Study on Overburden Structure Characteristics and Induced Scour Mechanisms of Horizontal Sublevel Mining in Steep and Extra-Thick Coal Seams

Shiguo Ge, Chongliang Yuan, Qingliang Chang (), Yongzhong Wang and Biao Zhang ()
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Shiguo Ge: School of Mines, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
Chongliang Yuan: Yaojie Coal Power Group Co., Ltd., Lanzhou 730080, China
Qingliang Chang: School of Mines, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
Yongzhong Wang: Yaojie Coal Power Group Co., Ltd., Lanzhou 730080, China
Biao Zhang: School of Mines, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 19, 1-15

Abstract: In order to study the space–time evolution law and the induced impact mechanism of overburden breaking in the tangential horizontal sublevel during the fully mechanized mining of extra-thick and steep coal seams, we took the Yaojie No. 3 mine as an example. Through the establishment of an overburden breaking mechanical model, the structural characteristics of hinged rock beams after overburden breaking and the space–time evolution law of overburden structure instability were analyzed, the static and dynamic load conditions that induce rockbursts were analyzed, and the induced impact mechanism of dynamic and static load superposition was revealed. Our research showed that, due to the asymmetry of the roof and floor, the coal body in the working face is in the strong shear stress zone at the end of the air inlet roadway, which easily produces shear failure. The lateral support pressure and the shear stress of the coal body in the goaf are the static load sources of the rockburst in the steep coal seam; after the roof overburden is broken, a hinge-bearing structure is formed under the support of the sliding force of the fault block and the floating gangue in the goaf. When the coal is mined in the lower section, the strong dynamic load formed by the impact of the fault block on the topmost coal is the main dynamic load source of the impact on the working face. Under the superpositions of the dynamic load and static load, the coal and rock lose stability and release energy in a large range, generating dynamic and static superimposed rockbursts. Furthermore, the internal mechanism of the occurrence of rockbursts during the mining of steep and extra-thick coal seams in the Yaojie No. 3 coal mine was revealed. The static load of the coal body comes from the clamping actions of the roof and floor, and the dynamic impact load comes from the clamping structure’s instability. The reason for the occurrence of rockbursts in the mining of steep and extra-thick coal seams in the Yaojie No. 3 coal mine was reasonably explained.

Keywords: steep thick; horizontal segmentation; induced scour mechanism; articulated rock beam (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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