Research Article

Experimental Study on the Influence of Specimen Shape on Rockburst Proneness of Red Sandstone

Table 8

Calculations of the far-field ejection mass ratio of specimens.

Specimen shapeSpecimen IDM FRockburst pronenessAverage of MF

CylinderRS-CL-10.47Moderate0.30
RS-CL-20.04Light
RS-CL-30.15Light
RS-CL-40.43Moderate
RS-CL-50.14Light
RS-CL-60.59Moderate

CuboidRS-CB-10.76Strong0.64
RS-CB-20.48Moderate
RS-CB-30.71Strong
RS-CB-40.58Moderate
RS-CB-50.55Moderate
RS-CB-60.54Moderate
RS-CB-70.86Strong