Advances in Mining and Geotechnical Engineering Mechanics
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2024)
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Mechanics of mine rock mass; mine pressure and rock strata control; roadway surrounding rock control
Interests: Rock mechanics and ground control; comprehensive utilization of abandoned mine goaf; CO2 geological storage; coal pillar and rock burst
Interests: mining rock mechanics; deep roadway support; rock constitutive model; rock burst prevention
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Special Issue Information
With the continuous mining of coal and the vigorous construction of large-scale geotechnical engineering worldwide, the energy and underground space needs of the world's development have been effectively met. This is attributed to the development and progress of mining and geotechnical engineering mechanics. However, the scale of coal mining and underground engineering construction worldwide is gradually increasing and continues to evolve towards deeper depths, the mechanical problems faced by mining and underground space development are becoming increasingly complex. Problems such as instability of surrounding rock, support failure, large rheological deformation, and multi field coupling are becoming increasingly common. The essence of these engineering phenomena is mining and geotechnical engineering mechanics problems. Therefore, mastering the latest development level of mining and geotechnical engineering mechanics, sorting out the difficulties and solutions in mining and geotechnical engineering mechanics, is of great significance for achieving safe and efficient mining in mines and maintaining long-term stability of underground engineering. This Special Issue plans to give an overview of the most recent mining and geotechnical engineering mechanics. This Special Issue is aimed at providing selected research contributions and and progress for safe, efficient, and green coal mining, as well as underground engineering stability and underground space utilization. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
（1）Rock mechanics testing and testing techniques
（2）Constitutive theory of rock mechanics
（3）Numerical simulation method for rock mechanical behavior
（4）Mine pressure and rock structure mechanics
（5）Failure mechanism of surrounding rock in deep space
（6）New theory of surrounding rock control in deep space
（7）Evaluation method for stability of surrounding rocks in deep space
（8）Closed/abandoned mine space utilization
Dr. Qingheng Gu
Dr. Qing Ma
Dr. Xuesheng Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Rock mechanics
- Constitutive model
- Rock mechanics tests
- Numerical simulations
- Mine pressure
- Strata Structure
- Surrounding rock control
- Stability evaluation of surrounding rock
- Closed/abandoned mine space
