Acoustic emission (AE) signals contain substantial information about the internal fracture characteristics of rocks and are useful for revealing the laws governing the release of energy stored therein. Reported here is the evolution of rock failure with different master crack types as investigated using Brazilian splitting tests (BSTs), direct shear tests (DSTs), and uniaxial compression tests (UCTs). The AE parameters and typical modes of each fracture type were obtained, and the energy release characteristics of each fracture mechanism were discussed. From the observed changes in the AE parameters, the rock fracture process exhibits characteristics of staged intensification. The scale and energy level of crack activity in the BSTs were significantly lower than those in the DSTs and UCTs. The proportion of tensile cracks in the BSTs was 65%–75%, while the proportions of shear cracks in the DSTs and UCTs were 75%–85% and 70%–75%, respectively. During the rock loading process under different conditions, failure was accompanied by an increased number of shear cracks. The amplitude, duration, and rise time of the AE signal from rock failure were larger when the failure was dominated by shear cracks rather than tensile ones, and most of the medium- and high-energy signals had medium to low frequencies. After calculating the proposed energy amplitude ratio, the energy release of shear cracks was found to exceed that of tensile cracks at the same fracture scale.
The lithology and thickness of the rock beam affect its mechanical properties and acoustic emission characteristics when it is fractured. In this study, three-point bending tests of rock beams were carried out. Then, we proposed to utilize the percentage of peak energy to characterize the intensity of energy release during fracture. Finally, the energy release mechanism of coal roof fracture was discussed. The evolution process of acoustic emission includes five stages. The acoustic emission amplitude distribution of rock beams has three typical patterns. Most of the cracks after fracture are tensile cracks, the proportion of tensile cracks is positively correlated with the elastic modulus. The percentage of peak energy is positively correlated with thickness and elastic modulus. More energy is released when thick and hard roof fractures. When necessary, measures such as reducing the thickness or the strength of the roof could be taken to improve the safety of mining.
Optimizing the mining scheme is an essential work for improving recovery efficiency of filling mining. An optimization equation of mining face width under a gangue mining condition is derived firstly. Then, analysis of the optimization equation of the mining face width is carried out based on the measure data of the F5001 mining face in the Tangshan Coal Mine. At last, the reasonable mining face width is determined combined with numerical simulation. Results show that mining face width and roof subsidence increase with the increase of unit weight and mining depth, but decrease with the increase of the elastic modulus of roof. The maximum width of the mining face is 105 m in Tangshan Coal Mine. When the mining width increases from 66 to 105 m, the increasing percentage of roof subsidence is 15–18%. Roof subsidence is controlled less than 30% of the mining height. The variation range of the maximum roof subsidence is small, which means the mining face width can be designed reasonably through the proposed equation.
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