The invention provides a discrimination method of the stability
potential energy of an
overburden strata in
metal mine supported by artificial pillars. A goaf
overburden strata model is established, when the width of a goaf is larger than the length, the model is simplified to a
thin section simply supported beam model, and stress distributions generated by the support force and
tectonic stress ofa beam are calculated respectively; when the strata only supported by the beam, a plane-coordinate
system is built, the stress function on a plane is calculated, and components of stress are obtained; when the strata is only subjected to the
tectonic stress, the components of stress are calculated; when the strata is subjected to the combined action of the supporting force and the
tectonic stress, the generated total
stress distribution is calculated when the strata is subjected to the combined action of the supporting force and the tectonic stress, the
potential energy of the whole strata is calculated, and the stability
potential energy of the
overburden strata in
metal mine supported by artificial pillars is discriminated. The method can be used for analyzing the
stress distribution and concentration degree, changing by the artificial pillars, of the goaf overburden strata, and meanwhile the stability of the goaf overburden strata is judged under supporting of the artificial pillars.