Roof mechanical characteristic before and after disposing abandoned stope is studied respectively by rock mass stress
displacement and seepage computation
together with their coupling analysis (EPSCA3D) and 3-D FEM (ANSYS) in Mujia Hill and Dongtongyu Gold Mine. The results show that after disposing abandoned stope
surface subsidence and rock movement will decrease due to seepage. The stress change on roof lies on rock-mass permeability and seepage direction. The influence on stress redistribution resulting from penetrability is greater than that from the seepage direction. If the seepage direction is almost horizontal
the tensile stress increases
and the press stress decreases on roof of upper part of abandoned stope. If the seepage direction is nearly 1350
the tensile stress and the press stress both decrease in roof of upper part of abandoned stope. The rock-mass permeability and seepage direction are controlled by existing water-resisting layer.