scholarly journals Analysis on Catastrophe Theory during First Weighting Sliding Instability and Support Crushing of Main Roof with Large Mining Height in Shallow Coal Seam

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (16) ◽  
pp. 5408
Author(s):  
Dengfeng Yang ◽  
Yongjun Zhang ◽  
Zhonghui Chen

Roof sliding and instability along the coal wall usually occur in the working face at large mining heights during the process of the first weighting, which causes roof cutting and support crushing. A mechanical model consists of the main roof, immediate roof, and support based on the nonlinear characteristics of the failure and instability of the immediate roof under the abutment pressure, which we constructed to study the step sinking of the main roof, as well as to assign the reasonable value of the support resistance during the first weighting. The instability mechanism of the system was studied by the catastrophe theory and the principle of energy conservation. A conclusion was drawn that the combined cantilever beam structure for the immediate roof will form with the increase of the mining height, and the instability of the immediate roof causes the catastrophic instability of the system. The system instability was found to be related to the stiffness ratio K, material parameters, the load Q, and the first weighting interval of the main roof by analyzing the necessary and sufficient conditions for system instability. The influence degree of each parameter on the stiffness ratio K was as follows: elastic modulus E > support stiffness k1 > cross-section area a > immediate roof thickness H. The calculation equations of support resistance and subsidence of roof step were obtained. The method of judging the roof instability using catastrophe theory was proved as reasonable on the basis of the monitoring example of no. 12401 working face in Shendong mining area, China. On this basis, a reasonable value of support resistance was further calculated, and the working face was maintained safely when the support resistance exceeded 19,232 kN.

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Denghong Chen ◽  
Chao Li ◽  
Xinzhu Hua ◽  
Xiaoyu Lu ◽  
Yongqiang Yuan ◽  
...  

Taking the occurrence conditions of the hard main roof in the deep 13-1 coal mining roadway in Huainan mining area as the research object, based on the mechanical parameters of the surrounding rock and the stress state of the main roof obtained by numerical simulation, a simply supported beam calculation model was established based on the damage factor D, main roof support reaction RA, RB, and critical range C (9 m) and B (7 m) at the elastoplastic junction of the solid coal side and mining face side (hereinafter referred to as “junction”). Considering that the damage area still has a large bearing capacity, the vertical stress of the main roof at the junction is K1γH (0.05γh, 0.15γh, and 0.25γh) and K2γH (0.01γh, 0.10γh, and 0.2γh). The maximum deflection is 21 mm, 324 mm, and 627.6 mm, respectively. According to the criterion of tensile failure, the maximum bending moment of the top beam is 209 mN·m at the side of the working face 3.1 m away from the roadway side when K1 = 0.15 and K2 = 0.10, and the whole hard main roof is in tensile failure except the junction. To control the stability of the top beam and simplify the supporting reaction to limit the deformation of the slope angle, RC and RD are used to construct the statically indeterminate beam. By adding an anchor cable and advance self-moving support to the roadway side angle, the problem of difficult control of the surrounding rock with a large deformation of the side angle roof is solved, which provides a reference for roof control under similar conditions.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Zhenhua Li ◽  
Yingkun Pang ◽  
Yongsheng Bao ◽  
Zhanyuan Ma

In the process of high-intensity and large-space mining in Shendong mining area, various surface cracks are generated on the surface, resulting in serious damage to the surface buildings and the local ecological environment. To study the influence of overlying rock movement on surface failure of near-field single key strata of near-shallow buried and large mining height working face, the relationship between overburden movement, strata pressure appearance, and surface failure at working face 52307 in Daliuta mining area was analyzed by field measurement and numerical simulation. The results show the following: (1) there is only one thick and hard key stratum in the overburden of large mining height and near-shallow buried working face. Under the condition of presplitting roof blasting, the first weighting step is still as high as 95 m, and the periodic breaking step of roof is 20–30 m. During the weighting, the working resistance of support is still close to the rated resistance. (2) The single key stratum plays an obvious role in controlling overburden movement. After the first weighting of the working face, a stepped subsidence crack appears on the surface within a short time, and the crack lags behind the working face for about 5 m. (3) During each periodic weighting process, the breaking and subsidence of key blocks are accompanied by surface cracks.


Geofluids ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Tong Zhao ◽  
Peilin Gong ◽  
Kaan Yetilmezsoy ◽  
Majid Bahramian ◽  
Changyou Liu ◽  
...  

Based on the occurrence conditions of a thick and hard main roof and wedge-structure immediate roof in the Zhuxianzhuang Coal Mine, the fracture characteristics and instability migration law of a thick and hard roof (THR) were examined via physical simulations. Mining zones were divided with respect to the strata behaviors and roof control difficulty levels, and the principles and methods of zonal control under THR were put forward. This study proposed a coordinated control strategy of using confined blasting in water-filled deep holes, and reasonable support optimization, which could effectively reduce the roof fracture size, increases the supporting intensity and eliminate roof-control disasters. The length of confined blasting blocks and supporting intensity were calculated using a mechanical model for roof control in the strong strata behavior zone and less-strong strata behavior zone. These key parameters were determined as 20–25 m and 1.15–1.28 MPa, respectively, and the mining strategy was successfully applied in working face 880, performing high security and reasonable economical efficiency.


Minerals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 1405
Author(s):  
Kaige Zheng ◽  
Yu Liu ◽  
Tong Zhang ◽  
Jingzhong Zhu

Fully mechanized top-coal caving mining with high mining height, hard roofs and strong mining pressure are popular in the Shendong mining area, China. The occurrence of dynamic disasters, such as rock burst, coal and gas outburst, mine earthquakes and goaf hurricanes during the coal exploitation process under hard roof conditions, pose a threat to the safe production of mines. In this study, the characteristics of overburden fracture in fully mechanized top-coal caving with a hard roof and high mining height are studied, and the technology of advanced weakening by hard roof staged fracturing was proposed. The results show that the hard roof strata collapse in the form of large “cantilever beams”, and it is easy to release huge impact kinetic energy, forming impact disasters. After the implementation of advanced hydraulic fracturing, the periodic weighting length decreases by 32.16%, and the length of overhang is reasonably and effectively controlled. Ellipsoidal fracture networks in the mining direction of the vertical working face, horizontal fracture networks perpendicular to the direction of the working face, and near-linear fracture planes dominated by vertical fractures were observed, with the accumulated energy greatly reduced. The effectiveness of innovation technology is validated, and stress transfer, dissipation and dynamic roof disasters were effectively controlled.


Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 4208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingxiang Huang ◽  
Yanpeng He

The overburden movement of the large mining height working face of shallow buried thin bedrock (SBTB) is a complex engineering problem with “time-space-intension”, which is of great significance to realize efficient and safe mining in the northern Shaanxi mining area. Based on the research object of No. 22201 working face in Zhangjiamao Coal Mine, the roof structure characteristics of large mining height working face in SBTB are researched by field drilling measurement, laboratory test, physical and numerical simulation. The results show that: (1) Based on the measured data of the drillholes, it is concluded that under the mining conditions of SBTB with large mining height, the roof movement is ahead of the weighting of the working face, and the working resistance has a significant time effect. The advanced movement distance is about 20 m, which can be used as an early warning index of the weighting. The lag movement distance in the roof with horizon of 30 m is two periodic weighting intervals, which are about 26 m. (2) The first weighting interval of the working face is 32 m. The roof first break has obvious step sinking phenomenon, and the measured surface appears at a position 45 m away from the transport slot. It is statistically concluded that the periodic weighting interval is 9.5~16.5 m, the average weighting interval is 13 m, which is equivalent to the periodic dynamic crack spacing of the surface. (3) The results of field measurement and physical simulation show that the breaking angle of the roof of the No. 22201 large mining height is about 66°, and the periodic stepping distance of the T-junction suspension area is 6~8m. Along the strike of the working face, the roof breaking is mainly arc arched. The research results ensure the safe and green mining of shallow coal seam.


2011 ◽  
Vol 328-330 ◽  
pp. 1671-1674
Author(s):  
Ying Ma ◽  
Sheng Zhong

Using unified model and theory of rock pressure, the problems, such as caving of stope roof with large mining height and destruction of support, strata movement and surface subsidence, are unified analyzed and researched. The results show that: pressure shell is dynamic shell, which moves forward with the propulsion of working face; with the increase of mining height on the face, the height of fracture zone in coal seam increases, not continuously, but jumpily; with the increase of mining height, support load rises, but the degree of this rise decreases gradually, increased degree of immediate roof weight should be greater than that of given deformation pressure. The results provide necessary basis for reliability of hydraulic support on the working face with large mining height and safety work in the underground.


2012 ◽  
Vol 450-451 ◽  
pp. 1318-1322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Wei Xing ◽  
Xuan Min Song ◽  
Yu Ping Fu

Based on the condition of No.1-2 coal seam of Shang Wan Coal Mine Shendong mining area, the movement of the overlying strata of the 7.0m large mining height workface have been studied by similar simulation test, which geometric similarity ratio is 1:50.The results show that: the immediate roof strata caves stratified to loose blocks, and the goaf can’t be filled with these loose blocks; the basic roof strata caves stratified too, the lower slice caves to loose blocks, it evolves into the immediate roof and widen the immediate roof; there is the periodic weighting phenomenon of size alternating in the large mining height workface of No.1-2 coal seam ; the immediate roof and the basic roof and the overlying strata of basic roof have different characteristics of caving; the large mining height workface has a greater sphere of supporting pressure than the traditional small height workface, the peak supporting pressure of the large mining height workface is more depth to the coalwall than the average mining height workface, and this led to workface roof strata fracture further ahead.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1678
Author(s):  
Dengfeng Yang

Because the first-weighting of a main roof with a large mining height has obvious sudden characteristics and is more severe, which causes large-scale support crushing and has a great impact on the ecological environment of the mining area, it is necessary to conduct an in-depth analysis. This paper studies the mechanical mechanism and asymmetric fracture conditions of a main roof with a large mining height, with the first-weighting occurring in a shallow coal seam. In combination with an asymmetric three-hinged arch structural model, the main roof was regarded as a finite plate model with a crack, and a fracture-mechanics model was established. The conditions and main controlling factors of main roof fracture asymmetry were analyzed, and the determination methods of the first-weighting interval and support resistance were further analyzed. The results show that the stress concentration and the stress-intensity factor increase at the crack tip with the advancement of the face; when the stress-intensity factors increase beyond the critical value, the crack expands until the first-weighting. The sufficient condition for modeling the instability was the length s of the branch crack reaching the protection thickness H of the main roof, and the necessary condition was the activation of the crack. The calculation equations of the first-weighting interval and the support resistance were obtained. The influence weights of each parameter on the support resistance are ordered as follows: overburden load q > rock fracture toughness KC > crack length a > main roof thickness h > weighting interval l. Finally, the theoretical analysis results were verified by an in situ monitoring case of the no. 33,206 working face in the Bulianta coal mine, China. On this basis, a reasonable value of the support resistance is further calculated. The results mentioned above can provide a new method for researching the first-weighting of the main roof and can improve the accuracy of the roof control analysis. The research on the mechanisms of first-weighting and the support resistance can effectively promote the safety production of mine, which is in line with the concept of green and sustainable development of the mine.


2014 ◽  
Vol 945-949 ◽  
pp. 1190-1195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Tao Zeng ◽  
Ning Wang ◽  
Cong Jiang ◽  
Yun Yi Zhang ◽  
Gang Chen

Based on the distribution of in-situ stress and the special conditions of the large mining height in one mining area, the author conducted the analogy stimulation test of the mine pressure behavior and the roadway deformation law. This research, mainly based on the geographical conditions of 1 to 2 coal seam of this mining area, stimulated the mine pressure behavior of the working face and the roadways, as the mining height is 5meters and 6meters. Through this analogy stimulation test, the mine pressure behavior of working face, in the mining process with large mining height, is analyzed and summarized.


2012 ◽  
Vol 524-527 ◽  
pp. 396-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
De Chuan Yang ◽  
Ming Zhong Gao ◽  
Yun Hai Cheng ◽  
Wu Sheng ◽  
Jia Sheng Chen

The filling belt of gob-side entry retaining with the character of soft rock composite roof,deforms violently,affected by the fracture and rotation of the main roof,and is prone to instability.This essay,considering characteristecs of coal mine pressure behavior on -790m 1311 (1) working face ventilation roadway at DingJi coal mine in HuaiNan,puts forward structural mech -anics model of the key block of gob-side entry retaining,which is used to forecast the position of the fracture line of the main roof, and analyze the roof subsidence at the side of the filling belt;It applies FLAC and UDEC to simulate distribution of plastic zones of surrounding rock of gob-side entry retaining,and stress variation law of the immediate roof and the main roof along coal seam inclination.The results show that:stress concentration factor of the immediate roof on the filling belt is about 1.6,first decreasing and then increasing with increasing width of the filling belt,which indicates that reasonable width of the filling belt is 3.0 m in accordance with the requirement of economic security requirment. The filling belt has significantly wide distribution of the plastic zones,with its four corners obviously plasticized,and overlying strata above the filling belt at side of goaf suffering upward plasticization,which is the result of rotation of the main roof; Deform- ation instability of filling belt is mainly caused by fracture rotation of the main roof;Finally, the measures to reduce the instability of gob-side entry retaining with the character of soft rock comp- osite roof are put forward.


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