Study on the Characteristics of Coal Ultrasonic Response during Loading and Its Influence Mechanism

Gang Xu (), Tingting Ma, Chaofeng Wang, Hongwei Jin and Yunlong Wang
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Gang Xu: College of Safety Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710054, China
Tingting Ma: College of Safety Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710054, China
Chaofeng Wang: Xin’an Coal Mine, Henan Dayou Energy Co., Ltd., Luoyang 471842, China
Hongwei Jin: College of Safety Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710054, China
Yunlong Wang: College of Safety Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710054, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 2, 1-22

Abstract: The prediction and prevention· of mine disasters are crucial to identifying the stress and strain state of coal using ultrasonic response characteristics. In this study, ultrasonic testing experiments of primary structure coal samples under uniaxial loading were conducted using a low-frequency rock physics measuring device. Based on the experimental results, the study focused on analyzing the relationship of the stress–strain state of coal samples with the ultrasonic velocity and quality factor of coal samples during stress loading, and exploring the influence mechanism of ultrasonic propagation in coal during stress loading. The results demonstrated that the stress-loading process of coal samples falls into the elastic deformation stage and the plastic deformation stage. In the elastic deformation stage, the ultrasonic velocity and the quality factor of the coal sample increased with the increase in the coal axial strain. In the plastic deformation stage, the ultrasonic velocity and quality factor of coal samples decreased as the axial strain of coal samples increased. Coal porosity was the fundamental factor affecting the coal wave velocity variation and the coal quality factor variation. In the elastic deformation stage, increased coal axial stress was accompanied by decreased coal porosity, contributing to the increase in coal wave velocity and coal quality factor. In the plastic deformation stage, the increase in the coal axial strain increased coal porosity and thus curtailed the wave velocity and quality factor of coal. Significant differences were observed in ultrasonic response characteristics of coal under various stress and strain states. The research results can lay a theoretical foundation for the safe and efficient development of coal resources and the prevention and control of mine disasters.

Keywords: coal porosity; stress loading; ultrasonic velocity; axial strain; quality factor; stress-strain state (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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