Overlying strata movement of recovering standing pillars with solid backfilling by physical simulation

To analyze the overlying strata movement law of recovering room mining standing pillars with solid backfilling. Physical simulation experiments with sponge and wood as the backfilling simulation material were tested. The results show that: (i) The covering-rock mechanics of the overly strata comes from “two-arch structures + hinged girder + bend beam” to “backfilling material + hinged girder + bent beam” by increasing the fill ratio from 0% to 85%, the beginning of overlying strata movement appears later and the total duration of subsidence velocity increased from zero to the highest value increases. The trend of “single polarization” of the subsidence velocity curves becomes noticeable and the velocity variation trend becomes stable. (ii) The equiponderate aeolian sand was added to improve the anti-pressure ability of the loess, and the corresponding ground processing & transportation system was designed.