Research Article

Hydraulic Fracture Propagation and Permeability Evolution in the Composite Thin Coal Seam

Table 1

Parameters of RFPA2D-Flow simulation.

ParametersValuesParametersValues

Uniaxial compression strength of coal seam20 MPaHorizontal principal stress3 MPa
Uniaxial compression strength of gangue strata35 MPaEvenness of coal1000
Elastic modulus of coal seam50000 MPaEvenness of gangue strata1000
Elastic modulus of gangue strata70000 MPaInternal friction angle30°
Weight N/mm3Residual strength0.1%
Ratio of compression strength to tensile strength10Coefficient of pore pressure in the coal0.1
Initial permeability coefficient of coal0.0008 m/DCoefficient of pore water in the gangue0.1
Initial permeability coefficient of gangue strata0.0006 m/DMaximum compressive strain coefficient200
Maximum tensile strain coefficient1.5Increased injection pressure at each step0.2 MPa
Initial injection pressure3 MPaVertical principal stress6 MPa