Challenges and Strategies for Sustainable Development in Deep Mines
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (23 August 2023) | Viewed by 16398
Special Issue Editors
Interests: FEM/DEM simulation; underground structural response model; rock mechanics; disaster prevention and control
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: mining rock mechanics and engineering; mining pressure and strata control; non-pillar mining method and technology of coal mines; numerical simulation of rock failure in geotechnical engineering; physical modelling experiment of underground space
Interests: deep rock mechanics and engineering; gob-side entry retaining technique; mining pressure and strata control; prevention and control of coal mine gas disaster
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The increasing demand for resources has led to the construction of a large number of mines at depth due to the exhaustion of reserves at shallow depths. The construction and operation of underground mining projects are highly related to the mechanical behavior of rock or coal materials in an in situ environment, which includes high geostress, water, temperature, discontinuities, etc. People working in a mine face a great number of biomechanical challenges in their engineering activities, such as rockbursts, mine earthquakes, underground space instability, water inrush, heat injury, gas explosions, dust explosions, and mine fires, obstructing sustainable development in deep mining engineering. Up to now, although great effort has been dedicated to interpreting the failure mechanism of engineering disasters induced by complex circumstances, it is still difficult to accurately characterize, evaluate, and control these disasters in deep mines. Therefore, the investigation and better understanding of hazard challenges and control strategies of disasters is of key importance in the scientific design and safe operation of deep mining engineering. This Special Issue is dedicated as a specific platform for studies on deep mine disasters using laboratory tests, numerical simulation, theoretical analysis and field application. This topical section can serve as the missing link between applied and fundamental research journals. Therefore, “Challenges and Strategies for Sustainable Development in Deep Mines” is devoted to, and thus welcomes, all mine disaster-based scientific research in order to deepen the understanding of disaster mechanisms and sustainable control in deep mining engineering. Authors are therefore invited to submit their relevant research contributions to this Special Issue in the form of reviews, research articles, and technical notes.
Dr. Fan Feng
Dr. Eryu Wang
Dr. Ruifeng Huang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- deep mine disaster mechanism
- underground space instability
- disaster monitoring and warning
- rockburst/coalburst mechanism
- water inrush and groundwater flow
- gas and dust explosion
- sustainable development theory in deep mine
- disaster control techniques
- engineering application
- numerical simulation
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