Numerical analysis of methane migration from floor strata to a longwall face

A two-dimensional numerical mine strata in the vicinity of seam 349 in model of a large （1 000 m× 200 m） section of Iongwall panel 802 in part B of the Murcki Colliery in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Poland, was built using the Universal Distinct Element Code UDEC. Longwall extraction of seam 349 with roof caving was simulated in the model over a length of 450 m. Mining-induced changes in displacements, strains and stresses in the mine strata were investigated. Under the assumptions that （1） methane-bearing strata occur 15.6 m beneath seam 349 and include seam 350 and the strata lying beneath, and （2） the methane reservoir pressure is equal to 2 MPa, a fully coupled mechanical hydraulic analysis was performed in which joint conductivity was dependent on the mechanical deformation and, conversely, the mechanical behavior of rock masses was affected by joint fluid pressure. It was shown that migration of methane from coal seams lying beneath the mined seam is possible under conditions where the floor strata deform to a great extent, undergo separation, fracture and break into blocks.

高速铁路红层软岩路基时效上拱变形机制研究

红层软岩地区高速铁路路基在运营期出现持续上拱变形,已成为当前阻碍我国高速铁路发展的又一关键因素,为揭示引起红层软岩地基时效性上拱变形机制,以西南地区某典型红层软岩深挖路堑路基上拱变形病害工点为依托,在现场工程地质与水文地质调查分析的基础上,结合基底地应力测试、红层软岩的吸水膨胀性试验和不同水理条件下的蠕变性试验结果,从地基岩体赋存的水、力环境、红层泥岩的时效性膨胀特性和水-力耦合蠕变特性角度,建立红层软岩地基分层变形机制模型,并系统分析地基短期、中期和长期上拱变形机制和特征。研究成果表明:(1)上拱区段属红层泥岩夹薄层砂岩的近水平地层结构,开挖法向卸荷引起浅层岩体微观裂隙松弛而视显,深层岩体仍为完整,地基岩体水平切向应力显著增大导致路基变形具有明显的结构效应;(2)侧向约束轴向自由下,红层泥岩吸水的时效性变形特征与其岩性及结构特征有关;(3)红层泥岩在低应力状态下即表现出典型的三阶段蠕变变形特征,且轴向应力越小,蠕变应变比越大;(4)水-力耦合作用下红层泥岩蠕变特性更为显著,大量级卸荷情况下上拱蠕变显著增大,蠕变稳定持续时间增长;水汽-力耦合作用下仍会出现显著的蠕变变形,蠕变稳定持续时间更长,总蠕变应变相对减小;(5)根据不同层位岩体的变形机制,将红层软岩地基划分为大气影响层(C1)、水汽-力耦合变形层(C2)、水-力耦合变形层(C3)和水-力耦合封闭层(C4)。路基短期变形主要由C1层岩体引起、中期变形由C3和C4层岩体引起、长期变形由C2层岩体引起。研究成果可为红层软岩地区高速铁路路基时效性上拱变形风险评估、预测及工程控制措施的设计提供理论支撑或参考。