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ROCK BURST
Rock burst can be defined as the sudden failure of rocks caused by the stresses (it resembles fragmentation by explosives). It occurs with sharp loud noise, with shaking of the surroundings with an ejection of coal (in case of coal mining) or rock along large quantity of dust. Rock burst can also be felt even at the surface to some distance. The rock bursts are dangerous to mine workers and workings (support are sometimes seriously damage or destroyed completely) can disturb work of mine.
2 traction that existed across the surface of the excavation. If all the stresses remained constant, the rock behaves elastically. The displacement of the excavated surfaces is produced insufficiently closer to the excavations. One half of the decrease in the potential energy of the rock around the excavation is stored as concentration of elastic strain as an average of the rock around the excavation.
Preventive measures
Rock burst prevention therefore remains a key criterion in the general objective of improved mine safety The following criteria play a key role in rock burst prevention: 1. Mine layout planning (e.g. working relief seams) 2. Preventive measures 3. Situation-oriented monitoring methods 4. The use of appropriate stress relief techniques 5. Training of technical staff 6. Appropriate roof and pillar supporting The success of this operation is reflected in the fact that rockbursts are less frequent and more importantly, deaths and injury from this source are now a rarity.