Question: A rectangular room with floor dimensions 3 8 . 2 m and 1 9 . 5 m is excavated at a depth to the roof

A rectangular room with floor dimensions 38.2m and 19.5m is excavated at a depth to the roof of 130m. The density of the overburden is 2200kgm3. The roof of the room is supported by 28 identical pillars each carrying the same load. Each pillar an area of 1.36m2 and is made of rock with unconfined compressive strength 92.5MPa. Soon after completion, terrorists begin to destroy the pillars one by one. What's is the greatest number of pillars that can be destroyed without causing the roof to collapse? (Assume that the pillars are destroyed from all parts of the room, so that the remaining pillars span regions of the roof over which the roof rock is competent)
A rectangular room with floor dimensions 3 8 . 2

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