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Research on the fracture mechanism of coal with three collinear cracks filling with gas

  • Wencheng Jin
  • , Zheming Zhu
  • , Zheyuan Hu

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Abstract

Coal usually contains many cracks which affect the stability of mining zone. In order to research the fracture mechanism of cracked coal, a special case of three collinear cracks filling with gas is considered. A set of complex stress functions which satisfy all the required conditions are first derived, based on Muskelishvili's results. The least square boundary collocation method is used to enforce the external boundaries approximately, and the stress intensity factors (SIF) can then be computed according to the related formulae. The value of SIFs for different crack orientations, different crack distance under different loading are calculated. The results shows that the most unfavorable crack orientation is in the 45° angle and the confining stress and the distance between cracks have a considerable effect on the SIF value.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIntelligent Materials, Applied Mechanics and Design Science, IMAMD2011
Pages201-204
Number of pages4
Edition3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event2011 International Conference on Intelligent Materials, Applied Mechanics and Design Science, IMAMD2011 - Beijing, China
Duration: Dec 24 2011Dec 25 2011

Publication series

NameApplied Mechanics and Materials
Number3
Volume142
ISSN (Print)1660-9336
ISSN (Electronic)1662-7482

Conference

Conference2011 International Conference on Intelligent Materials, Applied Mechanics and Design Science, IMAMD2011
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period12/24/1112/25/11

Keywords

  • Boundary collocation method
  • Collinear crack
  • Complex function
  • Stress intensity factor

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