Research Article

Experimental Study of the Influence of Moisture Content on the Mechanical Properties and Energy Storage Characteristics of Coal

Table 3

Calculation results of cyclic loading energy of coal samples.

Loading modeNo.Moisture contentNumber of cyclic stages before failureTotal strain energy Area of hysteretic loop Recoverable strain energy
/J·m-3

Cyclic loading/unloadingb318%122.954410.392742.56167
b621%82.424940.442681.98226
b925%52.007830.542681.46515