Research Article

Study on Roof-Coal Caving Characteristics with Complicated Structure by Fully Mechanized Caving Mining

Table 2

Mechanical parameters of hard layer coal gangue in different layers of top coal.

Rock stratumDensity, d (N·m−3)Bulk modulus, K (GPa)Shear modulus, G (GPa)Internal friction angle, f (°)Adhesion, C (MPa)Tensile strength, t (MPa)

Hard coal gangue (hard coal)160012103442
Hard coal gangue (gangue)26001814361912
Top coal130052.22110.8
Overlying strata27002017422011
Basic roof27002017422011
Immediate roof2500131038104
False roof21001373683
Direct bottom180010103253
Previous bottom220019164074