Research Article

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

Table 3

Mechanical parameters of contact surface between hard seam and coal seam in different layers of top coal.

Rock stratumNormal stiffness, jkn (GPa)Shear stiffness, jks (GPa)Internal friction angle, f (°)Cohesive force, C (MPa)Tensile strength, t (MPa)

Hard coal gangue (hard coal)43.5270.040
Hard coal gangue (gangue)145290.050
Top coal43140.020
Overlying strata166310.070
Basic roof166310.070
Immediate roof75000
False roof64.5000
Direct bottom56280.060
Previous bottom56320.10