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Mechanical Properties and Energy Dissipation Characteristics of Coal–Rock-Like Composite Materials Subjected to Different Rock–Coal Strength Ratios

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The analysis of failure behaviors and energy dissipation characteristics of a coal–rock composite model is crucial to study mine dynamic disasters. A series of uniaxial loading and acoustic emission (AE) tests were implemented on coal–rock composite specimens with various rock–coal strength ratios (RCSRs). The results showed that the RCSR significantly affected the specimens' energy dissipation and mechanical characteristics. As the RCSR of the specimens increased, the failure mode of the rock–coal–rock specimens changed from shear failure to tensile failure. Based on the AE signal statistics, only one final failure occurred on the specimen with RCSR of 1:1, whereas the specimen with RCSR of 2:1–5:1 typically experienced coal failure first, followed by the final failure of the specimen. Energy dissipation and energy release are important causes of coal and rock damage. The energy dissipation coefficient curve had a significant peak value at the yield strength point, indicating that the dissipated energy began to increase quickly and that the specimen entered the unsteady failure stage with increasing loading. Moreover, the energy-storage limit and the final AE accumulative energy of specimens with different RCSRs showed that rock strength improved the specimens' non-deformability. The energy mechanism that drives crack growth and failure behavior was analyzed using energy theories and principles. The findings contribute to the study of coal and gas outbursts and dynamic disasters in coal mining activities.

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Acknowledgment

This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation Grants of China (51974237), the Basic Research on National Natural Science Foundation key project of China (51734007), the Project Supporting the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (2018E02094), and the Shaanxi Province Innovative Talent Promotion Program-Young Science and Technology Rising Stars Program (2020KJXX-004). The authors wish to acknowledge the Tianchi Coal Mine for providing the raw coal used in this study.

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  1. College of Safety Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an Shaanxi, 710054, China

    Yongchen He, Pengxiang Zhao, Shugang Li & Xiangguo Kong

  2. Key Laboratory of Western Mine Exploitation and Hazard Prevention Ministry of Education, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an Shaanxi, 710054, China

    Yongchen He, Pengxiang Zhao, Shugang Li & Xiangguo Kong

  3. Department of Civil Engineering, Construction Management, and Environmental Engineering, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA

    Chun-Hsing Ho

  4. Xinjiang Coal and Coalbed Methane Engineering Technology Research Center, Urumqi Xinjiang, 830000, China

    Pengxiang Zhao

  5. School of Civil and Resource Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China

    Sitao Zhu

  6. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Høgskoleringen 7A, 7491, Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway

    Diego Maria Barbieri

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He, Y., Zhao, P., Li, S. et al. Mechanical Properties and Energy Dissipation Characteristics of Coal–Rock-Like Composite Materials Subjected to Different Rock–Coal Strength Ratios. Nat Resour Res 30, 2179–2193 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11053-021-09850-4

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