There are a lot of possibilities to protect the existing building against the negative impact arising from conducted or projected mining exploitation. These additional loads on the mining area are dependent, among others, from the effects on the surface from an exploitation of coal. One of the basic methods of protection of a building is to carry out the distribution of an object into smaller and regular in a horizontal section parts, what is called dilatation. In consequence of this treatment the decrease of the effort of supporting elements, additional loaded by mining impacts, is expected. The problem is realization of a proper and efficient dilatation in a complicated plan of an existing building. The paper contains the results of numerical analyzes of a model of a multi-family building with a large and irregular horizontal projection, where two systems of expansion joints were used. The results were compared to the results of the analysis of a model without taking into account additional building protection. The different solutions of the analyzes, where the different directions of mining were included, are presented. The distribution of forces in the bearing walls of the building was analyzed.
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