Analysis of time-to-time variation of load on interchamber pillars in mines of the Upper Kama Potash Salt Deposit

The procedure to estimate growth in load exerted on interchamber pillars with time is based on mathematical modeling of stresses and strains in structural elements of room-and-pillar mining method and on roof rock failure criteria. The calculation results illustrate a real time scale of variation in strength of rocks and the associated partial collapse of a parting and failure of edges of interchamber pillars when their height is increased.