... ..y....j.... j... <br /> <br /> ANC.~~~© P~~iGti~T••• <br /> <br />.i~ <br />~....... <br />~ c~a~. sT~iA~ <br />..~....i...~~... .j... <br />.....i ..j....y....'l L....j.... t.... {....~.... <br />~ <br />~ ....j....j....j....iL.. <br /> ~ O sentecl <br />m mum ~18~~~1 <br /> <br />"o~ <br />coilapse'~ri' ~....i........ <br />'e~ rri~ne. <br /> ~---. ~~ ::j ........:....:....~..~ <br /> <br />......~....~.... ... <br /> <br />ins ....y....~....~.... <br /> <br />~~ .4...y....}. <br />.~ <br />~~: ..~.... i.... j....4... <br />. <br />~ <br />: <br />i .~....y....y....... <br /> <br />~i <br />+ <br />- . <br />- ~ <br />- - <br />-- <br />-- -- <br />--~ <br />- <br /> <br /> <br /> ..i....~ ........ j.... i....;-... ..>.... <br />0 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% <br />PERCENT SWELL %S <br />Graph showing variation in maximum <br />height of collapse for different modes <br />of failure and percent swell of rock. <br />(modified from Piggott & Eynon, 1977) <br />WEDGE COLLAPSE (Long narrow entries) <br />