Research Article

Study on Surrounding Rock Structure Evolution Characteristics and Roof Control Techniques of the Retained Roadway Formed by Roof Cutting in Inclined Coal Seams

Figure 8

The single hydraulic prop and its constitutive model. (in the figure, ε3 and ε4 refer to the deformation induced by the liquid leakage from a single prop, with ε3 = ε4; ε5 and E5 separately denote the elastic deformation and the elastic modulus of single props; σ4 and σ5 refer to the support forces provided by single props, with σ4 = σ5; σ3 denotes the increment of the support force caused by delay of liquid leakage of single props; and σ denotes the total support force provided by single props, giving σ = σ4 + σ3 = σ5 + σ3.)