numerical methods such as boundary element and finite element methods are widely used for the stress analysis in solid mechanics. this study presents boundary element method based on the displacement discontinuity formulation to solve general problems of interaction between hydraulic fracturing and discontinuities. the crack tip element and a higher order boundary displacement collocation techn...

Goaf Frictional Ignition (GFI) poses a serious threat to the safety of underground coal mines, and has caused many underground fires and catastrophic explosions. This paper examined occurrences of GFI incidents and the underlying mechanisms of ignition source and environment. Most of these incidents were attributed to rock on rock frictional ignition. The eventuation of frictional ignition reli...

The rock medium has the characteristics of heterogeneity, opacity and porosity. Fluid injection (such as hydraulic fracturing technology) can make tight mass form a gas permeability enhancement zone near borehole, which is conducive to unconventional natural extraction. Compared with experimental research, numerical simulation research lower cost higher efficiency, become an important method fo...

Recent experimental work has shown that, when a vertical column of rock under large pressure is suddenly depressurized, the column can ‘explode’ in a structured and repeatable way. The observations show that a sequence of horizontal fractures forms from the top down, and the resulting blocks are lifted off and ejected. The blocks can suffer secondary internal fractures. This experiment provides...

Scanline surveys consist of directional and qualitative measurements of rock discontinuities. These surveys are used in geologic and engineering investigations of fractured rock masses. This paper introduces a new MATLAB script developed for visualizing results from scanline surveys as traces in 2D and disks in 3D. The script is also able to cluster orientation data and to present statistical s...

With the increase in mining depth and deterioration of conditions, thick hard overburden movement frequently induces mine earthquakes rock bursts. Some mines are expected to prevent control super through vertical ground well water fracturing technology. However, dynamic underground disaster appears more intense. Taking ‘11.30’ earthquake a Shandong Province as engineering background, mechanism ...

Rock fall related accidents continue to occur in coal mines, although artificial support mechanisms have been used extensively [1]. Roof stability is primarily determined in many underground mines by a limited number of methods that often resort to subjective criteria. It is argued in this paper that stability conditions of mine roof strata, as a key factor in coal mines, must be determined by ...

Narrabri Coal Operations is longwall mining coal directly below a 15 to 20 m thick conglom‐ erate sequence expected to be capable of producing a windblast upon first caving at longwall startup and producing periodic weighting during regular mining. Site characterisation and field trials were undertaken to evaluate hydraulic fracturing as a method to precondition the conglomerate strata sufficie...