scholarly journals Method to Calculate Working Surface Abutment Pressure Based on Key Strata Theory

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongkai Han ◽  
Jialin Xu ◽  
Xiaozhen Wang ◽  
Jianlin Xie ◽  
Yantuan Xing
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Distribution ◽  
Elastic Foundation ◽  
Abutment Pressure ◽  
Coal Pillar ◽  
Beam Theory ◽  
Coal Mass ◽  
Fissure Zone ◽  
Key Strata ◽  
Working Surface ◽  
Subsidence Zone

Overburden key strata (KS) have a significant influence on abutment pressure distribution. However, current calculation methods for working surface abutment pressure do not consider the influence of the overburden KS. This study uses KS theory to analyze the overburden load transferred to coal-rock masses on both sides of the stope through fractured blocks in different layers of the KS in the fissure zone and KS in different layers of the curve subsidence zone. Using Winkler’s elastic foundation beam theory, we consider the fissure zone KS on the coal mass side and the curve subsidence zone KS as many elastic foundation beams interact with each other. A method to calculate the abutment pressure of the coal mass and the goaf was then established, considering the influence of the overburden KS. The abutment pressure distribution of working surface 207 after mining was then calculated using our method, based on mining conditions present in the Tingnan coal mine. The calculated results were verified using measurements from borehole stress meters and microseismic monitoring systems, as well as numerical simulations. In addition, the calculation results were used to determine a reasonable position for the stopping line and remaining width of the roadway’s protection coal pillar in working surface 207. The results of this study can be used to calculate the abutment pressure distribution of the working surface under a variety of overburden KS conditions. The results can also provide guidance for forecasting and preventing mine dynamic hazards, controlling the surrounding rock in mining roadways, determining reasonable widths for protection coal pillars, and designing the layout of mining roadways.

scholarly journals Influence of Upper Seam Extraction on Abutment Pressure Distribution during Lower Seam Extraction in Deep Mining

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Feng Wang ◽  
Zeqi Jie ◽  
Bo Ma ◽  
Weihao Zhu ◽  
Tong Chen
Keyword(s):  
Coal Seam ◽  
Pressure Distribution ◽  
Abutment Pressure ◽  
Field Measurements ◽  
Pressure Relief ◽  
Deep Mining ◽  
Key Strata ◽  
Mining Safety ◽  
Seam Mining ◽  
Overlying Strata

Pressure-relief coal mining provides an effective way to decrease stress concentration in deep mining and ensures mining safety. However, there is currently a lack of research and field verification on the pressure-relief efficiency and influencing factors during upper seam extraction on the lower seam. In order to make up for this deficiency, in this study, field measurements were conducted in panel Y485, which has a maximum depth of 1030 m and is partially under the goaf of the upper 5# seam in the Tangshan coal mine, China, and evolution of advanced abutment pressure was analyzed. Numerical simulations were conducted to study of influence of key strata on advanced abutment pressure. Influence mechanisms of the upper seam extraction on the advanced abutment pressure distribution during lower seam extraction were revealed. The results indicate that the distribution of advanced abutment stress is influenced by the key strata in the overlying strata. The key strata above the upper coal seam were fractured due to the upper coal seam mining, and the advanced abutment stress was only influenced by the key strata between the two seams during lower coal seam mining. When key strata were present between two seams, the extraction of the lower seam still faces potential dynamic disasters after the extraction of the upper seam. In this case, it would be necessary to fracture the key strata between the two seams in advance for the purpose of mining safety. Key strata in the overlying strata of the 5# seam were fractured during extraction, and advanced abutment pressure was only influenced by the key strata located between the two mined seams. The influence distance of advanced abutment pressure in panel Y485 decreased from 73 m to 38 m, and the distance between the peak advanced abutment pressure and the panel decreased from 29 m to 20.5 m, achieving a pronounced pressure-relief effect.

scholarly journals Analytical corrections for double-cantilever beam tests

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Chen ◽  
C. M. Harvey ◽  
S. Wang ◽  
V. V. Silberschmidt
Keyword(s):  
Elastic Foundation ◽  
Analytical Solutions ◽  
Data Reduction ◽  
Crack Tip ◽  
Beam Theory ◽  
Dynamic Loads ◽  
Structural Vibration ◽  
Mode I ◽  
Mode I Fracture ◽  
Reduction Methods

AbstractDouble-cantilever beams (DCBs) are widely used to study mode-I fracture behavior and to measure mode-I fracture toughness under quasi-static loads. Recently, the authors have developed analytical solutions for DCBs under dynamic loads with consideration of structural vibration and wave propagation. There are two methods of beam-theory-based data reduction to determine the energy release rate: (i) using an effective built-in boundary condition at the crack tip, and (ii) employing an elastic foundation to model the uncracked interface of the DCB. In this letter, analytical corrections for a crack-tip rotation of DCBs under quasi-static and dynamic loads are presented, afforded by combining both these data-reduction methods and the authors’ recent analytical solutions for each. Convenient and easy-to-use analytical corrections for DCB tests are obtained, which avoid the complexity and difficulty of the elastic foundation approach, and the need for multiple experimental measurements of DCB compliance and crack length. The corrections are, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, completely new. Verification cases based on numerical simulation are presented to demonstrate the utility of the corrections.

scholarly journals Multi-moving Loads Induced Vibration of FG Sandwich Beams Resting on Pasternak Elastic Foundation

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wachirawit SONGSUWAN ◽  
Monsak PIMSARN ◽  
Nuttawit WATTANASAKULPONG
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Response ◽  
Elastic Foundation ◽  
Excitation Frequency ◽  
Beam Theory ◽  
Equation Of Motion ◽  
Functionally Graded ◽  
Sandwich Beams ◽  
Moving Loads ◽  
Layer Thickness Ratio ◽  
Pasternak Elastic Foundation

The dynamic behavior of functionally graded (FG) sandwich beams resting on the Pasternak elastic foundation under an arbitrary number of harmonic moving loads is presented by using Timoshenko beam theory, including the significant effects of shear deformation and rotary inertia. The equation of motion governing the dynamic response of the beams is derived from Lagrange’s equations. The Ritz and Newmark methods are implemented to solve the equation of motion for obtaining free and forced vibration results of the beams with different boundary conditions. The influences of several parametric studies such as layer thickness ratio, boundary condition, spring constants, length to height ratio, velocity, excitation frequency, phase angle, etc., on the dynamic response of the beams are examined and discussed in detail. According to the present investigation, it is revealed that with an increase of the velocity of the moving loads, the dynamic deflection initially increases with fluctuations and then drops considerably after reaching the peak value at the critical velocity. Moreover, the distance between the loads is also one of the important parameters that affect the beams’ deflection results under a number of moving loads.

scholarly journals A New Closed-Form Solution of the Side Abutment Pressure Distribution of Roadway

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang Cheng ◽  
Yidong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Zone ◽  
Pressure Distribution ◽  
Closed Form ◽  
Abutment Pressure ◽  
Closed Form Solution ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Friction Angle ◽  
Form Solution ◽  
Closed Form Solutions ◽  
Roadway Stability

Instability of coal wall is one of the hot-button and difficult issues in the study of coal mine ground control. The shallow side coal of roadway in the coal measures is usually weak and consequently easy to bring about failure. Hence, the side abutment pressure redistributes and dramatically influences the roadway stability. Since the previous closed-form solutions of the side abutment pressure do not take into account all the necessary parameters which include the properties of the coal and the interface between coal and roof/floor, the roadway height, and the support strength, a mechanical model is established based on the equilibrium of the plastic zone, and a new closed-form solution is derived in this paper. Moreover, a numerical investigation is conducted to validate the accuracy of the closed-form solution. The numerical results of the side abutment pressure distribution are in good agreement with the closed-form solution. Afterwards, a parametric analysis of the width of the plastic zone is carried out, and the results show that the width of the plastic zone is nearly negatively linearly correlated with the friction angle and the cohesion of the coal, the interfacial cohesion, and the support strength. By contrast, it is positively linearly correlated with the roadway height and negatively exponentially correlated with the interfacial friction angle. The results obtained in the present study could be useful for the evaluation process of roadway stability.

scholarly journals Abutment pressure distribution for longwall face mining through abandoned roadways

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Li ◽  
Mingxing Lei ◽  
Haosen Wang ◽  
Cheng Li ◽  
Weiwei Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Distribution ◽  
Abutment Pressure ◽  
Longwall Face

scholarly journals Deformation Rules for Surrounding Rock in Directional Weakening of End Roofs of Thin Bedrocks and Ultrathick Seams

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Fei Liu ◽  
Zhanguo Ma ◽  
Yongsheng Han ◽  
Zhimin Huang
Keyword(s):  
Abutment Pressure ◽  
Main Roof ◽  
Stability Control ◽  
Surrounding Rock ◽  
Western China ◽  
Resource Exploitation ◽  
Failure Characteristics ◽  
Key Strata ◽  
Working Face ◽  
Geological Conditions

With the deployment of China’s energy strategy in the western regions, complex geological mining conditions such as thin bedrock and ultrathick seams in western China have caused a series of problems such as serious deformation of the surrounding rock at the ends of the working face and the increase in the lead abutment pressure of the roadways; the research on end roof deformation in the resource exploitation in western China has become one of the great demands of the industry. Based on the failure characteristics of rock mass, relying on the actual mining geological conditions of a coal mine in Inner Mongolia, the failure characteristics of the overlying rock strata under the influence of mining were simulated and analyzed using similar material simulation experiment, which intuitively reproduced the failure and deformation processes of the immediate roof, main roof, and key strata and revealed the mechanical mechanism of the directional weakening of the end roof. It is of great significance for the stability control of the surrounding rock at the end of the fully mechanized caving face in the thin bedrocks and ultrathick seams, reducing the abutment pressure of gate roadway and controlling the spontaneous combustion of residual coal in the goaf.

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