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17 March 2023

Surrounding rock of roadway with a coal–rock interface is a common form in coal mines. In order to determine deformation characteristics and obtain the control principle of roadways with a coal–rock interface, the interface between the ro...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Green and Scientific Design of Deep Underground Engineering)
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  • Open Access
22 Citations
2,257 Views
17 Pages

Energy Evolution Law during Failure Process of Coal–Rock Combination and Roadway Surrounding Rock

  • Dongxiao Zhang,
  • Weiyao Guo,
  • Tongbin Zhao,
  • Yongqiang Zhao,
  • Yang Chen and
  • Xiufeng Zhang

29 November 2022

The deformation and failure of a coal–rock system in a deep environment is affected by its own mechanical properties, natural endowments, and geological structures; it is very important to study the energy evolution law of coal–rock syste...

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  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,241 Views
15 Pages

Study on the Dip Angle Effect of Asymmetric Deformation and Failure of the Gob-Side Coal–Rock Roadway in Gently Inclined Coal Seam

  • Lin Gao,
  • Xinyu Zhan,
  • Pandong Zhang,
  • Zhijie Wen,
  • Zhenqian Ma,
  • Dezhong Kong,
  • Xiangtao Kang and
  • Sen Han

15 June 2022

In order to reveal the influence law of coal seam dip angle on the stability of the surrounding rock of the gob-side coal–rock roadway in a gently inclined coal seam (GCRGICS), the deformation characteristics of the surrounding rock under four...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Mine Safety Science and Engineering)
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  • Open Access
19 Citations
2,920 Views
16 Pages

A Case Study on Surrounding Rock Deformation Control Technology of Gob-Side Coal-Rock Roadway in Inclined Coal Seam of a Mine in Guizhou, China

  • Pengze Liu,
  • Lin Gao,
  • Pandong Zhang,
  • Guiyi Wu,
  • Chen Wang,
  • Zhenqian Ma,
  • Dezhong Kong,
  • Xiangtao Kang and
  • Sen Han

27 April 2022

Surrounding rock deformation control of gob-side coal-rock roadway in inclined coal seams (GCRICS) is a major problem in gob-side entry technology application practice. This paper describes a case study of the surrounding rock deformation characteris...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,939 Views
16 Pages

20 July 2023

Aiming at the problem of serious deformation and difficult support in the surrounding rock of the near-vertical coal–rock-interbedded roadway, this paper studies the stress distribution characteristics of the roadway surrounding the rock based...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Underground Coal Mining and Ground Control Technology)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,291 Views
25 Pages

Aiming at the problem of the unclear rock burst generation mechanism and anti-impact measures of a large roadway through a coal seam in a deep panel area, taking the rock burst of a large roadway in the first panel area of Gaojiapu Coal Mine as the e...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractal Analysis and Its Applications in Rock Engineering)
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  • Open Access
26 Citations
3,580 Views
14 Pages

Determination of Narrow Coal Pillar Width and Roadway Surrounding Rock Support Technology in Gob Driving Roadway

  • Qingliang Chang,
  • Shiguo Ge,
  • Xianyuan Shi,
  • Yesong Sun,
  • Haibin Wang,
  • Mengda Li,
  • Yizhe Wang and
  • Fengfeng Wu

18 April 2022

In order to determine the rational width of coal pillars and study the surrounding rock control technology of gob side entry driving with a narrow coal pillar, this paper first calculates the width of narrow coal pillar according to limit equilibrium...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,975 Views
18 Pages

3 July 2024

In the context of a shallow-buried thin coal seam, the surrounding rock deformation in the semi-coal rock roadway is comparatively small, resulting in self-stabilization of the two sides of the roadway without the need for support when the roadway is...

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  • Open Access
37 Citations
4,348 Views
19 Pages

Instability Control of Roadway Surrounding Rock in Close-Distance Coal Seam Groups under Repeated Mining

  • Yu Xiong,
  • Dezhong Kong,
  • Zhanbo Cheng,
  • Zhijie Wen,
  • Zhenqian Ma,
  • Guiyi Wu and
  • Yong Liu

22 August 2021

In order to solve the problems of roadway stability and easy instability under repeated mining of close-distance coal seam groups, the mechanism and control technology of surrounding rock instability under repeated mining were studied via indoor test...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Rock Burst Disasters in Coal Mines)
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  • Open Access
25 Citations
3,006 Views
19 Pages

15 May 2020

Aiming at the large deformation instability problem caused by the excavation unloading of a coal roadway in deep-buried slowly inclined jointed rock mass, the geomechanical parameters and deformation failure characteristics of an engineering geomecha...

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  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,067 Views
21 Pages

4 August 2019

This study considered the mining roadway with coal pillar protection in the fully mechanized caving face of the Dananhu No.1 Coal Mine, China. Theoretical analysis, numerical simulation, and field tests were conducted, and the stress environment, def...

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  • Open Access
60 Citations
3,154 Views
18 Pages

21 June 2022

In this study, taking the Sheng’an coal mine as an engineering background, the failure characteristics of the surrounding rock of a roadway under repeated mining in a close-distance coal seam is comprehensively illustrated through field measure...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical Simulation and Computational Methods in Engineering and Sciences)
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  • Open Access
31 Citations
2,933 Views
13 Pages

Physical Similarity Simulation of Deformation and Failure Characteristics of Coal-Rock Rise under the Influence of Repeated Mining in Close Distance Coal Seams

  • Pengze Liu,
  • Lin Gao,
  • Pandong Zhang,
  • Guiyi Wu,
  • Yongyin Wang,
  • Ping Liu,
  • Xiangtao Kang,
  • Zhenqian Ma,
  • Dezhong Kong and
  • Sen Han

11 May 2022

Aiming at the problem that it is difficult to achieve accurate laying of model and precise excavation of roadways in special surrounding rock structure roadway according to conventional physical similarity simulation, which reduces the reliability of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Exploration, Development and Utilization of Coal and Coal-Related Resources)
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  • Open Access
766 Views
27 Pages

25 March 2026

Deformation monitoring of roadway surrounding rock is the key link to ensure the safety production of the coal mine. The traditional monitoring method can only obtain the displacement information of discrete measuring points, and it is difficult to f...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,715 Views
18 Pages

5 January 2025

This paper aims to address the issue of hydraulic support crushing accidents or support failures in the retracement roadway (RR) that frequently occurs when a fully mechanized mining face is retraced during the end-mining stage. The deformation and i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Green Coal Mining Technologies)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,756 Views
18 Pages

Study on the Modification of Confining Rock for Protecting Coal Roadways against Impact Loads from a Roof Stratum

  • Haiyang Yi,
  • Zhenhua Ouyang,
  • Xinxin Zhou,
  • Zhengsheng Li,
  • Jianqiang Chen,
  • Kang Li and
  • Kunlun Liu

28 November 2021

Promoting the ability of anti-bursting of the confining rock of a coal roadway is of significant importance to the safe production of a coal mine. In particular, in deep-buried coal mines, highly frequent rock burst occurs due to large earth pressure...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Rockburst Mechanism and Its Prevention and Control in Underground Mines)
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  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,511 Views
23 Pages

Deformation Mechanism and Control Technology of Surrounding Rock of Three-Soft Coal Roadways under High Horizontal Stress

  • Xiaoping Xie,
  • Hongyang Liu,
  • Xinqiu Fang,
  • Junwei Yang,
  • Jiangang Liu,
  • Minfu Liang and
  • Gang Wu

8 January 2023

Support technology faces challenges in view of the large deformation of surrounding rock in three-soft coal roadways under high horizontal stress in Zijin Coal Mine, China. Geostress near the tested working face of the mine was measured and its distr...

(This article belongs to the Section H: Geo-Energy)
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  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,695 Views
17 Pages

26 October 2022

To study the stability control of stope mining roadways below remaining coal pillars, the present study investigates the destabilization mechanism of coal pillars and roadways in sections under the dual action of supporting pressure on the floor of t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Process Safety in Coal Mining)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,159 Views
23 Pages

20 June 2025

This study focuses on how rocks respond mechanically and how to keep them stable when soft rock roadways are under deep tectonic stress. It does this through a combination of theoretical analysis, numerical simulations, and field applications. We cre...

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3 Citations
723 Views
18 Pages

25 September 2025

To address the issue of sustained deformation in the main roadway surrounding rock triggered by intense movement of overlying strata following the reduction of width of the stopping pillar (WSP) in closely spaced double extra-thick coal seams (CSDECS...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advances in Mining and Geotechnical Engineering)
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  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,401 Views
16 Pages

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 ro...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,406 Views
14 Pages

12 September 2024

To investigate the influence of varied mechanical parameters of coal mass on rock burst occurrence during deep roadway tunneling, the surrounding coal and rock mass of a deep roadway were taken as the research objects. A geometric model of roadway tu...

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20 Citations
3,642 Views
14 Pages

4 January 2023

This paper takes the ZF3806 working face of Shuiliandong Coal Mine in Binxian County, Shaanxi Province as the engineering background. Aiming at the problems of the development of surrounding rock cracks and roof breakage encountered in the process of...

(This article belongs to the Topic New Trends in Rock Materials Mechanics and Engineering Geology)
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  • Open Access
18 Citations
2,814 Views
23 Pages

Analysis of Surrounding Rock Control Technology and Its Application on a Dynamic Pressure Roadway in a Thick Coal Seam

  • Jian Hao,
  • Anfa Chen,
  • Xuelong Li,
  • Hua Bian,
  • Guanghua Zhou,
  • Zhenguo Wu,
  • Linjun Peng and
  • Jianquan Tang

29 November 2022

The deformation control of roadways surrounded by rock in the fully mechanized amplification sections of extra-thick coal seams is problematic. To analyze the failure and failure characteristics of a support frame, as well as the deformation and fail...

(This article belongs to the Section H: Geo-Energy)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,551 Views
18 Pages

Rock burst is a worldwide prevention and control problem, and the main reason for its occurrence is the concentration of stress in the surrounding rock of the coal roadway. Therefore, it is of great significance to realize the rapid and accurate dete...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
808 Views
26 Pages

Failure Mechanism and Rib-Roof Synergistic Support Technology for Bottom-Driven Roadways in Deep Thick Coal Seams

  • Yanghao Peng,
  • Hanze Jiang,
  • Zhenjie Peng,
  • Qiang Fu,
  • Changjiang Li and
  • Jianlin Zhou

17 January 2026

Roadways driven along the floor of thick coal seams, while retaining the top coal, form “thick coal seam floor roadways.” These large-section roadways feature a composite coal-rock roof and weak coal ribs, leading to low overall strength...

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4 Citations
1,454 Views
16 Pages

Surrounding Rock Control Technology of Thick Hard Roof and Hard Coal Seam Roadway under Tectonic Stress

  • Zhongzong Cao,
  • Honglin Liu,
  • Chengfang Shan,
  • Hongzhi Wang and
  • Haitong Kang

13 September 2024

In the process of roadway excavation in thick and hard coal seams with a hard roof, the instantaneous release of a large amount of elastic energy accumulated in coal and rock mass causes disasters. Especially under the action of tectonic stress, dyna...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Security Intelligent Monitoring and Big Data Utilization in Coal Mining Process)
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  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,040 Views
24 Pages

Surrounding Rock Deformation Mechanism and Control Technology for the Roadway in the Fault-Disturbed Zone under Special-Shaped Coal Pillars

  • Chao Liu,
  • Fangtian Wang,
  • Zhenyu Zhang,
  • Dongxu Zhu,
  • Wenhua Hao,
  • Tiankuo Tang,
  • Xutong Zhang and
  • Chenguang Zhu

22 November 2023

In order to explore the impact of residual special-shaped coal pillars and fault disturbances on the lower layered roadway, this study takes the short-distance coal seam mining in Luwa Coal Mine as the engineering background to explore the surroundin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Technologies of Deep Mining)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,281 Views
18 Pages

The Failure Law and Control Technology of Large-Section Roadways in Gently Inclined Soft Coal Seams

  • Qi Ma,
  • Yidong Zhang,
  • Xingrun Zhang,
  • Zexin Li,
  • Guangyuan Song,
  • Jingyi Cheng and
  • Kuidong Gao

2 October 2022

The proportion of the coal and rock masses in different areas of surrounding rocks is quite different when a large-section coal roadway is excavated in gently inclined soft coal seams. Different creep failure occurs in coal and rock masses under high...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fracking and Permeability Enhancement in Fractured Rock Masses for Underground Mining)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,469 Views
16 Pages

2 January 2023

We used the 11,303 return air roadway of the Hongqingliang coal mine as the engineering background for a study exploring the impact of the structural morphology of the roadway on the stress distribution characteristics and the stability of a weakly c...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Green and Scientific Design of Deep Underground Engineering)
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  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,383 Views
12 Pages

Multi-Level Support Technology and Application of Deep Roadway Surrounding Rock in the Suncun Coal Mine, China

  • Hengbin Chu,
  • Guoqing Li,
  • Zhijun Liu,
  • Xuesheng Liu,
  • Yunhao Wu and
  • Shenglong Yang

5 December 2022

To solve these problems of poor supporting effect and serious deformation and failure of surrounding rock of mining roadway under deep mining stress, a FLAC-3D numerical calculation model is established with −800 m level no. 2424 upper roadway...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Microstructure, Characterization and Mechanical Properties of Coal and Coal-Like Materials)
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  • Open Access
38 Citations
4,115 Views
14 Pages

Stability Control of Deep Coal Roadway under the Pressure Relief Effect of Adjacent Roadway with Large Deformation: A Case Study

  • Houqiang Yang,
  • Nong Zhang,
  • Changliang Han,
  • Changlun Sun,
  • Guanghui Song,
  • Yuantian Sun and
  • Kai Sun

15 April 2021

High-efficiency maintenance and control of the deep coal roadway surrounding rock stability is a reliable guarantee for sustainable development of a coal mine. However, it is difficult to control the stability of a roadway that locates near a roadway...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,675 Views
12 Pages

Study on Characteristics of Front Abutment Pressure and Rational Stop-Mining Coal Pillar Width in Large Height Working Face

  • Wei Yu,
  • Gangwei Fan,
  • Dongsheng Zhang,
  • Wenhao Guo,
  • Wenhui Zhang,
  • Shizhong Zhang and
  • Zhanglei Fan

7 June 2024

The width of a stop-mining coal pillar is of great significance to the stability of the surrounding rock of the main roadway and the safety of production in the mine. This paper focuses on the west panel of Sihe Coal Mine as the engineering backgroun...

(This article belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)
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  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,386 Views
26 Pages

New Technology of Pressure Relief Control in Soft Coal Roadways with Deep, Violent Mining and Large Deformation: A Key Study

  • Shengrong Xie,
  • Hui Li,
  • Dongdong Chen,
  • Shaohua Feng,
  • Xiang Ma,
  • Zaisheng Jiang and
  • Junqi Cui

5 December 2022

Previous studies have shown that the influence of deep dynamic pressure on the surrounding rock control of a coal roadway is one of the difficulties in mine roadway support. Based on the investigation of the headgate 11231 in a coal mine, this study...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Method and Technology of Green Coal Mining)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,680 Views
16 Pages

Mechanism and Prevention of Main Roadway Roof Shock in Strong-Bump Coal Seam with Asymmetric Goaf

  • Weiwei Zhao,
  • Anye Cao,
  • Ning Zhang,
  • Guowei Lv,
  • Geng Li,
  • Yujie Peng and
  • Qianyue Gu

7 March 2024

In response to the increasingly severe situation of main roadway shock in coal seams, with a focus on the strong-bump coal seam in main roadways under an asymmetric goaf in a certain mine, theoretical analysis, numerical simulation, and engineering p...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mine Earthquake and Rock Burst Monitoring, Early Warning and Prevention)
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  • Open Access
21 Citations
2,972 Views
16 Pages

Stability Analysis of the Entry in a New Mining Approach Influenced by Roof Fracture Position

  • Jun Yang,
  • Hongyu Wang,
  • Yajun Wang,
  • Binhui Liu,
  • Shilin Hou and
  • Yu Cheng

12 November 2019

Non-coal pillar mining with roadway formed automatically (RFANM) is a new mining approach, which demonstrates revolutionary significance because it does not require making roadway before mining and coal pillar retaining. In order to explore the stabi...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)
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  • Open Access
93 Views
21 Pages

Instability Evolution Mechanism and Cooperative Control of Three-Soft Coal-Seam Roadway Surrounding Rock Subjected to Mining Disturbance

  • Tao Yang,
  • Shuqi Zhang,
  • Jie Zhang,
  • Yiming Zhang,
  • Jianping Sun,
  • Quanxin Wang and
  • Longqian Zhang

13 October 2026

Using the No. 1513 return air roadway at Anyang Coal Mine as an engineering case, this study examines the instability mechanism and support control of three-soft coal-seam roadways. An integrated approach combining theoretical derivation, physical si...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,178 Views
20 Pages

14 June 2022

For deep-buried thick top-coal roadways under high stress, there exists great difficulty in controlling the stability of the surrounding rock as well as in the necessity for low driving speeds. Taking the return air roadway 20201 (RAR 20201) of the D...

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2 Citations
1,072 Views
20 Pages

29 June 2025

To elucidate evolutionary characteristics of the surrounding rock failure mechanism in a double-roadway layout, this work is grounded on in the research context of the Jinjitan Coal Mine, focusing on the deformation and failure mechanisms of double r...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,335 Views
12 Pages

Large-Deformation Failure Mechanism and Stability Control of a Swelling Soft Rock Roadway in a Sea Area: A Case Study in Eastern China

  • Ling Dong,
  • Dong Wang,
  • Xiaoming Sun,
  • Yujing Jiang,
  • Hengjie Luan,
  • Huichen Xu,
  • Baocheng Li and
  • Feng Cai

17 March 2023

Coal mining in sea areas has higher requirements for geological support systems, technical equipment levels, and safety production capacities because of the complex engineering geological conditions of underwater coal mines. In this paper, the deform...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Challenges and Strategies for Sustainable Development in Deep Mines)
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  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,175 Views
14 Pages

8 July 2022

Exploring the evolution characteristics of gas seepage between boreholes during the drainage process is critical for the borehole’s layout and high-efficiency gas drainage. Based on the dual-porous medium assumption and considering the effect o...

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  • Open Access
771 Views
25 Pages

Support of Gate Roadways After Longwall Retreat in Coal Mines of Ukraine and Kazakhstan

  • Oleksandr Krukovskyi,
  • Viktoriia Krukovska,
  • Kostiantyn Bezruchko,
  • Vladimir Demin,
  • Denis Akhmatnurov,
  • Ravil Mussin,
  • Nail Zamaliyev,
  • Nikita Ganyukov,
  • Rakhimova Aizhan and
  • Krzysztof Zagórski
  • + 1 author

30 April 2026

The maintenance of gate roadways after longwall retreat is a critical geomechanical and technological problem in underground coal mining, particularly under conditions of increasing mining depth and complex geological settings. This study investigate...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,098 Views
24 Pages

20 September 2023

In coal mine roadway support, the arrangement of roadways in areas with high-stress concentrations is a challenging issue. It is crucial to solve this problem in order to ensure the safety and productivity of the mine. In this study, we selected a ty...

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  • Open Access
759 Views
22 Pages

Stress Bias Load Response of Different Roadway Layers in 20 m Extra-Thick Coal Seams

  • Dongdong Chen,
  • Changxiang Gao,
  • Jiachen Tang,
  • Shengrong Xie,
  • Chenjie Wang,
  • Hao Pan and
  • Hao Sun

26 September 2025

To address the challenge of asymmetric deformation and failure in the surrounding rock of main roadways within extra-thick coal seams caused by level differences under intense mining disturbance, this study systematically analyzed the evolution laws...

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  • Open Access
462 Views
32 Pages

5 June 2026

Gob-side roadways driven along the floor while retaining top coal in thick soft coal seams are prone to instability under strong mining-induced dynamic loading. To clarify the instability mechanism and develop an effective control method, the 1609 re...

(This article belongs to the Section Applied Industrial Technologies)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,581 Views
19 Pages

7 January 2023

Trapezoidal roadways in large inclination coal seams show asymmetrical tectonic characteristics, while there is still a lack of theoretical results on stress, deformation, and efficient and effective supporting methods on high walls. In this paper, b...

(This article belongs to the Section E: Applied Mathematics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,409 Views
24 Pages

Stability Control Technology for Surrounding Rocks in Gob-Side Entry Driving with Small Coal Pillars under Dynamic Pressure

  • Shihao Guo,
  • Shanchao Hu,
  • Junhong Huang,
  • Zhihao Gao,
  • Yafei Cheng,
  • Jinming Han and
  • Lei Yang

2 December 2023

To address the support difficulties caused by the dynamic pressure from the adjacent working face in gob-side entry driving, this study, taking the 8103 working face of the Jinhuagong Coal Mine in Shanxi Province as an example, adopted methods such a...

(This article belongs to the Section H: Geo-Energy)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
839 Views
18 Pages

Transferring Pressure Mechanism Across Gob-Side Roadway Goaf with Coal Pillar During Distant Face Mining: A Case Study

  • Houqiang Yang,
  • Changliang Han,
  • Nong Zhang,
  • Jiande Wang,
  • Qingguang Chen,
  • Jie Liu and
  • Shenghan He

12 April 2025

The gob-side roadway technique is extensively utilized in coal extraction due to its capacity to enhance coal resource recovery efficiency and mitigate mining sequence conflicts. Nevertheless, increasing mining depths lead to progressively intricate...

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  • Open Access
574 Views
19 Pages

1 January 2026

Conventional drilling pressure relief technology destroys the rock integrity of the roadway-surrounding rock and support system in the anchorage area of surrounding rock at the same time as roadway pressure relief. To overcome the incompatibility bet...

(This article belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)
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  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,307 Views
23 Pages

31 December 2022

Based on the deformation and damage characteristics of the surrounding rock in a large-section gob-side entry retaining and combined with field observations and an analysis of the dominant factors, an overall deformation control plan is formulated. T...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Mining and Emergency Prevention and Control)

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