Basic rock mechanical parameters, that is, the uniaxial compressive strength s c and elastic modulus E, have close relationships with the fractal dimension and inhomogeneity. Scanning electronic microscopy and fractal dimension calculations are applied to four different rock types (mudstone, sandstone, limestone, and basalt) in order to investigate the relationships between the rock mechanical properties, fractal dimensions, and homogeneity. The results show that the fractal dimension of each rock type fluctuates as the scanning electronic microscopy magnification increases. Rocks with different uniaxial compressive strength and elastic modulus values possess different self-similarity properties, and when the uniaxial compressive strength or elastic modulus increases, the fractal dimension of the rock microstructure decreases. The rock homogeneity is consistent with the fractal dimension, that is, the higher the homogeneity is, the larger the fractal dimension. Generally, homogeneity refers to the macroscale, and fractal dimension refers to the microscale. Overall, this research provides an innovative and effective approach for researching the mechanical behavior of rocks through a combination of uniaxial compression tests, homogeneity, and fractal dimensions.
In order to evaluate the surrounding rock stability of deep roadways, the diversity of accident hazard sources in deep coal mining is statistically analyzed. To conduct an effective evaluation, first, the risk analysis of the factors affecting the rock mass accidents is carried out, and the comprehensive safety index system of rock accidents in deep mine roadway is established. Further, combining the theory of hazard sources with the extension method, a matter–element model for the risk assessment of rock mass accidents in deep roadway is established. Finally, the hazard sources for the surrounding rock stability of deep roadway in the E-Zhuang coal mine of Xinwen Ming area are evaluated. The results show that the risk grade of the surrounding rock for deep roadways in E-Zhuang coal mine is “B”, which is generally safe, the human factors and organizational management factors are relatively safe, and some suggestions for improvement are put forward.
The height of water-conducting fracture zone (HWCFZ) is one of the important technical parameters for water-preserved coal mining. The purpose of this paper is to acquire information about the height development characteristics of water-conducting fracture zone (WCFZ) in fully mechanized mining of shallow thick coal seam under water body in western mining area of China. The 91105 fully mechanized mining face of Daheng coal mine under composite water body was taken as the research object, the development height, morphological characteristics, development and evolution process of WCFZ in working face mining were studied through underground up-hole water injection method by intervals, borehole TV and numerical simulation. The results show that the HWCFZ in 91,105 fully mechanized mining face is 52.7~53.6 m, and the fracture mining ratio is 12.55~12.76. The final development form is saddle-shaped with “large at both ends and small in the middle”. It is accurate and reliable to determine the development characteristics of overburden fractures and the HWCFZ by the field measurement of the combination of underground upward hole segmented water injection method and borehole TV. The development height of the water-conducting fracture zone obtained by numerical simulation is consistent with the field measured results. The development and evolution of the height of WCFZ presents four stages: “development–slow increase–sudden increase–stability”. When the WCFZ develops to a certain layer, the cracks generated by the weak strata in the fracture zone of overlying strata on the working face will automatically close with the advancement of the working face, resulting in “bridging phenomenon”, which inhibits the further development of the WCFZ. That is, the existence of soft rock with a certain thickness in overburden will become the key inhibiting layer for the development of WCFZ, effectively blocking the communication between water-conducting fracture and overlying aquifer. The research results are intended to provide guidance for the implementation of water preserving mining and ecological environment protection in ecologically fragile areas in western China.
In order to evaluate the stability of deep surrounding rock, all of the affecting factors should be theoretically identified. However, some factors have slight impacts on the stability of deep surrounding rock compared with others. To conduct an effective risk assessment, key factors should be first extracted. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and grey relation analysis (GRA) methods are integrated to determine the key factors. First, the AHP method is applied to sort the factors by calculating the weights of them. Seven out of fifteen factors are extracted as the key factors, which account for 80% of the weights. Further, the GCA method is used to validate the effects of these key factors by analyzing the correlation between the performance of each factor and that of the reference. Considering the influence of these key factors and experts’ judgements, the multilevel fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method is adopted to obtain the risk level of the deep surrounding rock stability. Finally, the risk assessment of the deep surrounding rock in the E-Zhuang coal mine of Chinese Xinwen Mining Area illustrates the operability of the proposed method.
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