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http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/gae.2021.25.3.233

Stability analysis of coal face based on coal face-support-roof system in steeply inclined coal seam  

Kong, Dezhong (College of Mining, Guizhou University)
Xiong, Yu (College of Mining, Guizhou University)
Cheng, Zhanbo (School of Engineering, University of Warwick)
Wang, Nan (School of Resource and Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing))
Wu, Guiyi (College of Mining, Guizhou University)
Liu, Yong (College of Mining, Guizhou University)
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Geomechanics and Engineering / v.25, no.3, 2021 , pp. 233-243 More about this Journal
Abstract
Rib spalling is a major issue affecting the safety of steeply inclined coal seam. And the failure coal face and support system can be affected with each other to generate a vicious cycle along with inducing large-scale collapse of surrounding rock in steeply inclined coal seam. In order to analyze failure mechanism and propose the corresponding prominent control measures of steeply inclined coal working face, mechanical model based on coal face-support-roof system and mechanical model of coal face failure was established to reveal the disaster mechanism of rib spalling and the sensitive analysis of related factors was performed. Furthermore, taking 3402 working face of Chen-man-zhuang coal mine as engineering background, numerical model by using FLAC3D was built to illustrate the propagation of displacement and stress fields in steeply inclined coal seam and verify the theory analysis as mentioned in this study. The results show that the coal face slide body in steeply inclined working face can be observed as the failure height of upper layer smaller than that of lower layer exhibiting with an irregular quadrilateral pyramid shape. Moreover, the cracks were originated from the upper layer of sliding body and gradually developed to the lower layer causing the final rib spalling. The influence factors on the stability of coal face can be ranked as overlying strata pressure (P) > mechanical parameters of coal body (e.g., cohesion (c), internal fraction angle (φ)) > support strength (F) > the support force of protecting piece (F') > the false angle of working face (Θ). Moreover, the corresponding control measures to maintain the stability of the coal face in the steeply inclined working face were proposed.
Keywords
steeply inclined coal seam; coal face-roof-support system; rib spalling; sensitively analysis; numerical simulation;
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