A Study of the Failure Characteristics of Partings in Thick Coal Seams During Fully Mechanized Caving in the Wobei Coal Mine
Keywords:
Fully mechanized caving; parting; top coal; failureAbstract
Fully mechanized caving is a common practice in mining thick coal seams in China. The characteristics of parting failures affect the stability and cavability of the top coal. In this paper, based on the geological conditions of and partings in a production site in the Wobei mine, the characteristics of parting failures on the front of a working face are calculated using elasticity theory and the cavability of the coal seam and the parting are obtained. Based on the theory of a cantilever beam under a uniformly distributed load, the cantilever length and the conditions under which a parting at the back of a working face fractures are calculated. These results are combined to obtain the characteristics of parting failures in thick coal seams during fully mechanized caving in the Wobei mine. In addition, this provides basic parameters for improving the top coal caving ratio of a working face.
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