Key parameters of gob-side entry retaining by roof cutting in close-distance seam group

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Key parameters of gob-side entry retaining by roof cutting in close-distance seam group

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During the process of close-distance seam group mining, the coal pillar in the upper coal seam is a stress-concentrated area, which leads to a loss of stability of the roadway during mining of the lower coal seam. This lack of stability introduces great safety hazards to coal mines. To solve the problem of stress concentration of coal pillars, the method of gob-side entry retaining by roof cutting is proposed to remove the coal pillar. In this study, FLAC3D was used to analyze the depth and angle of pre-split blasting. LS-DYNA was used to analyze the spacing of the blasthole. Using the methods of theoretical analysis and numerical simulation, we determined that the optimal depth of the pre-split blasting was 6 m, the optimal angle for pre-split blasting was 15°, and the optimal spacing of the blasthole was 500 mm. A field test was carried out in the 1010201 ventilation roadway of the Yuwang Coal Mine, China. The on-site peeping results showed that when the spacing of the blasthole is 500 mm, connecting cracks can form under the action of blasting stress. After the working surface is mined, the roof strata could collapse and fill the gob over time when the depth and angle of the pre-split blasting are 6 m and 15°, respectively.

close-distance seam group

pressure relief by roof cutting

gob-side entry retaining

pre-split blasting

Gob-side entry retaining by roof cutting is a new technology proposed by Chinese scholars in recent years [1–3]. This technique cuts off the roof strata of the roadway and gob using bidirectional concentrated blasting technology. After the working face is mined, the roof strata of the gob collapses and forms a new rib [4–6]. Compared with traditional technology for gob-side entry retaining, this method has completely changed the core idea of replacing coal pillars with backfill and removed the need for roadside backfill. The technology of gob-side entry retaining by roof cutting solves the problem of the stress concentration of the backfill, and the construction process is simpler [7–9]. To date, this method has been successfully applied under a variety of working conditions such as thin coal seams, thick coal seams, hard roofs, composite roofs, shallow burials, and high gas mines and has achieved good economic benefits [10–12]. However, the technology of gob-side entry retaining by roof cutting is less commonly applied under the condition of a close-distance seam group.

The stress concentration caused by the upper coal seam has a great impact on the mining of the lower coal seam under the condition of a close-distance seam group [13–15]. This stress can easily cause large deformations or the disappearance of surrounding rocks on the roadway and cause safety accidents. By adopting the technology of gob-side entry retaining by roof cutting, the coal pillar of the upper coal seam is removed, which solves the problem of stress concentration on the coal pillar.

1.1. Process Flow of Gob-Side Entry Retaining by Roof Cutting

The process flow of gob-side entry retaining by roof cutting [16–18] is shown in Figure.1, (1) Reinforce the roof strata of roadway along gob with high-strength anchor. (2) Pre-splitting blasting the roof strata of roadway by directional blasting technology. (3) After the working face is mined, the gangue retaining composed of U -shaped steel and reinforced mesh is arranged at the edge of the gob. In order to ensure the stability of the roof strata, the roadway is temporarily supported by single pillar. (4) When the gob-side roadway is stabilized, the single pillar can be removed, and only the gangue retaining is retained.

1.2. Key Technology of Gob-Side Entry Retaining by Roof Cutting

The core idea of gob-side entry retaining by roof cutting is to replace the coal pillar with a collapse gangue [19–21]. Directional presplitting is used to blast the roof strata of the roadway before mining [22, 23]. When the working face is mined, the roof strata can collapse over time and fill the gob. The new rib of the roadway is then formed under the action of the gangue retaining [24–26]. Therefore, the key technology of gob-side entry retaining by roof cutting is pre-splitting blasting [27–29]. The optimum presplitting blasting height should ensure that the collapsed gangue can fill the gob after mining to effectively support the overlying strata, make the overlying strata reach a stable state as soon as possible, and reduce the impact of dynamic pressure on the surrounding rocks of the roadway [30, 31]. The optimum angle and spacing of the pre-splitting blasting hole should enable the roof strata of the gob to collapse as soon as possible after mining, reduce the unsupported roof of the goaf, and minimize the disturbance effect of the roof strata collapsing on the surrounding rock [32, 33].

In order to study the key parameters of gob-side entry retaining by roof cutting in close-distance seam group, taking the Yuwang Coal Mine as the engineering back ground. The coal bearing strata in the Yuwang Coal Mine are the C2 to C19 coal seams of the Longtan Formation, with a total thickness of 32.28 m. The spacing of each coal seam is shown in Table 1.

Table 1

The spacing of each coal seam.
Coal seam	Average thickness/m	Spacing/m	Average spacing/m
C₂	1.7	7.79–25.02	15.17
C₃	1.47	7.79–25.02	15.17
C₃	1.47	15.03–55.94	29.59
C_7 + 8	2.63	15.03–55.94	29.59
C_7 + 8	2.63	6.04–27.64	19.47
C₉	2.12	6.04–27.64	19.47
C₉	2.12	5.68–35.51	15.97
C₁₃	1.88	5.68–35.51	15.97
C₁₃	1.88	3.37–42.16	15.29
C₁₄	1.83	3.37–42.16	15.29
C₁₄	1.83	1.33–25.50	9.68
C₁₅	2.00	1.33–25.50	9.68
C₁₅	2.00	2.02–37.19	9.64
C₁₆	2.17	2.02–37.19	9.64
C₁₆	2.17	6.43–31.74	13.62
C₁₇	0.91	6.43–31.74	13.62
C₁₇	0.91	0.30-23.84	6.65
C₁₈	1.68	0.30-23.84	6.65
C₁₈	1.68	3.10-32.07	14.36
C₁₉	1.68	3.10-32.07	14.36

2.1. Theoretical calculation

(1) The presplitting blasting height

The maximum vertical distance between the slit formed after directional pre-splitting blasting and the horizontal plane of the roadway roof is the presplitting blasting height. The optimum presplitting blasting height should ensure that the collapsed gangue of the roof strata can fill the gob. Therefore, the optimum presplitting blasting height can be calculated by the following formula:

H_P = (H_M - H_R - H_F) / (K − 1) (1)

where H_P is the optimum presplitting blasting height in m; H_M is the mining height in 2.4 m; K is the bulking coefficient in 1.4; In order to obtain the maximum value of the height of roof cutting, the volumes of roof convergence and floor heave were not taken into consideration, i.e., H_R=H_F=0. The presplitting blasting height was 6.0 m, which was calculated using Eq. (1).

(2) The angle of presplitting blasting hole

Before the working face is mined, pre-splitting blasting should be undertaken on the roof strata of the roadway. If the angle of presplitting blasting is too small, this angle will not be conducive to the stability of the roadway roof strata, whereas if the angle is too large, it will not be conducive to the collapse of the gob roof strata. The mechanical model of roof strata after presplitting blasting can be simplified as Fig. 2. The rock block A is located above the roadway and rock block B is located above the gob.

The condition of rock stability is as follows:

[T cosα + (R - F) sinα]∙tanφ=(R - F) cosα-T sinα (2)

So α = arctan(( R – F ) ⁄ T ) - φ

$$\left\{\begin{array}{c}f=\tau \times h\times 1\\ R=\rho ghd\end{array}\right.$$

where T is the horizontal force of the rock block in kN; R is the load of block B in kN; F is the working resistance of a single prop in kN; h is the height of roof cutting in m; φ is the friction angle of the rock block in °; α is the angle of the presplitting blasting borehole in °; f is the shear force of the rock block in kN; ρ is the density of the rock strata in kg/m3; and d is the width of the roadway in m.

For convenient calculation, a component of T can be approximated as f where “f = T sin α”. According to the actual conditions of the 1010201 ventilation roadway, the field parameters were chosen as follows: φ = 27°, τ = 0.13 MPa, ρ = 2500 kg/m3, h = 6 m, and d = 5.0 m. According to the aforementioned theoretical calculation, when the angle of the presplitting blasting borehole is in the range of 10° to 15°, the roof strata of the roadway can remain stable.

(3) The spacing of the presplitting blasting hole

Directional blasting use an energy gathering device to make the detonation wave cut off the roof strata of the roadway along a given direction. The blasting mechanics model of presplitting blasting hole is shown in Fig. 3.

According to the attenuation law of explosion stress wave, the damage range of explosion can be calculated as follows:

$${R}_{s}={r}_{b}{\left[\frac{10\lambda {P}_{b}}{\left(1-{D}_{0}\right){\sigma }_{t}+{\sigma }_{0}}\right]}^{\frac{1}{\alpha }}$$

where R_s is the damage range of explosion in m; r_b is the radius of the presplitting blasting hole in m; λ is the coefficient of lateral pressure; P_b is the pressure peak after explosive charge in MPa; D₀ is the initial damage of rock mass; σ_t is the tensile strength of the roof strata in MPa; σ₀ is the protolith stress in MPa; α is the attenuation index of explosive stress wave in rock mass.

To ensure the effect of the pre-splitting blasting, the damage cracks formed after the blasting of two adjacent pre-splitting blasting holes should be connected. Therefore, the spacing of the pre-splitting blasting hole should meet the following relationship:

d ≤ 2(r_b+R_s) (5)

substituting Eq. (4) into Eq. (5) can be obtained as follows:

$$d\le 2{r}_{b}\left[1+{\left(\frac{10\lambda {P}_{b}}{\left(1-{D}_{0}\right){\sigma }_{t}+{\sigma }_{0}}\right)}^{\frac{1}{\alpha }}\right]$$

According to the actual conditions of the 1010201 ventilation roadway, the field parameters were chosen as follows: r_b=0.02m, λ = 0.9, P_b=200MPa, D₀ = 0.05, σ_t = 2.5MPa, σ₀ = 8.6MPa, α = 2. According to the aforementioned theoretical calculation, the spacing of the pre-splitting blasting hole is 0.512 m.

2.2. Numerical Model

The height and angle of presplitting blasting are analyzed via FLAC3D, and the distance between presplitting blasting holes is analyzed using LS-DYNA.

(1) FLAC3D

The mechanical parameters of the roof and floor strata of the C2 coal seam in Yuwang Coal Mine are shown in Table 2.

Table 2

The mechanical parameters of the roof and floor strata.
Lithology	Bulk (GPa)	Shear (GPa)	Friction (°)	Tension (MPa)	Density (10³kg/m³)	Cohesion (MPa)
Overlying strata	13.1	18.5	36	3.92	2.5	3.88
Muddy siltstone	9.7	14.5	33	1.92	2.1	1.88
Silty mudstone	12.1	20.5	36	2.92	2.3	3.25
Carbon mudstone	10.1	18.5	34	2.32	2.1	2.28
Muddy siltstone	9.7	14.5	33	1.92	2.1	1.88
C₂ coal seam	8.1	12.2	31	1.69	1.4	1.71
Muddy siltstone	9.7	14.5	33	1.92	2.1	1.88
C₃ coal seam	8.1	12.2	31	1.69	1.4	1.71
Silty mudstone	12.1	20.5	36	2.92	2.3	3.25
Siltstone	11.1	15.5	35	2.52	2.2	2.55

Construction of numerical model based on geological conditions of Yuwang Coal Mine. The strike length of the model is 270m, the dip length is 200m, and the height is 60m. The length of the working face is 200m, and the width of the mining roadway is 5m. In order to avoid the impact of excavation disturbance, a 30m boundary is reserved on both sides of the mining roadway. Set constraints on the left, right and the lower boundaries of the model, and load a vertical stress of 8.6MPa on the upper boundary. The numerical model is shown in Fig. 4.

(2) LS-DYNA

The blasting numerical model is composed of rock unit, air unit, explosive unit and energy-gathering pipe unit. The inner diameter of the energy-gathering pipe model is 3.6 cm, the outer diameter is 4.2 cm, and the explosive diameter is 3.2 cm. The model is simplified as a plane stress state, and 0.5 cm is taken in the thickness. In the calculation process, the explosive adopts the central point initiation mode, and the air boundary condition is set as the non-reflecting boundary condition. The material parameters of the model unit are shown in Table 3 and Table 4.

Table 3

Parameters of the explosive.
Density (g/cm³)	Detonation Velocity (m/s)	Ferocity (mm)	Detonation Transmission (m)	Diameter (mm)	Power (mL)	Anti-Explosive Coupling (cm)
1.1	2600	≥ 10	≥ 50	42	≥ 250	≥ 3

Table 4

Parameters of the energy-gathering pipe.
Density(g/cm³)	Bulk (GPa)	Shear (GPa)	Yield Stress (MPa)	Poisson Ratio
1.43	43	3.2	≥ 50	42

The model adopts the mapping mesh division method. Here local mesh refinement is conducive to the transfer of detonation pressure, enabling the air and rock mesh near the explosive area to be refined. The grid quality of the energy-gathering pipe and explosives has no obvious influence on the simulation effect, so uniform grid division is adopted. The meshes of each element are shown in Fig. 5.

3.1. The presplitting blasting height

According to the aforementioned theoretical analysis, the stress distribution and displacement of surrounding rock on the roadway are analyzed with the presplitting blasting height of 5, 6, 7, and 8 m. The results of numerical simulation are shown in Fig. 6 - Fig. 9.

As shown in Fig. 6, when the presplitting blasting height is 5 m, the maximum value of vertical stress is 21.3 MPa, and the stress concentration is 7.5 m away from the roadway; when the presplitting blasting height is 6 m, the maximum value of vertical stress is 15.3 MPa, and the stress concentration is 8.1 m away from the roadway; when the presplitting blasting height is 7 m, the maximum value of vertical stress is 15.6 MPa, and the stress concentration is 8.5 m away from the roadway; when the pre-splitting blasting height is 8m, the maximum value of vertical stress is 17.0 MPa, and the stress concentration is 8.7m away from the roadway.

As shown in Fig. 7, when the presplitting blasting height is 5 m, the maximum value of horizontal stress is 16.2 MPa; when the presplitting blasting height is 6 m, the maximum value of horizontal stress is 15.5 MPa; when the presplitting blasting height is 7 m, the maximum value of horizontal stress is 15.6 MPa; when the presplitting blasting height is 8 m, the maximum value of horizontal stress is 15.8 MPa.

As shown in Fig. 8, when the presplitting blasting height is 5 m, the maximum value of vertical displacement is 27.1 mm; when the presplitting blasting height is 6 m, the maximum value of vertical displacement is 22.0 mm; when the presplitting blasting height is 7 m, the maximum value of vertical displacement is 20.8 mm; when the presplitting blasting height is 8 m, the maximum value of vertical displacement is 30.0 mm.

As shown in Fig. 9, when the presplitting blasting height is 5 m, the maximum value of horizontal displacement is 19.6 mm; when the presplitting blasting height is 6 m, the maximum value of vertical displacement is 22.0 mm; when the presplitting blasting height is 7 m, the maximum value of vertical displacement is 20.8 mm; when the presplitting blasting height is 8 m, the maximum value of vertical displacement is 30.0 mm.

The numerical simulation indicates that the presplitting blasting height has a great influence on the stress distribution and deformation of the roadway. Considering the stress distribution of the roadway, the deformation of surrounding rock, and the engineering quantity, the optimal height for presplitting blasting is 6 m.

3.2. The angle of presplitting blasting hole

According to the aforementioned theoretical analysis, the stress distribution and displacement of roadway surrounding rock are analyzed with the angle of presplitting blasting hole are 5°, 10°, 15° and 20°, respectively. The results of numerical simulation are shown in Fig. 10 - Fig. 13.

As shown in Fig. 10, when the angle of presplitting blasting hole is 5°, the maximum value of vertical stress is 21.64 MPa, and the stress concentration is 7.5 m away from the roadway; when the angle of presplitting blasting hole is 10°, the maximum value of vertical stress is 15.15 MPa, and the stress concentration is 8.1 m away from the roadway; when the angle of presplitting blasting hole is 15°, the maximum value of vertical stress is 15.06 MPa, and the stress concentration is 8.5 m away from the roadway; when the angle of presplitting blasting hole is 20°, the maximum value of vertical stress is 15.3 MPa, and the stress concentration is 8.6 m away from the roadway.

As shown in Fig. 11, when the angle of presplitting blasting hole is 5°, the maximum value of horizontal stress is 26.45 MPa; when the angle of presplitting blasting hole is 10°, the maximum value of horizontal stress is 15.87 MPa; when the angle of presplitting blasting hole is 15°, the maximum value of horizontal stress is 15.79 MPa; when the angle of presplitting blasting hole is 20°, the maximum value of horizontal stress is 15.97 MPa.

As shown in Fig. 12, when the angle of presplitting blasting hole is 5°, the maximum value of vertical displacement is 220.27 mm; when the angle of presplitting blasting hole is 10°, the maximum value of vertical displacement is 217.11 mm; when the angle of presplitting blasting hole is 15°, the maximum value of vertical displacement is 208.87 mm; when the angle of presplitting blasting hole is 20°, the maximum value of vertical displacement is 227.29 mm.

As shown in Fig. 13, when the angle of presplitting blasting hole is 5°, the maximum value of horizontal displacement is 192.52 mm; when the angle of pre-splitting blasting hole is 10°, the maximum value of vertical displacement is 144.73 mm; when the angle of presplitting blasting hole is 15°, the maximum value of vertical displacement is 144.18 mm; when the angle of presplitting blasting hole is 20°, the maximum value of vertical displacement is 144.66 mm.

The numerical simulation indicates that the angle of presplitting blasting hole has a great influence on the stress distribution and deformation of the roadway. Considering the stress distribution of the roadway, the deformation of surrounding rock and the engineering quantity, the optimal angle of presplitting blasting hole is 15°.

3.3. The spacing of the presplitting blasting hole

To determine the optimal spacing of the presplitting blasting hole, the stress evolution process of shaped charge blasting and the development law of blast cracks with blast hole spacing of 400, 500, and 600 mm are compared and analyzed. The numerical simulation are shown in Fig. 14- Fig. 19.

At the moment after initiation of the explosive, the tensile stress concentration zone appears near the shaped energy holes. When the tensile stress exceeds the tensile strength of the surrounding rock, tensile cracks will occur in the surrounding rock near the energy accumulation hole. After the initial tension crack is formed, under the action of tension stress, the surrounding rock cracks along the horizontal single direction of energy accumulation to form six tension cracks, and the tension stress concentration perpendicular to the crack surface occurs at the crack tip. With continuous propagation of the blast-generated stress wave, the crack tip continues to break and open, resulting in continuous expansion of the crack along the direction of energy accumulation. When the spacing of the presplitting blasting hole is 400 and 500 mm, cracks develop and expand along the direction of the energy accumulation and connect with each other. A fully connected tension crack is formed between adjacent blastholes, and the shaped charge blasting effect is good. When the spacing of the presplitting blasting hole is 600 mm, the tensile crack of adjacent blastholes will stop growing and expanding without extending and penetrating because the strength of the blast-generated stress wave is continuously attenuated during the propagation process, and the tensile stress generated by this wave is continuously reduced. When the tensile stress is lower than the tensile strength of the surrounding rock, the tensile crack stops developing and expanding. According to the results of the numerical simulation, and taking into account the hole construction and blasting cost benefits, the optimum hole spacing is 500 mm.

3.4. Engineering Application

According to the above analysis, under the geological conditions of the C2 coal seam in the Yuwang Coal Mine, the best presplitting blasting height is 6 m, the best angle of presplitting blasting hole is 15°, and the best spacing of the presplitting blasting hole is 500 mm. In order to verify the rationality of the key parameters of gob-side entry retaining by roof cutting, the 1010201 ventilation roadway was selected for a field test. In order to determine the effect of directional presplitting blasting, one observation hole was left in the middle of every five presplitting blasting holes for blasting without charging. The pre-splitting blasting holes arrangement and the effect of blasting are shown in Fig. 20.

As shown in Fig. 20, after presplitting blasting, the hole was sealed within 0-1.5 m, and no directional cracks formed on the hole wall. Within a range of 1.5-6.0 m from the blasting hole, the through-fracture was obvious, which indicated that the effect of presplitting blasting was good. According to the field observations, under the action of presplitting blasting, the roof strata in the gob would fall with mining, with no obvious phenomenon of a suspended roof. As shown in Fig. 19, within a range of 10–20 m behind the working face, the collapsed gangue was able to fill the gob. The field test results showed that presplitting blasting is reasonable with a presplitting blasting height of 6 m, a presplitting blasting hole angle of 15°, and presplitting blasting hole spacing of 500 mm.

Based on the engineering background of the Yuwang Coal Mine, the key parameters of gob-side entry retaining by roof cutting in a close-distance seam group were analyzed, and the following conclusions were obtained through a theoretical analysis, engineering analogy, numerical simulation, and field test:

(1) When the presplitting blasting height is 6 m, and the angle of the presplitting blasting hole is 15°, the roof strata easily collapse, and the collapsed gangue can fill the gob, which plays an effective support role for the overlying strata.

(2) When the spacing of the presplitting blasting hole is 500 mm, a through-fracture can form under the action of the stress wave, which can ensure the collapse of the roof strata after the working face is mined.

(3) According to the field test, under the conditions of the above design parameters, the roof strata will collapse with mining, and the gob can be filled within a range of 10–15 m behind the working face. The effect of pressure relief by roof cutting was also found to be good.

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Author Contributions: Conceptualization, C.H. and X.Y.; methodology, C.H.; software, C.H.; validation, Q.L.; formal analysis, B.H.; investigation, Y.L.; resources, B.H.; data curation, Q.J.; writing—original draft preparation, C.H.; writing—review and editing, C.H.; visualization, X.Y.; supervision, F.S.; project administration, C.H.; funding acquisition, B.H. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding: This research was financially supported by the Higher Educational Scientific Research Projects of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (No. NJZY21291), and the Science and Technology Project of China Huaneng Group Co., Ltd. (HNKJ23-H12).

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Acknowledgments: We are grateful to the anonymous reviewers for their constructive reviews on the manuscript, and to the editors for carefully revising the manuscript.

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Key parameters of gob-side entry retaining by roof cutting in close-distance seam group

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1. Introduction

1.1. Process Flow of Gob-Side Entry Retaining by Roof Cutting

1.2. Key Technology of Gob-Side Entry Retaining by Roof Cutting

2. Methods

2.1. Theoretical calculation

2.2. Numerical Model

3. Results and Discussion

3.1. The presplitting blasting height

3.2. The angle of presplitting blasting hole

3.3. The spacing of the presplitting blasting hole

3.4. Engineering Application

4. Conclusions

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