scholarly journals Stability Control Mechanism of High-Stress Roadway Surrounding Rock by Roof Fracturing and Rock Mass Filling

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Fuzhou Qi ◽  
Zhanguo Ma ◽  
Dangwei Yang ◽  
Ning Li ◽  
Bin Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
Large Deformation ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Coal Pillar ◽  
Surrounding Rock ◽  
Vertical Stress ◽  
Mining District ◽  
Coal Bump ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Roadway Stability

Large deformation of roadway and coal bump failures have always been the focus in deep underground engineering. By considering the Lu’an mining district in China, the failure mode and stability improvement process of high-stress roadways were analysed with the field tests and numerical simulations. The field test results showed that a great amount of deformation and serious damage occurred in surrounding rocks during panel retreat due to the suspended roof. A novel approach employing roof fracturing and collapsed rock filling effect was adopted to maintain the roadway stability. A numerical model was established with the Universal Distinct Element Code (UDEC) to research the fracturing characteristics between the roadway and gob roofs and the stress change in the surrounding rock. The modelling results demonstrated that, without fracturing roof, the peak vertical stress of the coal pillar was 18.3 MPa and the peak vertical stress of the virgin coal rib was 15.6 MPa. The roadway was in a state of high stress. With fracturing roof, the peak vertical stress of coal pillar was 9.3 MPa and the peak vertical stress of virgin coal rib was 13.4 MPa. The fractured rock mass in the gob expanded in volume and provided supporting resistance to the overlying strata, which relieved stress concentrations in the coal pillar. Field measurement results indicated that the roadway large deformation was successfully resolved during excavation and panel retreat after implementing the novel approach, providing useful references for the application of this novel approach in similar coal mines.

scholarly journals Numerical Analysis of the Width Design of a Protective Pillar in High-Stress Roadway: A Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
FuZhou Qi ◽  
ZhanGuo Ma ◽  
Ning Li ◽  
Bin Li ◽  
Zhiliu Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Modeling ◽  
Energy Density ◽  
Large Deformation ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Vertical Stress ◽  
Pillar Width ◽  
Modeling Approach ◽  
Roadway Stability ◽  
The Stability

The width design of protective pillars is an important factor affecting the stability of high-stress roadways. In this study, a novel numerical modeling approach was developed to investigate the relationship between protective pillar width and roadway stability. With the 20 m protective pillar width adopted in the field test, large deformation of roadways and serious damage to surrounding rocks occurred. According to the case study at the Wangzhuang coal mine in China, the stress changes and energy density distribution characteristics in protective pillars with various widths were analysed by numerical simulation. The modeling results indicate that, with a 20 m wide protective pillar, the peak vertical stress and energy density in the pillar are 18.5 MPa and 563.7 kJ/m3, respectively. The phenomena of stress concentration and energy accumulation were clearly observed in the simulation results, and the roadway is in a state of high stress. Under the condition of a 10 m wide protective pillar, the peak vertical stress and energy density are shifted from the pillar to roadway virgin coal region, with peak values of 9.5 MPa and 208.3 kJ/m3, respectively. The decrease in vertical stress and energy density improves the stability of the protective pillar, resulting in the roadway being in a state of low stress. Field monitoring suggested that the proposed 10 m protective pillar width can effectively control the large deformation of the surrounding rock and reduce coal bump risk. The novel numerical modeling approach and design principle of protective pillars presented in this paper can provide useful references for application in similar coal mines.

scholarly journals Stability Control of Deep Coal Roadway under the Pressure Relief Effect of Adjacent Roadway with Large Deformation: A Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4412
Author(s):  
Houqiang Yang ◽  
Nong Zhang ◽  
Changliang Han ◽  
Changlun Sun ◽  
Guanghui Song ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Large Deformation ◽  
Coal Mine ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Surrounding Rock ◽  
Western China ◽  
Engineering Practice ◽  
Pressure Relief ◽  
Coal Roadway ◽  
And Control ◽  
Relief Effect

High-efficiency maintenance and control of the deep coal roadway surrounding rock stability is a reliable guarantee for sustainable development of a coal mine. However, it is difficult to control the stability of a roadway that locates near a roadway with large deformation. With return air roadway 21201 (RAR 21201) in Hulusu coal mine as the research background, in situ investigation, theoretical analysis, numerical simulation, and engineering practice were carried out to study pressure relief effect on the surrounding rock after the severe deformation of the roadway. Besides, the feasibility of excavating a new roadway near this damaged one by means of pressure relief effect is also discussed. Results showed that after the strong mining roadway suffered huge loose deformation, the space inside shrank so violently that surrounding rock released high stress to a large extent, which formed certain pressure relief effect on the rock. Through excavating a new roadway near this deformed one, the new roadway could obtain a relative low stress environment with the help of the pressure relief effect, which is beneficial for maintenance and control of itself. Equal row spacing double-bearing ring support technology is proposed and carried out. Engineering practice indicates that the new excavated roadway escaped from possible separation fracture in the roof anchoring range, and the surrounding rock deformation of the new roadway is well controlled, which verifies the pressure relief effect mentioned. This paper provides a reference for scientific mining under the condition of deep buried and high stress mining in western China.

scholarly journals Numerical Simulation on Large Deformation of Weak Rock Mass Tunnel Under High Geostress

2018 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 03025
Author(s):  
Feng Zhou ◽  
Hongjian Jiang ◽  
Xiaorui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
Large Deformation ◽  
Lateral Pressure ◽  
Simulation Analysis ◽  
Pressure Coefficient ◽  
Surrounding Rock ◽  
Analog Simulation ◽  
Lateral Pressure Coefficient ◽  
High Geostress ◽  
The Stability

The problem about the stability of tunnel surrounding rock is always an important research object of geotechnical engineering, and the right or wrong of the result from stability analysis on surrounding rock is related to success or failure of an underground project. In order to study the deformation rules of weak surrounding rock along with lateral pressure coefficient and burying depth varying under high geostress and discuss the dynamic variation trend of surrounding rock, the paper based on the application of finite difference software of FLAC3D, which can describe large deformation character of rock mass, analog simulation analysis of surrounding rock typical section of the class II was proceeded. Some conclusions were drawn as follows: (1) when burying depth is invariable, the displacements of tunnel surrounding rock have a trend of increasing first and then decreasing along with increasing of lateral pressure coefficient. The floor heave is the most sensitive to change of lateral pressure coefficient. The horizontal convergence takes second place. The vault subsidence is feeblish to change of lateral pressure coefficient. (2) The displacements of tunnel surrounding rock have some extend increase along with increasing of burying depth. The research conclusions are very effective in analyzing the stability of surrounding rock of Yunling tunnel. These are going to be a reference to tunnel supporting design and construction.

Of forming loads on the mounting of shaft shafts in the hierarchic block environment under the influence of modern geodynamic movements

2020 ◽  
pp. 161-169
Author(s):  
I. L. Ozornin ◽  
A. E. Balek ◽  
A. N. Kaiumova
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Surrounding Rock ◽  
Strain Behavior ◽  
Underground Openings ◽  
Hierarchical Block Structure ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Nonuniform Stress Field ◽  
Strength Rock

The subject of the research is the lining of mine shafts and surrounding rock mass. The subject matter is the features of the stress-strain behavior of lining and adjacent rock mass in shafts and near-shaft underground openings in the Tenth Anniversary of Independence of Kazakhstan mine located in the tectonically high-stress and low-strength rock mass. The loading of the lining in the shafts and near-shaft openings in the Tenth Anniversary of Independence of Kazakhstan mine during construction is investigated, and the damages of the lining in the course of drivage in the nonuniform stress field are analyzed. The long-term periodic in-situ instrumental monitoring of stress variation in the lining of the mine shafts and near-shaft openings revealed the main influences on the process of load formation on the lining in the conditions of post-limiting deformation of surrounding rock mass. It is validated that the surrounding rock mass of the mine has a complex hierarchical block structure and is subjected to modern geodynamic movements. As the depth of mining is increased, surrounding rock mass of the mine shafts transfers to the condition of postlimiting stresses and strains. As a consequence, the lining of the shafts and near-shaft openings at different stages of construction experiences nonuniform concentrated loads, which violates integrity of the lining.

scholarly journals Evolution Mechanism of Deformation and Failure of Surrounding Rock during Excavation and Unloading of the High-Stress Rock Mass

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Wensong Xu ◽  
Guangming Zhao ◽  
Chongyan Liu ◽  
Xiangrui Meng ◽  
Ruofei Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Surrounding Rock ◽  
Critical Conditions ◽  
Safety Control ◽  
Rock Samples ◽  
Failure Patterns ◽  
Failure Evolution ◽  
Splitting Failure ◽  
Confining Pressures

To deeply analyze the failure evolution of surrounding rock during excavation-induced unloading of the high-stress rock mass, a multistage failure model was established based on revealed failure patterns. The critical conditions for wing cracks were determined. The slab crack buckling analysis was carried out. The true-triaxial rockburst testing system was used for the miniature model test to study the fracturing evolution of surrounding rocks during excavation-induced unloading of the high-stress rock mass. The research results indicated that harder rock samples had higher compressive strength. Moreover, the smaller peak strains implied more obvious yield/plastic stages of harder rock samples with high confining pressures and softer rock samples with low confining pressures. V-shaped grooves appeared at the beginning of the surrounding rock’s failure while spalling and splitting occurred as the stress increased. Finally, the entire sample’s overall splitting failure was observed, and the borehole bottom bulged upward. The harder rock masses had fewer fractures and higher degrees of failure. There were obvious V-shaped grooves on both sides of the marble cave wall. The tensile failure occurred near the opening surface and shear failure at a far distance. The sandstone's overall failure was related to tensile cracking, and splitting failure occurred far away from the opening surface, which was similar to the in situ failure of surrounding rocks during excavation-induced unloading of the high-stress rock mass. The results obtained are instrumental in the construction safety control and prevention of underground engineering disasters.

Study on the Supporting Technology of Complex Deep Coal Roadways

2012 ◽  
Vol 524-527 ◽  
pp. 743-746
Author(s):  
Zhi Yang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Large Deformation ◽  
Experimental Test ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Surrounding Rock ◽  
Abscission Layer ◽  
Ground Pressure ◽  
Pressure Water ◽  
Observation Results

Suffering from the effect of the high ground pressure, water spraying from roof surrounding rock or geological tactics such as faults or collapse columns, roadways used to have large deformation, even lead to caving accidents. Based on the supporting research of the above complex conditions, the supporting background of a typical roadway No.202 affected by high stress, water spraying and large faults is analyzed and the corresponding technology is put forward. In addition, the support experimental test is conducted on the roadway, and the observation results show that the convergence of both sides is controlled well, and abscission layer is little.

scholarly journals Research on Control Mechanism of Surrounding Rock of Deep Gob-Side Entry Retaining

Geofluids ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Jianxiong Liu ◽  
Jingke Wu ◽  
Yun Dong ◽  
Yanyan Gao ◽  
Jihua Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Large Deformation ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Original System ◽  
Field Investigation ◽  
Surrounding Rock ◽  
Eccentric Load ◽  
Deformation And Failure ◽  
Body Fracture ◽  
Stress States ◽  
Term Creep

To address the large deformation of the surrounding rock of deep gob-side entry retaining under high stress, lithological characteristics of the surrounding rock and failure model of support body and their evolutionary processes are analyzed through field investigation and theoretical analysis. Failure mechanisms of surrounding rock and the technology to control it are studied systematically. The results show that the causes of the large deformation of the surrounding rock are weak thick mudstones with softening property and water absorption behavior, as well as its fragmentation, dilatancy, and long-term creep during strong disturbance and highly centralized stress states. The cross-section shape of the roadway after deformation and failure of the surrounding rock is obviously asymmetric in both the horizontal and vertical directions. Since the original system supporting the surrounding rock is unable to completely bear the load, each part of the supporting system is destroyed one after the other. The failure sequences of the surrounding rock are as follows: (1) roadway roof fracture in the filling area, (2) filling body fracture under eccentric load, (3) rapid subsidence of the roadway roof, and (4) external crack drum and rib spalling at the solid coal side. Due to this failure sequence, the entire surrounding rock becomes unstable. A partitioned coupling support and a quaternity control technology to support the surrounding rock are proposed, in which the roof of the filling area plays a key role. The technology can improve the overall stability of gob-side entry retaining, prevent support structure instability caused by local failure of the surrounding rock, and ensure the safety and smoothness of roadways.

scholarly journals Comparative Study of the Excavation Damage and Rockburst of the Deeply Buried Jinping II Diversion Tunnels Using a TBM and the Drilling-Blasting Method

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Jing Yang ◽  
Xing-Guo Yang ◽  
Jia-Wen Zhou ◽  
Yong Liu ◽  
Bao-Shun Dong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
Stress Concentration ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Tunnel Boring Machine ◽  
In Situ Stress ◽  
Surrounding Rock ◽  
High In Situ Stress ◽  
Damaged Zone ◽  
Blasting Method

The rock mass failure induced by high in-situ stresses during the excavation of deep diversion tunnels is one of the key problems in the construction of the Jinping II Hydropower Station. Based on the results of acoustic wave tests and rockburst statistical analysis conducted, this study focuses on the excavation damaged zone (EDZ) and rockburst events in the Jinping II diversion tunnels excavated using the tunnel boring machine (TBM) method and the drilling-blasting method. The unloading failure mechanism and the rockburst induced by the two different excavation methods were compared and analyzed. The results indicate that, due to the different stress adjustment processes, the degree of damage to the surrounding rock mass excavated using the drilling-blasting method was more serious than that using the TBM method. The EDZ induced by the TBM was usually distributed evenly along the edge of the excavation surface. While, the drilling-blasting method was more likely to cause stress concentration, resulting in a deeper EDZ in local areas. However, the TBM excavation method can cause other problems in high in-situ stress areas, such as strong rockbursts. The drilling-blasting method is more prone to structural controlled failure of the surrounding rock mass, while the TBM method would induce high stress concentration near the edge of excavation and more widely distributed of stress adjustment induced failure. As a result, the scale and frequency of the rockburst events generated by the TBM were significantly greater than those caused by the drilling-blasting method during the excavation of Jinping II diversion tunnels. The TBM method should be used carefully for tunnel excavation in high in-situ stress areas with burial depths of greater than 2000 m. If it is necessary to use the TBM method after a comprehensive selection, it is suggested that equipment adaptability improvement, advanced prediction, and prediction technology be used.

scholarly journals Research on the Reasonable Strengthening Time and Stability of Excavation Unloading Surrounding Rock of High-Stress Rock Mass

Geofluids ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Wensong Xu ◽  
Wentao Xu ◽  
Yunhai Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
Plastic Zone ◽  
Failure Process ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Stable State ◽  
Surrounding Rock ◽  
Triaxial Tests ◽  
Uniaxial Compression Test ◽  
True Triaxial ◽  
True Triaxial Tests

This study is aimed at better understanding the deformation and failure mechanism of surrounding rock during excavation unloading of a high-stress rock mass and determining the reasonable reinforcement time for the surrounding rock. To fulfill this aim, true triaxial tests were carried out on different loading and unloading paths during the unilateral unloading of a high-stress rock mass. The variational condition for minimization of plastic complementary energy is obtained, the optimal reinforcement time is determined, and the range of the plastic zone in the surrounding rock reinforced by anchor mesh-cable-grouting is compared and analyzed. The results are as follows: (1) Based on the Mohr-Coulomb yield criterion and the deformation reinforcement theory of surrounding rock, the stable state with the minimum reinforcement force is obtained. (2) After the true triaxial tests on the unilateral unloading of the third principal stress were carried out under different confining pressures, loading continued to be performed. Compared with rock failure without confining pressure, in the conventional uniaxial compression test, the failure of samples is dominated by composite splitting-shear failure; the unilateral unloading stress-concentration failure is a progressive failure process of splitting into plates followed by cutting into blocks and then the ejection of blocks and pieces. (3) The relationship between the time steps of the surrounding rock stability and the excavation distance is obtained. The supporting time can be divided into four stages: presupport stage, bolt reinforcement stage, anchor cable reinforcement stage, and grouting reinforcement stage. (4) In the range of within 5 m behind the tunneling face, the plastic zone of the surrounding rock with support is reduced by 7 m as compared with that with no support. In the range of over 5 m behind the tunneling face, the plastic zone of the roadway floor with support is reduced by 2.6 m as compared with that without support, and the deformation is reduced by 90%. These results can serve as a reference for controlling the behavior of surrounding rock during excavation unloading of high-stress rock masses.

scholarly journals A physical model study of surrounding rock failure near a fault under the influence of footwall coal mining

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shukun Zhang ◽  
Lu Lu ◽  
Ziming Wang ◽  
Shuda Wang
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
Physical Model ◽  
Hanging Wall ◽  
Coal Pillar ◽  
Vertical Displacement ◽  
Surrounding Rock ◽  
Pillar Width ◽  
Model Study ◽  
Working Face ◽  
Coal Pillars

AbstractA study of the deformation of the surrounding rock and coal pillars near a fault under the influence of mining is conducted on a physical model for the design of coal pillars to support and maintain the roofs of adjacent fault roadways. This research is based on the 15101 mining face in the Baiyangling Coal Mine, Shanxi, China, and uses simulation tests similar to digital speckle test technology to analyse the displacement, strain and vertical stress fields of surrounding rocks near faults to determine the influence of the coal pillar width. The results are as follows. The surrounding rock of the roadway roof fails to form a balance hinge for the massive rock mass. The vertical displacement, vertical strain and other deformation of the surrounding rock near the fault increase steeply as the coal pillar width decreases. The steep increase in deformation corresponds to a coal pillar width of 10 m. When the coal pillar width is 7.5 m, the pressure on the surrounding rock near the footwall of the fault suddenly increases, while the pressure on the hanging wall near the fault increases by only 0.35 MPa. The stress of the rock mass of the hanging wall is not completely shielded by the fault, and part of the load disturbance is still transmitted to the hanging wall via friction. The width of the fault coal pillars at the 15101 working face is determined to be 7.5 m, and the monitoring data verify the rationality of the fault coal pillars.

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