Assessment of Bearing Capacity and Stiffness in New Steel Sets Used for Roadway Support in Coal Mines

Renshu Yang, Qinghai Li, Qing Li and Xianlei Zhu
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Renshu Yang: School of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
Qinghai Li: School of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
Qing Li: School of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
Xianlei Zhu: School of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China

Energies, 2017, vol. 10, issue 10, 1-16

Abstract: There is high demand for roadway support in coal mines for the swelling soft rocks. As high strength steel sets can be taken as an effective alternative to control large deformation in this type of rocks, based on an original set, three new sets, including a floor beam set, a roof and floor beams set, and a roof and floor beams and braces set, are proposed in this research. In order to examine the strengths of new sets, four scaled sets of one original set, and three new sets, have been manufactured and tested in loading experiments. Results indicated that three new sets all exhibited higher strength than the original set. In experiments, the roof beam in set plays a significant effect on top arch strengthening, while the floor beam plays significant effect on bottom arch strengthening. The maximum bearing capacity and stiffness of the top arch with roof beam are increased to 1.63 times and 3.06 times of those in the original set, and the maximum bearing capacity and stiffness of the bottom arch with floor beam are increased to 1.44 times and 3.55 times of those in original set. Based on the roof and floor beams, two more braces in the bottom arch also play a significant effect in bottom corners strengthening, but extra braces play little role in top arch strengthening. These new sets provide more choices for roadway support in swelling soft rocks.

Keywords: roadway support; swelling soft rock; steel set; maximum bearing capacity; stiffness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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