NAVIGATION
Department statutory research
„Improvement of prediction and monitoring methods for estimation the effects of underground mining on ground and rock masses deformation”
Head of the research:
Dr Eng. Zygmunt Niedojadło
Current research projects
GRANT: „A proposed model of the upward movement voids to the surface, causing discontinuous deformations”
Project of the National Science Centre 'OPUS’
Head of the research grant:
PhD Eng. Agnieszka Malinowska
GRANT: ” New algorithm for modelling land surface subsidence due to the rock mass drainage”
Research project of the National Science Centre 'Preludium’
Head of the research grant:
ms. c. Wojciech Witkowski
Scientific supervisor:
Prof. dr Eng. Ryszard Hejmanowski
Prediction of ground and rock mass deformation
Author: R. Hejmanowski
We devised unique software that allows us to predict surface and rock mass deformation caused by the exploitation of natural gas, crude oil and raw materials. The algorithm for prediction in time was developed by R. Hejmanowski in 1993 and since that time is still up dated. It is based on the description of the compaction/convergence of the deposits under the influence of pressure changes (gas/oil) and volume changes (raw materials/salt, coal) during underground operation. The developed methodology can also be used to investigate the behavior of the salt cavern storage facilities designed to store gas or oil.
Satellite Radar Interferometry InSAR
Author: P. Sopata
The ongoing research in SAR technology application in order to establish spatiotemporal measurement of:
- rapid ground deformation cause by mining tremors,
- slow and rapid ground deformation caused by underground mining,
- ground behavior in the vicinity of sinkhole occurrence.