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Numerical Simulation Studies on Effects of Explosion Impact Load on Underground Mine Seal

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As the first barrier to prevent accidents caused by explosions in underground coal mines, the integrity and stability of mine seals have great effects on mine workers’ lives and underground production safety. In this paper, the mechanical responding performance of typical mine seals under the impact load are studied by using numerical simulation method. By such simulation studies, the safety of different seals subjected to the explosion load is evaluated. Seals’ stability are also investigated under effects caused by various influence factors including thickness of mine seal, cutting depth into surrounding rocks, rock type, and the roof-to-floor convergence under given the explosion load. The research results can provide theoretical basis and reasonable improvements for mine seal’s construction practices for improving its anti-explosion performance.

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This work is financially supported by grants from Independent Research Projects of State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining, CUMT (Grant No.SKLCRSM18X002), NaturalScience Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China (GrantNo.BK20181355), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. 2018GF10) and Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, Jiangsu, China

    Xixi Zhang & Jianwei Cheng

  2. Beijing Key Laboratory of Metro Fire and Passenger Transportation Safety, China Academy of Safety Science and Technology, Beijing, 100012, China

    Xixi Zhang, Congling Shi & Xuan Xu

  3. Department of Mining Engineering and Metallurgical Engineering, Western Australian School of Mines, Curtin University, Kalgoorlie, WA, 6430, Australia

    Jianwei Cheng

  4. AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059, Kraków, Poland

    Marek Borowski

  5. College of Safety Science and Engineering, Xinjiang Institute of Engineering, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830023, China

    Yue Wang

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Zhang, X., Cheng, J., Shi, C. et al. Numerical Simulation Studies on Effects of Explosion Impact Load on Underground Mine Seal. Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration 37, 665–680 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-019-00143-2

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