Numerical simulation and damage analysis of fissure field evolution law in a single coal seam mining

Abstract Based on the different deformation and failure laws of coal and rock materials under tensile or compressive loads, the damage variable was defined to divide three phases from the damage and rupture point of view in order to reveal the fissured field evolution characteristics and spatial distribution of coal and rock in the single coal seam mining with low permeability and rich methane. According to the corresponding damage constitutive equations, the secondary development of the finite element program was completed. The fissures field evolution law of a coal mine with single coal seam mining was calculated and analyzed by this new program and the distribution areas and failure degree of the surrounding coal and rock structures with damage, fissure or rupture are given on the condition of mining. This paper provides a scientific basis for quantitative research and evaluation of the safe simultaneous production of coal and gas.