New bolting structure of fractured roof based on the Bossinesq equations

Present support theories contain a number of shortcomings in the designation of fractured roof bolt parameters of rectangular or trapezoidal coal roadways.Roof fall accidents occur easily in this kind of roadway.Based on the Bossinesq equations and the Mohr strength theory,we propose a theory of an anchored cluster structure for fractured roofs and have investigated the formation of such an anchored cluster structure,its self stability mechanism and mechanical properties.The results show that an anchor and the surrounding fractured rock can form a string-like supporting structure,referred to as the structure of an anchored cluster for rational bolt parameters.Not only can the structure maintain its own stability,but as well undertake the load of the overlying strata.The designated support parameters,based on anchored cluster theory can overcome the shortcomings of other support theories applied to a fractured roof of rectangular roadways or could not be calculated.Our anchored cluster theory can provide a theoretical basis for the design of support for rectangular fractured roofs.Furthermore,the theory will help to reduce the probability of roof fall accidents caused by local fractured rock blocks,which can destroy a supporting structure.

Circulation intensity and axial dispersion of non-cohesive solid particles in a V-blender via DEM simulation

In this study, discrete element method （DEM） was employed to simulate the movement of non-cohesive mono-dispersed particles in a V-blender along with particle-particle and particle-boundary interactions. To validate the model, DEM results were successfully compared to positron emission particle tracking （PEPT） data reported in literature. The validated model was then utilized to explore the effects of rotational speed and fill level on circulation intensity and axial dispersion coefficient of non-cohesive particles in the V-blender. The results showed that the circulation intensity increased with an increase in the rotational speed from 15 to 60 rpm. As the fill level increased from 20% to 46%, the circulation intensity decreased, reached its minimum value at a fill level of 34% for all rotational speeds, and did not change significantly at fill levels greater than 34%. The DEM results also revealed that the axial dispersion coefficient of particles in the V-blender was a linear function of the rotational speed. These trends were in good agreement with the experimentallv determined values reported bv previous researchers.

Optimization of uncertain acoustic metamaterial with Helmholtz resonators based on interval model

In summary,the interval uncertainty is introduced to the acoustic metamaterial with Helmholtz resonators.And then,new descriptions(the conservative approximation,the unsafe approximation and the approximation precision)on uncertainties of physical properties of this interval acoustic metamaterial are defined.Lastly,an optimization model for this interval acoustic metamaterial is proposed.The organization of this paper is listed as follows.The acoustic transmission line method(ATLM)for an acoustic metamaterial with Helmholtz resonators is described in Section 2.In Section3,uncertain analysis of the interval acoustic metamaterial is presented.In Section 4,optimization model of the interval acoustic metamaterial is proposed.The discussion on optimization results is shown in Section 5.In section 6,some conclusions are given.