Influence of in-situ rock stress on the stability of roadway surrounding rock: a case study

Abstract

Abstract In-situ rock stress was measured in the development roadway of Gucheng coal mine at +420 m level by using the stress relief method of hollow inclusion. The results show that the first principal stress was the vertical stress, the maximum horizontal principal stresses were distributed in the range of N10°E and N20°E, and the average side pressure coefficient was 0.83. There was a large difference between the maximum horizontal principal stress and the minimum horizontal principal stress, and the calculated average ratio was 2.02. A spatial stress conversion model of the horizontal roadway based on the measured in-situ rock stresses was built, and the distribution laws of stress and displacement of the surrounding rock of the roadway were analyzed in depth along the changing radial direction. According to the Mohr–Coulomb failure criterion, an asymmetric surrounding rock plastic zone was obtained and the plastic failure radius was 5.0 m. Considering the roadway-surrounding rock differential control, the stronger support in the risk areas was practiced and validated. The work in this paper would provide some ideas for the design and optimization of the support parameters for roadway engineering.