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Behavior of Overlying Strata at the Working Face of in a Multi-fault Zone

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Fault is one of the common geological structures in coal mining, the concentrated development of several faults has changed the movement form and structure shape of overlying strata, which caused the instability of overburden strata easily and induced dynamic disasters. Taking the 10,416 working face of Yangliu coal mine as the research object, the plane numerical model of overburden structure with two faults (a reverse fault and a normal fault) was established by using UDEC numerical simulation software. The dip angle of normal fault is 50°, the dip angle of normal fault is 70°. The distances between the two faults are 30 m, 60 m, 90 m. The evolution characteristics of overburden structure in working face are studied respectively from hanging wall to footwall and from footwall to hanging wall, and the dynamic hazard law induced by the activation of different faults is analyzed. The results prove that: when the working face is mined from footwall to hanging wall, the overlying strata on the working surface form “trapezoid” and “triangle” structures. When the working face is mined from hanging wall to footwall, the overlying strata form the structure of “inverted trapezoid” and “inverted triangle”. The low-level fault activation caused by overburden movement is easy to induce dynamic response. Finally, the research results are verified by using the microseismic activity of 10,416 working face in Yangliu coal mine.

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We acknowledge the financial support provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project No. 51704185), the Scientific Research Foundation of Shandong University of Science and Technology for Recruited Talents (2016RCJJ034), the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2017BEE045), the Science and Technology Plan of Shandong Colleges and Universities (J17KA218), and the Science and Technology Project of the Key Technology for Production Safety Major Accidents Prevent of State Administration of Work Safety (gaoxiao-0005-2017AQ).

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  1. College of Resources, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Taian, 271002, Shandong, China

    Peipeng Zhang & Wentao Chen

  2. College of Energy and Mining Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266590, Shandong, China

    Long Yuan

  3. Jinan Urban Construction Group, Jinan, 250000, Shandong, China

    Guolong Zhang

  4. YanZhou Coal Industry Co.LTD, Zoucheng, 273500, Shandong, China

    Zhen Kong

  5. College of Safety and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266590, Shandong, China

    Jianpeng Wang

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Zhang, P., Yuan, L., Zhang, G. et al. Behavior of Overlying Strata at the Working Face of in a Multi-fault Zone. Geotech Geol Eng 39, 691–707 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-020-01514-z

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