Optimization of the Natural-Technical System “Iron Ore Quarry” Management Based on the Algorithm of the Rock Mass Stability Ensuring

Abstract

The method of natural-technical system (NTS) “Iron ore deposits” optimal control in terms of the pit walls stability is based on two-level systems with cross-links. The algorithm for optimizing the pit walls angles designed values includes the following steps: separation of rock massif into engineering-geological complexes (EGC), typing of the pit walls within the EGC, substantiation of the calculation geomechanical models and stability analysis of the pit walls based on mathematical modeling. Based on the results of the calculations the maximum angle of the pit wall is determined at which it remains stable. As minimized performance criteria the deviations of the stability factors current state from the maximum allowable values are considered. The proposed approach is one of the ways to ensure the stability of the deep-pit quarries walls during their long-term development.