Numerical Simulation Study of the Strata Movement Rule of Deep Mining with the Super-Thick and Weak Cementation Overburden: A Case Study in China

Guojian Zhang, Guangli Guo, Shikai Shen, Qingkun Guo, Sifeng Zhang and Jianfeng Wu

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2021, vol. 2021, 1-20

Abstract:

As the national energy strategy is to mine westward, the deep coal resources under the super-thick and weak cementation overburden in the western mining area will play a critical role in China’s sustainable economic growth. The super-thick and weak cementation overburden has weaker lithology, thicker strata, no large joints, bedding development, and better integrity. Therefore, its movement rule is inevitably different from that of the weak overburden and the middle hard overburden in Central China and Eastern China. However, lack of studies on the movement of the super-thick and weak cementation overburden has led to severe constraints for the large-scale exploitation of coal resources under the super-thick and weak cementation overburden in the western mining area. This study explored the surface movement rule and the influence of overburden characteristics on strata movement with field measurement and numerical simulation. The findings indicate that the surface reaches full mining and the subsidence coefficient is about 0.9 when D 1 (width in the dip direction) and D 3 (length in the strike direction) are 3 times H 0 (the mean mining depth) or more. The strike mining degree has a certain influence on the surface movement law, the maximum difference of the surface subsidence coefficient is 0.35, and the maximum difference of the horizontal movement coefficient is 0.05. In addition, the control effect of the Zhidan group sandstone is stronger. Thus, its first breaking results in surface sinking in a fractured manner when D 1 is about 1.3 times H 0 and D 3 is 3 times H 0 or more. The above results can provide reference for the safe mining and control of the super-thick weak cementation overburden.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1155/2021/6806703

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