大倾角煤层群长壁开采承载拱与间隔岩层采动应力演化特征
Evolution characteristics of mining stress of bearing arch and interval strata in longwall mining of steeply dipping coal seam groups
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摘要: 大倾角煤层群开采过程中,受重复采动影响,采动应力在间隔岩层中的演化规律复杂,揭示间隔岩层采动应力传递与三向应力状态演化特征是实现该类煤层群绿色高效开发的核心。采用物理相似材料模拟实验研究了大倾角煤层群长壁开采围岩变形破坏的演化特征,采用数值模拟分析了围岩采动应力传递演化规律,揭示了间隔岩层三向应力状态演化特征,量化表征了第1主应力大小渐变、方向偏转的演变规律。研究结果表明:大倾角煤层群开采过程中,间隔岩层历经了“原岩应力状态-上煤层开采卸压-矸石非均衡约束-下煤层开采卸压”的扰动历程,最终产生非对称变形破坏。间隔岩层的破断失稳将使得上、下工作面开采过程中各自形成的承载拱演化成包络2个工作面在内的“大范围”承载拱,其承载拱上拱脚位于下工作面回风巷,下拱脚位于上工作面的运输巷,控制岩层变形破断内在的“大范围”应力传递拱壳亦呈现出类似的演化特征。低位间隔岩层受采动影响程度剧烈,应力释放程度较大;中位岩层压、拉状态发生改变的位置较低位向倾向下部偏移;高位岩层压、拉状态产生改变的位置位于上层煤底板临空面位置处,岩层由三向受压状态转化为单、双向受压状态。间隔岩层沿工作面倾向自下而上可分为上层煤增压、上层煤增压-下层煤卸压、重复卸压、上层煤卸压-下层煤增压、下层煤增压5个区域。在上层煤增压-下层煤卸压段,第1主应力x、y轴分量呈现出先增大后降低,z轴分量持续降低的演化趋势;在重复卸压段,岩层应力释放程度最大,方向偏转程度最大;在上层煤卸压-下层煤增压段,第1主应力x、y轴分量呈现减—增—减、z轴分量呈现先减后增的演化趋势。Abstract: During the mining process of steeply dipping coal seam groups, the evolution law of mining stress in the interval state is extremely complicated due to the influence of repeated mining. Revealing the mining stress transfer path and three-dimensional stress state evolution characteristics of interval strata are the cornerstones for realizing safe and efficient mining of coal seam groups. In this paper, on the basis of using the physical simulation experiment to study the temporal and spatial evolution law of the deformation and failure of the surrounding rock in the mining of steeply dipping coal seams, the numerical simulation is used to analyze the mining stress transfer evolution law. The evolution characteristics of the three-dimensional stress state of the interval strata are revealed, and the evolution law of the gradual change in magnitude and direction deflection of the first principal stress is quantitatively characterized. The results show that during the mining of steeply dipping coal seam groups, the interval strata experienced the disturbance process of “original stress-pressure relief of upper mining-unbalanced constraint of gangue-pressure relief of lower mining”,and finally produced asymmetric deformation and failure. The instability of interval state will cause the bearing arches formed during the mining process of the upper and lower working faces to evolve into a “large range” of bearing arch that envelop the two working faces. The upper arch leg of the bearing arch is located in the tailgate of the lower working face, and the lower arch leg is located in the headgate of the upper working face. The “large range” stress transfer arch which controls the deformation and fracture of strata also presents similar evolution characteristics. The influence of mining on the low interval strata is severe and the stress release is large; the position where the median strata pressure and tensile state change is shifted to the lower part along the dip; the position where the pressure and tension state of high strata changes is located in the hallow surface, and the strata change from three-directional pressure to one or two-directional pressure state. The interval strata can be divided into five regions from bottom to top along the inclination of the working face: the upper coal pressurization, the upper coal pressurization-the lower coal unloading, the repeated unloading, the upper coal unloading-the lower coal pressurization, and the lower coal pressurization. In the upper coal unloading-lower coal pressurization section, the x and y axis components of the first principal stress show a decreasing-increasing-decreasing trend, and the z axis component shows a decreasing-increasing trend. In the repeated unloading section, the stress release and the direction deflection is largest. In the upper coal pressurization-lower coal unloading section, the first principal stress x and y axis components show an evolutionary trend of increase-decrease, and the z axis component continues to decrease.