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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Earth Sci.
Sec. Geohazards and Georisks
Volume 12 - 2024 |
doi: 10.3389/feart.2024.1526950
This article is part of the Research Topic Prevention, Mitigation, and Relief of Compound and Chained Natural Hazards Volume II View all 10 articles
Surface movement and crack development laws of super-long working faces in medium-depth coal seam mining
Provisionally accepted- College of Geology and Environment, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an, China
With the increased application of super-long working faces in coal mining, the surface movement and crack development laws of super-long working faces present an urgent problem to be studied and solved. This study aimed to determine the surface movement and crack development laws of super-long working faces when mining medium-depth buried coal seams. The research area in Xiaobaodang No.2 coal mine, China, was the adjacent working faces 01, 02 and 03, with inclination widths of 300 m and 450 m respectively. The laws were determined by applying methods such as surface movement observation, GNSS automatic surface movement observation, surface crack observation, and crack morphology tracing. Compared to the working face with an inclination width of 300 m, the maximum subsidence, maximum horizontal movement value, and maximum subsidence coefficient of the super-long working face with an inclination width of 450 m increased by 15.31%, 4.56%, and 16.13%, respectively. Under the influence of mining the 02 working face, the maximum subsidence of the 01 working face increased by 15% and the surface subsidence patterns of the 01 and 02 working face inclination observation lines showed an asymmetric W shape. The widths of the cracks parallel to the open-off cut followed the dynamic development law of opening first, then closing or semi-closing. The widths of the cracks parallel to grooves followed the dynamic development law of opening first, then remaining open. The study results are important to protect mining buildings and the ecological environment.
Keywords: medium-depth buried coal seam, Mining subsidence, super-long working faces, Surface movement and deformation, Surface cracks
Received: 12 Nov 2024; Accepted: 05 Dec 2024.
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* Correspondence:
Pengfei Hou, College of Geology and Environment, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an, China
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