Research Article

Mechanism and Evolution Control of Wide Coal Pillar Bursts in Multithick Key Strata

Table 3

Discrimination of broken features of key strata.

Key strataSKS1 (fine sandstone)SKS2 (coarse sandstone)SKS3 (siltstone)

Overhanging width (m)288264171
Weighting step (m)2958190
Overhanging area (m2)83521531232490
Broken featuresPerpendicular “O-X”Perpendicular “O-X”Parallel “O-X”
Near-field key strataNear-field key strataFar-field key strata