Experimental Study on the Mechanical Behavior and Failure Characteristics of Layered Coal at Medium Strain Rates

Kun Zhong, Wusheng Zhao, Changkun Qin and Weizhong Chen
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Kun Zhong: State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
Wusheng Zhao: State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
Changkun Qin: State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
Weizhong Chen: State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 20, 1-15

Abstract: The study of the mechanical properties and failure behaviors for coal with different bedding structures at various medium strain rates is of great importance for revealing the mechanism of rock burst. In our study, we systematically analyze the uniaxial compressive strength (UCS), acoustic emission (AE) characteristics, failure pattern, and risk of rock burst on coal specimens with two bedding orientations under ranged in strain rates from 10 −4 s −1 to 10 −2 s −1 . The results reflect that and the bedding direction and the strain rates significantly affect the UCS and failure modes of coal specimens. The UCS of coal specimens with loading directions perpendicular to bedding planes (horizontal bedding) increases logarithmically with increasing strain rate while the UCS increases first and then decreases of coal specimens with loading directions parallel to bedding planes (vertical bedding). The AE cumulative energy of the specimens with horizontal bedding is an order of magnitude higher than that of specimens with vertical bedding. However, it is independent of the strain rates. The energy release rates of these two types of bedded coal specimens increase in a power function as the strain rate increases. The coal specimens with horizontal bedding show violent failure followed by the ejection of fragments, indicating a high risk of rock burst. On the other hand, the coal specimens with vertical bedding exhibit a tensile splitting failure with a low risk of rock burst. Strain localization is a precursor of coal failure, and the concentration area of local principal strain is highly consistent with the initial damage area, and the area where the principal strain gradient is significantly increased corresponds to the fracture initiation area.

Keywords: strain rates; bedding planes; energy density; failure; deformation field; rock burst (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: 2021
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