This paper presents the shear performance analysis of a heavy-duty universal hinged cast steel support with the largest bearing capacity. The effect of 9 parameters ( 52 specimens) ,i. e. height of the upper support,d...This paper presents the shear performance analysis of a heavy-duty universal hinged cast steel support with the largest bearing capacity. The effect of 9 parameters ( 52 specimens) ,i. e. height of the upper support,depth of the ring of the upper support,depth of the top plate of the bottom support,height of the ribs of the bottom support,depth of the ribs of the bottom support,bolt hole diameter,number of the ribs of the bowl,depth of the ribs of the bowl,and yield strength of the material,were analyzed with a 3-dimensional elastic-plastic finite element model in which the nonlinearities of geometry,material and contact were all considered. Analysis shows that height of the upper support,depth of the ring of the upper support and yield strength of the material have a great effect on the mechanical performance of the support. Height of the upper support has the largest effect on performance price ratio of the support,and the maximum effect can be up to 160% . Depth of the top plate of the bottom support,height of the ribs of the bottom support and depth of the ribs of the bottom support have a medium effect on performance price ratio of the support,and the effect is within the limit of 15% 19% .展开更多
The application of steel strut force servo systems in deep excavation engineering is not widespread,and there is a notable scarcity of in-situ measured datasets.This presents a significant research gap in the field.Ad...The application of steel strut force servo systems in deep excavation engineering is not widespread,and there is a notable scarcity of in-situ measured datasets.This presents a significant research gap in the field.Addressing this,our study introduces a valuable dataset and application scenarios,serving as a reference point for future research.The main objective of this study is to use machine learning(ML)methods for accurately predicting strut forces in steel supporting structures,a crucial aspect for the safety and stability of deep excavation projects.We employed five different ML methods:radial basis function neural network(RBFNN),back propagation neural network(BPNN),K-Nearest Neighbor(KNN),support vector machine(SVM),and random forest(RF),utilizing a dataset of 2208 measured points.These points included one output parameter(strut forces)and seven input parameters(vertical position of strut,plane position of strut,time,temperature,unit weight,cohesion,and internal frictional angle).The effectiveness of these methods was assessed using root mean square error(RMSE),correlation coefficient(R),and mean absolute error(MAE).Our findings indicate that the BPNN method outperforms others,with RMSE,R,and MAE values of 72.1 kN,0.9931,and 57.4 kN,respectively,on the testing dataset.This study underscores the potential of ML methods in precisely predicting strut forces in deep excavation engineering,contributing to enhanced safety measures and project planning.展开更多
In order to access remote reserve areas, some U.S.coal mines have to maintain aged underground entries for a great distance.However, high humidity, warm temperature, and time dependent deterioration can cause progress...In order to access remote reserve areas, some U.S.coal mines have to maintain aged underground entries for a great distance.However, high humidity, warm temperature, and time dependent deterioration can cause progressive roof deterioration and unexpected roof falls, and pose a great challenge to ground control engineers.With an active belt structure in place and limited space, re-bolting becomes very costly, less effective,and, sometimes, impractical and unfeasible.To gain long-term entry stability and serviceability, operators typically rehabilitate the aged belt entries by installing standing steel set supports.In the last several years,Keystone Mining Services, LLC,(KMS) has assisted many coal mines with their belt entry rehabilitation projects, evaluated the ground condition of various aged belt entries, and designed different standing steel set support systems.This paper presents a case study of a large-scale roof fall that occurred at an aged belt entry in a mine located in an eastern coalfield, analyzes root causes of excessive deformation of square sets that were installed in an adjacent entry, evaluates the adequacy of an existing rehabilitation square set, and develops remedial recommendations for future rehabilitation practice.Based on the case study, the paper outlines design guidelines for rehabilitation steel sets that include field evaluation, engineering considerations, design assumptions, steel structural analysis, and field installation quality control.展开更多
Based on geological and mining characteristics,coal mine roadways under complex conditions were divided into five types,for each type the deformation and damage characteristics of rocks surrounding roadways were analy...Based on geological and mining characteristics,coal mine roadways under complex conditions were divided into five types,for each type the deformation and damage characteristics of rocks surrounding roadways were analyzed.The recent developments of roadway support technologies were introduced abroad,based on the experiences of supports for deep and complex roadways from Germany,the United States and Australia.The history and achievements of roadway support technologies in China were detailed,including rock bolting,steel supports,grouting reinforcement and combined supports.Four typical support and reinforcement case studies were analyzed,including a high stressed roadway 1,000 m below the surface,a roadway surrounded by severely weak and broken rocks,a chamber surrounded by weak and broken rocks,and a roadway with very soft and swelling rocks.Based on studies and practices in many years,rock bolting has become the mainstream roadway support form in China coal mines,and steel supports,grouting reinforcement and combined supports have also been applied at proper occasions,which have provided reliable technical measures for the safe and high effective construction and mining of underground coal mines.展开更多
Roadway instability has been a major concern in the fields of mining engineering. This paper aims to provide practical and efficient strategy to support the roadways under high in-situ stress. A case study on the stab...Roadway instability has been a major concern in the fields of mining engineering. This paper aims to provide practical and efficient strategy to support the roadways under high in-situ stress. A case study on the stability of deep roadways was carried out in an underground mine in Gansu province, China. Currently,the surrounding rock strata is extremely fractured, which results in a series of engineering disasters, such as side wall collapse and severe floor heave in the past decades. Aiming to solve these problems, an improved support method was proposed, which includes optimal bolt parameters and arrangement, floor beam layout by grooving, and full length grouting. Based on the modeling results by FLAC3D, the new support method is much better than the current one in terms of preventing the large deformation of surrounding rock and restricting the development of plastic zones. For implementation and verification, field experiments, along with deformation monitoring, were conducted in the 958 level roadway of Mining II areas. The results show that the improved support can significantly reduce surrounding rock deformation, avoid frequent repair, and maintain the long-term stability of the roadway. Compared to the original support, the new support method can greatly save investment of mines, and has good application value and popularization value.展开更多
Due to the network planning of subways and their surrounding structures,increasingly more overlapping shields with a small curve radius have been constructed.A newly constructed upper tunnel partly overlaps a lower on...Due to the network planning of subways and their surrounding structures,increasingly more overlapping shields with a small curve radius have been constructed.A newly constructed upper tunnel partly overlaps a lower one,leading to the extremely complex uplift of the lower tunnel caused by the construction of a new tunnel.Based on the shield-driven project that runs from the Qinghe Xiaoyingqiao Station to the Qinghe Station in Beijing,which adopts the reinforcement measures of interlayer soil grouting and steel supports on site,in this study,the uplift pattern of the lower tunnel and the stress characteristics of steel supports were investigated through numerical simulations and on-site monitoring.The study results show that among all tunnel segments,thefirst segment of the shield witnesses a maximum uplift displacement that increases with the horizontal space between tunnels.On using either interlayer soil grouting or steel-ring bracing reinforcement,the uplift of the tunnel lining exceeds the control value;by contrast,when these two measures are jointly applied,the uplift of the tunnel lining does not exceed a maximum value of 4.87 mm,which can satisfy the requirements of deformation control.Under these two joint measures,the soil strength between two stacked shield tunnels can be enhanced and the uplift deformation can be restricted with the interlayer soil grouting.Also,the segmental deformation and overall stability of the existing tunnel can be controlled with the temporary steel supports.The deformation of circumferential supports and segments is closely related to each other,and the segmental uplift is controlled by H-shaped steel supports.With the increase in the horizontal space between twin shields,the effect of the construction would gradually weaken,accompanied by a gradual reduction of the stresses of steel supports.Thesefindings provide a valuable reference for the engineering design and safe construction of overlapping shield tunnels with a small curve radius.K E Y W O R D Sfield monitoring,numerical simulation,overlapping shields,small curve radius,steel support stress,uplift of tunnel lining Highlights•A project of twin overlapping shield tunnels with a small curve radius is introduced.•Protective measures of soil grouting and H-shaped steel supports are proposed.•A 3D model in view of overcutting soils,grouting,and steel supports is established.•The performance of the overlapping shield tunnel with a small curve radius is evaluated.展开更多
基金Sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China( Grant No. 50878066)the National Key Technology R&D Program during the 11th Five-Year Plan Period of China( Grant No. 2006BAJ01B02)
文摘This paper presents the shear performance analysis of a heavy-duty universal hinged cast steel support with the largest bearing capacity. The effect of 9 parameters ( 52 specimens) ,i. e. height of the upper support,depth of the ring of the upper support,depth of the top plate of the bottom support,height of the ribs of the bottom support,depth of the ribs of the bottom support,bolt hole diameter,number of the ribs of the bowl,depth of the ribs of the bowl,and yield strength of the material,were analyzed with a 3-dimensional elastic-plastic finite element model in which the nonlinearities of geometry,material and contact were all considered. Analysis shows that height of the upper support,depth of the ring of the upper support and yield strength of the material have a great effect on the mechanical performance of the support. Height of the upper support has the largest effect on performance price ratio of the support,and the maximum effect can be up to 160% . Depth of the top plate of the bottom support,height of the ribs of the bottom support and depth of the ribs of the bottom support have a medium effect on performance price ratio of the support,and the effect is within the limit of 15% 19% .
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51778575).
文摘The application of steel strut force servo systems in deep excavation engineering is not widespread,and there is a notable scarcity of in-situ measured datasets.This presents a significant research gap in the field.Addressing this,our study introduces a valuable dataset and application scenarios,serving as a reference point for future research.The main objective of this study is to use machine learning(ML)methods for accurately predicting strut forces in steel supporting structures,a crucial aspect for the safety and stability of deep excavation projects.We employed five different ML methods:radial basis function neural network(RBFNN),back propagation neural network(BPNN),K-Nearest Neighbor(KNN),support vector machine(SVM),and random forest(RF),utilizing a dataset of 2208 measured points.These points included one output parameter(strut forces)and seven input parameters(vertical position of strut,plane position of strut,time,temperature,unit weight,cohesion,and internal frictional angle).The effectiveness of these methods was assessed using root mean square error(RMSE),correlation coefficient(R),and mean absolute error(MAE).Our findings indicate that the BPNN method outperforms others,with RMSE,R,and MAE values of 72.1 kN,0.9931,and 57.4 kN,respectively,on the testing dataset.This study underscores the potential of ML methods in precisely predicting strut forces in deep excavation engineering,contributing to enhanced safety measures and project planning.
文摘In order to access remote reserve areas, some U.S.coal mines have to maintain aged underground entries for a great distance.However, high humidity, warm temperature, and time dependent deterioration can cause progressive roof deterioration and unexpected roof falls, and pose a great challenge to ground control engineers.With an active belt structure in place and limited space, re-bolting becomes very costly, less effective,and, sometimes, impractical and unfeasible.To gain long-term entry stability and serviceability, operators typically rehabilitate the aged belt entries by installing standing steel set supports.In the last several years,Keystone Mining Services, LLC,(KMS) has assisted many coal mines with their belt entry rehabilitation projects, evaluated the ground condition of various aged belt entries, and designed different standing steel set support systems.This paper presents a case study of a large-scale roof fall that occurred at an aged belt entry in a mine located in an eastern coalfield, analyzes root causes of excessive deformation of square sets that were installed in an adjacent entry, evaluates the adequacy of an existing rehabilitation square set, and develops remedial recommendations for future rehabilitation practice.Based on the case study, the paper outlines design guidelines for rehabilitation steel sets that include field evaluation, engineering considerations, design assumptions, steel structural analysis, and field installation quality control.
文摘Based on geological and mining characteristics,coal mine roadways under complex conditions were divided into five types,for each type the deformation and damage characteristics of rocks surrounding roadways were analyzed.The recent developments of roadway support technologies were introduced abroad,based on the experiences of supports for deep and complex roadways from Germany,the United States and Australia.The history and achievements of roadway support technologies in China were detailed,including rock bolting,steel supports,grouting reinforcement and combined supports.Four typical support and reinforcement case studies were analyzed,including a high stressed roadway 1,000 m below the surface,a roadway surrounded by severely weak and broken rocks,a chamber surrounded by weak and broken rocks,and a roadway with very soft and swelling rocks.Based on studies and practices in many years,rock bolting has become the mainstream roadway support form in China coal mines,and steel supports,grouting reinforcement and combined supports have also been applied at proper occasions,which have provided reliable technical measures for the safe and high effective construction and mining of underground coal mines.
基金Financial supports for this work, provided by the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51174228 and 51474249)the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University the Open Project of State Key Laboratory of Coal resources and Safe Mining, China University of Mining and Technology
文摘Roadway instability has been a major concern in the fields of mining engineering. This paper aims to provide practical and efficient strategy to support the roadways under high in-situ stress. A case study on the stability of deep roadways was carried out in an underground mine in Gansu province, China. Currently,the surrounding rock strata is extremely fractured, which results in a series of engineering disasters, such as side wall collapse and severe floor heave in the past decades. Aiming to solve these problems, an improved support method was proposed, which includes optimal bolt parameters and arrangement, floor beam layout by grooving, and full length grouting. Based on the modeling results by FLAC3D, the new support method is much better than the current one in terms of preventing the large deformation of surrounding rock and restricting the development of plastic zones. For implementation and verification, field experiments, along with deformation monitoring, were conducted in the 958 level roadway of Mining II areas. The results show that the improved support can significantly reduce surrounding rock deformation, avoid frequent repair, and maintain the long-term stability of the roadway. Compared to the original support, the new support method can greatly save investment of mines, and has good application value and popularization value.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China,Grant/Award Number:52168059Program for Young Talents of Science and Technology in Universities of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,Grant/Award Number:NJYT23103Fundamental Research Funds in Universities of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,Grant/Award Number:2023QNJS159。
文摘Due to the network planning of subways and their surrounding structures,increasingly more overlapping shields with a small curve radius have been constructed.A newly constructed upper tunnel partly overlaps a lower one,leading to the extremely complex uplift of the lower tunnel caused by the construction of a new tunnel.Based on the shield-driven project that runs from the Qinghe Xiaoyingqiao Station to the Qinghe Station in Beijing,which adopts the reinforcement measures of interlayer soil grouting and steel supports on site,in this study,the uplift pattern of the lower tunnel and the stress characteristics of steel supports were investigated through numerical simulations and on-site monitoring.The study results show that among all tunnel segments,thefirst segment of the shield witnesses a maximum uplift displacement that increases with the horizontal space between tunnels.On using either interlayer soil grouting or steel-ring bracing reinforcement,the uplift of the tunnel lining exceeds the control value;by contrast,when these two measures are jointly applied,the uplift of the tunnel lining does not exceed a maximum value of 4.87 mm,which can satisfy the requirements of deformation control.Under these two joint measures,the soil strength between two stacked shield tunnels can be enhanced and the uplift deformation can be restricted with the interlayer soil grouting.Also,the segmental deformation and overall stability of the existing tunnel can be controlled with the temporary steel supports.The deformation of circumferential supports and segments is closely related to each other,and the segmental uplift is controlled by H-shaped steel supports.With the increase in the horizontal space between twin shields,the effect of the construction would gradually weaken,accompanied by a gradual reduction of the stresses of steel supports.Thesefindings provide a valuable reference for the engineering design and safe construction of overlapping shield tunnels with a small curve radius.K E Y W O R D Sfield monitoring,numerical simulation,overlapping shields,small curve radius,steel support stress,uplift of tunnel lining Highlights•A project of twin overlapping shield tunnels with a small curve radius is introduced.•Protective measures of soil grouting and H-shaped steel supports are proposed.•A 3D model in view of overcutting soils,grouting,and steel supports is established.•The performance of the overlapping shield tunnel with a small curve radius is evaluated.