Research Article

The Effect of a Tectonic Stress Field on Coal and Gas Outbursts

Table 2

Conditions of ground stress and coal gas in the model.

CaseGround stress in each direction*Initial gas pressure in coal seam/MPa
direction direction directionIIIIII

1Slip boundary1 0 0.8 1.5
20.51.51
31.50.51
41.521
521.51

The values of ground stress in the table are shown with 10 MPa as a reference.