Vertical Stress and Deformation Characteristics of Roadside Backfilling Body in Gob-Side Entry for Thick Coal Seams with Different Pre-Split Angles

Retained gob-side entry (RGE) is a significant improvement for fully-mechanized longwall mining. The environment of surrounding rock directly affects its stability. Roadside backfilling body (RBB), a man-made structure in RGE plays the most important role in successful application of the technology....

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Main Authors: Yuqi Ren, Guorui Feng, Pengfei Wang, Jun Guo, Yi Luo, Ruipeng Qian, Qiang Sun, Songyu Li, Yonggan Yan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-04-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/7/1316