1 Introduction
2 The Analytical Model
2.1 Deflection of the Roof
Scenario | Cantilever beam (\(-L<x\le 0\)) | Abutment stress (\(0\le x<l\)) | ||
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Xu (2009) | This study | Xu (2009) | This study | |
Applied stress | \(P\) | \(p\) | \({P}_{o}{e}^{-\alpha x}\) | \({P}_{o}{e}^{-\alpha x}-Cy\) |
Boundary conditions | \({y\left(x\right)}_{x=0}={y}_{0}\) \({{y}{\prime}\left(x\right)}_{x=0}={{y}{\prime}}_{0}\) \({M\left(x\right)}_{x=0}=-P{L}^{2}/2\) \({V(x)}_{x=0}=-PL\) | \({y\left(x\right)}_{x=0}=0\) \({{y}{\prime}\left(x\right)}_{x=0}=0\) \({M\left(x\right)}_{x=-L}=0\) \({V(x)}_{x=-L}=0\) | \({y\left(x\right)}_{x=0}={y}_{0}\) \({{y}{\prime}\left(x\right)}_{x=0}={{y}{\prime}}_{0}\) | \({y\left(x\right)}_{x=0}=0\) \({{y}{\prime}\left(x\right)}_{x=0}=0\) |
y(x) | \(\frac{\left(\begin{array}{c}P{x}^{2}\left({x}^{2}- 4Lx- {6L}^{2}\right)\\ +24({{y}{\prime}}_{0}x+{y}_{0})\end{array}\right)}{24 {K}_{{\text{beam}}}}\) | \(\frac{p{x}^{2}\left({x}^{2}+ 4Lx+ {6L}^{2}\right)}{24 {K}_{{\text{beam}}}}\) | \(\chi {e}^{\alpha x}+{e}^{-\omega x}\left(\begin{array}{c}{A}_{1}{\text{sin}}\omega x\\ +{A}_{2}{\text{cos}}\omega x\end{array}\right)\) | \(\chi \left[\begin{array}{c}{e}^{-\alpha x}+\\ {e}^{-\omega x} \left\{\frac{\alpha }{\omega }{\text{sin}}\left(\mathit{\omega x}\right)-{\text{cos}}\left(\omega x\right)-{\text{sin}}\left(\omega x\right)\right\}\end{array}\right]\) |
M(x) | \(P{x}^{2}/2\) | \([p\left({x}^{2}+ 2Lx+ {L}^{2}\right)]/2\) | \(2{\omega }^{2}{e}^{-\omega x}\left(\begin{array}{c}{A}_{1}\\ -{A}_{2}{\text{sin}}\omega x\end{array}\right)-\chi {\alpha }^{2}{e}^{\alpha x}\) | \(\chi \left[\begin{array}{c}{{\alpha }^{2}e}^{-\alpha x}-\\ 2\omega {e}^{-\omega x}\left\{\left(\alpha -\omega \right){\text{cos}}\left(\omega x\right)+\omega {\text{sin}}\left(\omega x\right)\right\}\end{array}\right]\) |
2.2 Strain Energy
Energy | Xu (2009) | This study |
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\({W}_{{\text{cant}}}\) | \({P}^{2}{L}^{5}/40{K}_{{\text{beam}}}\) | \({p}^{2}{L}^{5}/40{K}_{{\text{beam}}}\) |
\({W}_{{\text{roof}}}\) | \({K}_{{\text{beam}}}\left[\begin{array}{c}\frac{{\chi }^{2}{\alpha }^{3}{e}^{2\alpha x}}{4}-\frac{{\omega }^{3}}{2}{e}^{-2\omega x}\left({A}_{1}^{2}+{A}_{2}^{2}\right)+\\ \frac{{\omega }^{3}{e}^{-2\omega x}}{4}\left(\begin{array}{c}{\text{cos}}\left(2\omega x\right)\left({A}_{2}^{2}-{A}_{1}^{2}+2{A}_{1}{A}_{2}\right)+\\ {\text{sin}}\left(2\omega x\right)\left({A}_{1}^{2}-{A}_{2}^{2}+2{A}_{1}{A}_{2}\right)\end{array}\right)\\ +\frac{2\chi {\alpha }^{2}{\omega }^{2}{e}^{(\alpha -\omega )x}}{{(\alpha -\omega )}^{2}+{\omega }^{2}}\left\{\begin{array}{c}\left({A}_{2}\alpha -{A}_{2}\omega -{A}_{1}\omega \right)sin\omega x+\\ \left({A}_{1}\omega -{A}_{2}\omega -{A}_{1}\alpha \right)cos\omega x\end{array}\right\}\\ -\left(\frac{{\chi }^{2}{\alpha }^{3}}{4}+\frac{2\chi {\alpha }^{2}{\omega }^{2}}{{(\alpha -\omega )}^{2}+{\omega }^{2}}+\frac{{\omega }^{3}\left({-A}_{2}^{2}-{3A}_{1}^{2}+2{A}_{1}{A}_{2}\right)}{4}\right)\end{array}\right]\) | \(\frac{{K}_{{\text{beam}}}{\chi }^{2}}{2}\left[\begin{array}{c}\frac{{\alpha }^{3}\left(1-{e}^{-2\alpha x}\right)}{2}-\frac{{e}^{-\left(\omega +\alpha \right)x}\left\{\begin{array}{c}{8\alpha }^{2}{\omega }^{3}{\text{sin}}\left(\omega x\right)+\\ 4{\alpha }^{4}\omega cos\left(\omega x\right)\end{array}\right\}}{\left\{{\left(\omega +\alpha \right)}^{2}+{\omega }^{2}\right\}}\\ + {e}^{-2\omega x}\left\{\begin{array}{c}\left({2\alpha {\omega }^{2}-\alpha }^{2}\omega -2{\omega }^{3}\right)-\\ \left(\frac{{\alpha }^{2}\omega }{2}-{\omega }^{3}\right){\text{cos}}\left(2\omega x\right)+\\ \left(\frac{{\alpha }^{2}\omega }{2}-2\alpha {\omega }^{2}+{\omega }^{3}\right){\text{sin}}\left(2\omega x\right)\end{array}\right\}+\\ \left(\frac{4{\alpha }^{4}\omega }{\left\{{\left(\omega +\alpha \right)}^{2}+{\omega }^{2}\right\}}+\frac{{3\alpha }^{2}\omega }{2}-2\alpha {\omega }^{2}+{\omega }^{3}\right)\end{array}\right]\) |
\({W}_{{\text{coal}}}\) | \({h}_{{\text{coal}}}{C}^{2}\eta \left[\begin{array}{c}\frac{{\chi }^{2}}{2\alpha }{e}^{2\alpha x}-\frac{{A}_{1}^{2}+{A}_{2}^{2}}{4\omega }{e}^{-2\omega x}+\\ \frac{{A}_{1}^{2}-{A}_{2}^{2}}{8\omega }{e}^{-2\omega x}(cos2\omega x-sin2\omega x)\\ +\frac{2\chi }{{\left(\alpha -\omega \right)}^{2}+{\omega }^{2}}{e}^{\left(\alpha -\omega \right)x}\left\{\begin{array}{c}\left({A}_{2}\alpha -{A}_{2}\omega -{A}_{1}\omega \right)cos\omega x\\ +\left({A}_{2}\omega +{A}_{1}\alpha -{A}_{1}\omega \right)sin\omega x\end{array}\right\}\\ -\frac{{A}_{1}{A}_{2}}{4\omega }{e}^{-2\omega x}(cos2\omega x+sin2\omega x)\\ +\left(\frac{{\chi }^{2}}{2\alpha }-\frac{2\chi \left({A}_{2}\alpha -{A}_{2}\omega -{A}_{1}\omega \right)}{{\left(\alpha -\omega \right)}^{2}+{\omega }^{2}}-\frac{{A}_{1}^{2}+{3A}_{2}^{2}+2{A}_{1}{A}_{2}}{8\omega }\right)\end{array}\right]\) | \(\eta \left[\begin{array}{c}\left(\frac{{P}_{o}^{2}\left(1-{e}^{-2\alpha x}\right)}{2\alpha }\right)+\\ {\chi }^{2}{C}^{2}\left\{\begin{array}{c}\left(\frac{1-{e}^{-2\alpha x}}{2\alpha }\right)-\left(\frac{4\omega }{{\left(\omega +\alpha \right)}^{2}+{\omega }^{2}}-\frac{\left(4\omega -\alpha \right)}{8{\omega }^{2}}\right)\\ + \frac{{e}^{-2\omega x}}{8{\omega }^{2}}\left(\alpha {\text{sin}}\left(2\omega x\right)-2\alpha +\left(3\alpha -4\omega \right){\text{cos}}\left(2\omega x\right)\right)\\ +\left(\frac{{e}^{-\left(\omega +\alpha \right)x}}{{\left(\omega +\alpha \right)}^{2}+{\omega }^{2}}\right)\left(4\omega {\text{cos}}\left(\omega x\right)-\frac{2{\alpha }^{2}}{\omega }{\text{sin}}\left(\omega x\right)\right)\end{array}\right\}\\ -2\chi {P}_{o}C\left\{\begin{array}{c}\left(\frac{1-{e}^{-2\alpha x}}{2\alpha }\right)-\left(\frac{2\omega }{{\left(\omega +\alpha \right)}^{2}+{\omega }^{2}}\right)+\\ \left(\frac{{e}^{-\left(\omega +\alpha \right)x}}{{\left(\omega +\alpha \right)}^{2}+{\omega }^{2}}\right)\left(2\omega {\text{cos}}\left(\omega x\right)-\frac{{\alpha }^{2}}{\omega }{\text{sin}}\left(\omega x\right)\right)\end{array}\right\}\end{array}\right]\) |
3 Methodology
3.1 Numerical Simulation
Rock layer | Roof | Coal | Floor |
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Bulk modulus, GPa | 6.67 | 2.45 | 6.67 |
Shear modulus, GPa | 3.07 | 0.94 | 3.07 |
3.2 Sensitivity Analysis
3.2.1 Identification of Variation Levels
3.2.2 Orthogonal Testing Matrix
3.2.3 Range Analysis
3.2.4 Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
4 Results
4.1 Comparison of Analytical and Numerical Model Findings
4.2 Range Analysis
Level \((i)\) | Parameters \((j)\) | ||||||
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\(H\) (m) | \(L\) (m) | \({h}_{{\text{coal}}}\) (m) | \({E}_{{\text{coal}}}\) (GPa) | \({E}_{{\text{roof}}}\) (GPa) | \({\upsilon }_{{\text{coal}}}\) | \(e\) | |
1 | 400 | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 4 | 0.20 | 1 |
2 | 600 | 10 | 3 | 2.0 | 8 | 0.25 | 2 |
3 | 800 | 15 | 4 | 2.5 | 12 | 0.30 | 3 |
4 | 1000 | 20 | 5 | 3.0 | 16 | 0.40 | 4 |
5 | 1200 | 30 | 6 | 3.5 | 20 | 0.50 | 5 |
Test no. \(m\) | Parameters \((j)\) | ||||||
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\(H\) | \(L\) | \({h}_{{\text{coal}}}\) | \({E}_{{\text{coal}}}\) | \({E}_{{\text{roof}}}\) | \({\upsilon }_{{\text{coal}}}\) | \(e\) | |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
9 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
12 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
13 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
15 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
16 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
17 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
19 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
20 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
21 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
24 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
25 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Test no. \(m\) | Parameters \((j)\) | |||||||
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\(H\) | \(L\) | \({h}_{{\text{coal}}}\) | \({E}_{{\text{coal}}}\) | \({E}_{{\text{roof}}}\) | \({\upsilon }_{{\text{coal}}}\) | \(e\) | \({W}_{m}\) | |
1 | 400 | 5 | 2 | 1.50 | 4 | 0.20 | 1 | 2.08 × 105 |
2 | 400 | 10 | 3 | 2.00 | 8 | 0.25 | 2 | 2.03 × 105 |
3 | 400 | 15 | 4 | 2.50 | 12 | 0.30 | 3 | 1.96 × 105 |
4 | 400 | 20 | 5 | 3.00 | 16 | 0.40 | 4 | 1.75 × 105 |
5 | 400 | 30 | 6 | 3.50 | 20 | 0.50 | 5 | 1.81 × 105 |
6 | 600 | 5 | 3 | 2.50 | 16 | 0.50 | 2 | 2.06 × 105 |
7 | 600 | 10 | 4 | 3.00 | 20 | 0.20 | 3 | 4.21 × 105 |
8 | 600 | 15 | 5 | 3.50 | 4 | 0.25 | 4 | 3.68 × 105 |
9 | 600 | 20 | 6 | 1.50 | 8 | 0.30 | 5 | 1.09 × 106 |
10 | 600 | 30 | 2 | 2.00 | 12 | 0.40 | 1 | 3.56 × 105 |
11 | 800 | 5 | 4 | 3.50 | 8 | 0.40 | 3 | 4.59 × 105 |
12 | 800 | 10 | 5 | 1.50 | 12 | 0.50 | 4 | 1.11 × 106 |
13 | 800 | 15 | 6 | 2.00 | 16 | 0.20 | 5 | 1.63 × 106 |
14 | 800 | 20 | 2 | 2.50 | 20 | 0.25 | 1 | 5.42 × 105 |
15 | 800 | 30 | 3 | 3.00 | 4 | 0.30 | 2 | 7.30 × 105 |
16 | 1000 | 5 | 5 | 2.00 | 20 | 0.30 | 5 | 2.05 × 106 |
17 | 1000 | 10 | 6 | 2.50 | 4 | 0.40 | 4 | 1.43 × 106 |
18 | 1000 | 15 | 2 | 3.00 | 8 | 0.50 | 3 | 2.85 × 105 |
19 | 1000 | 20 | 3 | 3.50 | 12 | 0.20 | 2 | 7.96 × 105 |
20 | 1000 | 30 | 4 | 1.50 | 16 | 0.25 | 1 | 2.46 × 106 |
21 | 1200 | 5 | 6 | 3.00 | 12 | 0.25 | 1 | 2.30 × 106 |
22 | 1200 | 10 | 2 | 3.50 | 16 | 0.30 | 2 | 7.81 × 105 |
23 | 1200 | 15 | 3 | 1.50 | 20 | 0.40 | 3 | 2.22 × 106 |
24 | 1200 | 20 | 4 | 2.00 | 4 | 0.50 | 4 | 1.33 × 106 |
25 | 1200 | 30 | 5 | 2.50 | 8 | 0.20 | 5 | 2.52 × 106 |
\(H\) | \(L\) | \({h}_{{\text{coal}}}\) | \({E}_{{\text{coal}}}\) | \({E}_{{\text{roof}}}\) | \({\upsilon }_{{\text{coal}}}\) | |
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\({K}_{1}\) | 9.62 × 105 | 5.22 × 106 | 2.17 × 106 | 7.08 × 106 | 4.07 × 106 | 5.57 × 106 |
\({K}_{2}\) | 2.44 × 106 | 3.95 × 106 | 4.15 × 106 | 5.56 × 106 | 4.55 × 106 | 5.87 × 106 |
\({K}_{3}\) | 4.47 × 106 | 4.69 × 106 | 4.86 × 106 | 4.89 × 106 | 4.75 × 106 | 4.85 × 106 |
\({K}_{4}\) | 7.02 × 106 | 3.93 × 106 | 6.22 × 106 | 3.91 × 106 | 5.25 × 106 | 4.64 × 106 |
\({K}_{5}\) | 9.13 × 106 | 6.24 × 106 | 6.63 × 106 | 2.59 × 106 | 5.41 × 106 | 3.11 × 106 |
\({k}_{1}\) | 1.92 × 105 | 1.04 × 106 | 4.34 × 105 | 1.42 × 106 | 8.13 × 105 | 1.11 × 106 |
\({k}_{2}\) | 4.88 × 105 | 7.90 × 105 | 8.30 × 105 | 1.11 × 106 | 9.10 × 105 | 1.17 × 106 |
\({k}_{3}\) | 8.94 × 105 | 9.39 × 105 | 9.72 × 105 | 9.79 × 105 | 9.50 × 105 | 9.69 × 105 |
\({k}_{4}\) | 1.40 × 106 | 7.85 × 105 | 1.24 × 106 | 7.81 × 105 | 1.05 × 106 | 9.28 × 105 |
\({k}_{5}\) | 1.83 × 106 | 1.25 × 106 | 1.33 × 106 | 5.17 × 105 | 1.08 × 106 | 6.21 × 105 |
\({R}_{j}\) | 1.63 × 106 | 4.63 × 105 | 8.91 × 105 | 8.99 × 105 | 2.69 × 105 | 5.52 × 105 |
4.3 Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
Parameter | \(j\) | \({{\text{SS}}}_{j}\) | \({df}_{j}\) | \({V}_{j}\) | \({V}_{j}\le 2{V}_{e}\) | \({F}_{j}\) |
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\(H\) (m) | 1 | 8.83 × 1012 | 4 | 2.21 × 1012 | No | 18.64 |
\(L\) (m) | 2 | 7.50 × 1011 | 4 | 1.88 × 1011 | Yes | 1.58 |
\({h}_{{\text{coal}}}\) (m) | 3 | 2.54 × 1012 | 4 | 6.34 × 1011 | No | 5.36 |
\({E}_{{\text{coal}}}\) (GPa) | 4 | 2.30 × 1012 | 4 | 5.74 × 1011 | No | 4.85 |
\({E}_{{\text{roof}}}\) (GPa) | 5 | 2.36 × 1011 | 4 | 5.89 × 1010 | Yes | 0.50 |
\({\upsilon }_{{\text{coal}}}\) | 6 | 9.25 × 1011 | 4 | 2.31 × 1011 | Yes | 1.95 |
\(e\) | 2.84 × 1012 | 24 | 1.18 × 1011 |