Study on morphology optimization of open-pit mine slope based on section and spatial morphology effect

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 14; no. 1; p. 2603
• Main Authors: Jia, Lan, Wang, Jiaqi, Cai, Xueting, Fang, Linhao, Ma, Yonghai, Wang, Zhixin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 31.01.2024; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 639/166; 704/2151/330; Coal; Coal mines; Coal mining; Economics; Humanities and Social Sciences; Mathematical models; Morphology; multidisciplinary; Resource recovery; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Slope stability
• ISSN: 2045-2322; 2045-2322
• DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-53227-5

Reasonable design of the slopes of mining field is an important prerequisite for optimizing open-pit mine boundary, ensuring safe production and improving economic benefits of open-pit mines. This study took the open-pit coal mine coal mine in Block I of Thar coal field in Pakistan as the research background, based on the section morphology effect of slope stability and the occurrence characteristics of coal seam and weak layer, the section morphology of slope was optimized step by step from two-dimensional angle by using the rigid body limit equilibrium method. The three-dimensional numerical simulation method is used to analyze the three-dimensional spatial effect of slope stability and reveal the influence of the spatial geometry of the slope stability. The spatial morphology of the slope was optimized and the evolutionary mechanism of slope instability was revealed. By comparing the optimized slope morphology with the preliminary design and the slope morphology of the straight slope with equal flat plate, the economic benefits were further analyzed. The results showed that under the premise of meeting the safety reserve coefficient, compared with the preliminary design and the design of equal plate. The slope angle of the optimized section morphology was increased by 1° and 3° respectively, and the coal resource recovery was increased by 332 m 2 and 1790 m 2 respectively, and the economic benefits were $ 18,065,859 and $ 54,408,251 respectively. And the slope angle of the optimized spatial morphology was increased by 3° and 5° respectively, and the coal resource recovery was increased by 1188 m 2 and 2726 m 2 respectively, and the economic benefits were $ 72,082,808 and $ 108,417,368 respectively.