Experimental Test on Nonuniform Deformation in the Tilted Strata of a Deep Coal Mine

Hai Wu, Qian Jia, Weijun Wang, Nong Zhang and Yiming Zhao
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Hai Wu: Work Safety Key Lab on Prevention and Control of Gas and Roof Disasters for Southern Goal Mines, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411201, China
Qian Jia: School of Resources, Environment and Safety Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411201, China
Weijun Wang: School of Resources, Environment and Safety Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411201, China
Nong Zhang: School of Resources, Academy of Interdisciplinarity & Application, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
Yiming Zhao: School of Mines, Key Laboratory of Deep Coal Resource Mining, Ministry of Education, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221008, China

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 23, 1-14

Abstract: Taking a deep-mine horizontal roadway in inclined strata as our research object, the true triaxial simulation technique was used to establish a model of the inclined strata and carry out high-stress triaxial loading experiments. The experimental results show that the deformation of surrounding rock in the roadway presents heterogeneous deformation characteristics in time and space: the deformation of the surrounding rock at different positions of the roadway occurs at different times. In the process of deformation of the surrounding rock, deformation and failure occur at the floor of the roadway first, followed by the lower shoulder-angle of the roadway, and finally the rest of the roadway. The deformation amount in the various areas is different. The floor heave deformation of the roadway floor is the greatest and shows obvious left-right asymmetry. The deformation of the higher side is greater than that of the lower side. The model disassembly shows that the development of cracks in the surrounding rock is characterized by more cracks on the higher side and fewer cracks on the lower side but shows larger cracks across the width. The experimental results of high-stress deformation of the surrounding rock are helpful in the design of supports, the reinforcement scheme, and the parameter optimization of roadways in high-stress-inclined rock, and to improve the stability control of deep high-stress roadways.

Keywords: tilted strata; roadway; nonuniform deformation; physical simulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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