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The fracture mechanism and acoustic emission analysis of hard roof: a physical modeling study

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Roof fracture has been a persistent threat to coal mine safety. In this paper, a physical modeling system was established to explore the fracture mechanism of the hard roof. The characteristics of acoustic emission (AE) signals during the process of hard roof failure were also studied. Results indicate that shear failure first occurs in the two ends of the hard roof beam due to the comprehensive effect of ground stress and mining-induced stress. After this failure occurs, the bending moment moves quickly toward the middle of the beam. This movement will cause tensile failure in the middle part of the beam. Broadband frequency signals are produced when a hard roof is fractured. When compared with AE energy, the AE count shows an increasing trend during a short period before each hard roof fracture. AE signals, especially for AE energy, increase steeply, reaching a peak value at the moment rock fracture occurs. These signals then drop rapidly, ending with a weak level until the next turn. Both the periodic characteristics and evolution process of AE signals can reflect not only the stress state but also the damage degree of the roof strata. These results could offer some thoughts and reference for forecasting and monitoring rock bursts caused by hard roof failure.

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This work is supported by the National Key Technology R&D Program of China (2012BAK04B07, 2012BAK09B01), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51104156), the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-10-0768), and the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions. We thank Dr. Ding and anonymous reviewers for their comments and suggestions to improve the manuscript.

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  1. School of Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, Jiangsu, China

    Nan Li, Enyuan Wang, Enyuan Wang & Jie Liu

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

    Nan Li & Enyuan Wang

  3. Key Laboratory of Gas and Fire Control for Coal Mines, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221008, Jiangsu, China

    Nan Li, Enyuan Wang & Jie Liu

  4. Mining Engineering Department, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, 65409, USA

    Maochen Ge

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Li, N., Wang, E., Ge, M. et al. The fracture mechanism and acoustic emission analysis of hard roof: a physical modeling study. Arab J Geosci 8, 1895–1902 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-014-1378-y

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