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Abstract The objective of this study is to investigate the dynamic mechanical properties of coal and rock under deep water conditions. The research employs an enhanced Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB) testing system. Five sets of dynamic impact experiments were conducted on coal samples under varying loading conditions to analyse the changes in dynamic strength, energy dissipation, fractal dimension and other characteristics of coal samples under different water content states were analyzed. The experimental results demonstrate that: (1) Under specific strain rate conditions, the dynamic strength of saturated coal samples is lower than that of natural coal samples. As the strain rate gradually increases, the bonding force generated by free water and the Stefan effect jointly act, and the peak strength of saturated coal samples under high strain rate loading conditions is higher than that of natural coal samples. (2) Under certain strain rate conditions, the absorption energy of saturated coal samples is approximately 10% to30% lower than that of natural coal samples, and deformation hysteresis phenomenon occurs in natural coal samples, thereby improving the dynamic strength of natural coal samples relative to saturated coal samples; (3) The fractal dimension of saturated coal samples with a specific strain rate under three-dimensional dynamic static combination loading is higher than that of natural coal samples, and the percentage of small particle coal samples with debris is higher than that of natural coal samples; Finally, based on the HJC model, some coal samples were selected to simulate the coal rock failure characteristics during the triaxial loading process using ANSYS/LS-DYNA, and their stress–strain curves and failure morphology diagrams were obtained. The discrepancy between the numerical simulation and the experimental results was less than 10%, thereby further elucidating and corroborating the coal failure process and dynamic mechanical characteristics.

To investigate the dynamic tensile mechanical properties of red sandstone under varying impact pulse widths and amplitudes, we employed the response surface methodology to examine the dynamic response characteristics of sandstone under different bullet lengths and impact velocities. Subsequently, a dynamic damage constitutive model for sandstone was developed. Macroscopic and microscopic features of sandstone were analyzed through digital image correlation (DIC) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) experiments. Additionally, ANSYS software was utilized to analyze stress wave characteristics under controlled shock waves and the impact of geological factors on rock fracturing effects. The findings revealed the following. First, the length and impact velocity of bullets exhibit an interactive effect on the tensile response characteristics of sandstone. Peak load, energy consumption rate, and energy density display a positive correlation with bullet velocity. Second, according to the DIC results, the fractal dimension of the crack is negatively correlated with the length of the bullet during equal energy impacts. Third, microscopic failure modes included fractures along particle cementation and through particles, with section roughness decreasing as bullet length increased under equivalent energy impacts. Fourth, a dynamic damage constitutive model (R2 ≥ 0.84) was established based on the Zhu-Wang-Tang (Z-W-T) model and Drucker-Prager (D-P) criterion, clarifying model parameters and influence rules. Fifth, under controlled shock waves, the pulse width facilitates crack propagation, while the pulse amplitude initiates crack formation. Optimal rock breaking efficiency is achieved when stress waves exhibit a large pulse width and low radiation values, meeting specific threshold conditions.

Methane, the second most prevalent greenhouse gas globally, is characterized by its high global warming potential and short atmospheric lifetime. It is primarily emitted from sectors such as coal mining, oil and gas production, agriculture, livestock rearing, and waste management. Active, prudent, and orderly control of methane emissions offers a multifaceted benefit: it mitigates global warming, enhances the economic value through the resource utilization of energy, provides environmental advantages by control of pollutants, and improves safety by reducing production accidents. Methane is also the principal greenhouse gas emitted in coal mine operations. Currently, monitoring and researching the distribution of methane emissions and their concentration within the three-dimensional space of coal mines have become a key focus in China’s methane emission control efforts, which is of significant importance for coal mining enterprises to align with national strategies. A study conducted on a high-gas mine in Shanxi and a low-gas mine in Shaanxi for methane emission monitoring and accounting utilized fixed monitoring, manual monitoring, drone monitoring, and post-mining activity monitoring to investigate the distribution of methane in high and low gas mines in China and to analyze their methane emissions. The results indicate that: ① The methane emission volumes for a certain high-gas mine in Shanxi and a low-gas mine in Shaanxi published by the U.S.-based Climate TRACE website for the year 2022 show a significant discrepancy from the results calculated using the ground measurement method, with the published annual methane emission volume for a certain low-gas mine being 10.92 times that of the ground measurement calculation. The top-down monitoring and accounting methods have been found to be insufficiently accurate and unable to provide reliable data support for carbon trading. ② In the monitoring and accounting of post-mining activities, the use of default values recommended by the IPCC results in methane emissions that are 3 to 5 times higher than those calculated using the ground measurement method, and there is a significant variation in the emissions calculated based on coal samples of different sizes and exposure durations. There is an urgent need for a unified and precise testing standard to ensure fair and accurate data for future carbon market transactions.

The surrounding rock of deep roadway is weak and the fissures are developed. Under the influence of mining disturbance, it is easy to cause dynamic disasters and the overall instability failure of coal rock combination is one of key factors inducing disasters. In order to explore the dynamic damage characteristics of the primary combined coal rock body under impact load, with the help of the split Hopkinson pressure bar and high-speed camera, raw coal, artificial combination and primary combination of coal rock are studied. Based on different hydrostatic pressure and strain rate conditions, this study explores the dynamic stress-strain, crack evolution and fracture fractal characteristics of coal rock and explores the deformation and failure characteristics of coal rock using macroscopic fracture fractal and microscopic electron microscope scanning. The study shows that ① the dynamic stress-strain of raw coal, artificial combination and primary combination of coal rock is significantly nonlinear and the plastic stage of primary coal rock is similar to “plastic platform”. ② Under impact load, the strain rate effect of dynamic compressive strength of coal rock is significant and the dynamic compressive strength and hydrostatic pressure of raw coal, primary combined coal rock show a trend of first increasing and then decreasing. The critical values of hydrostatic pressure (low pressure strengthening and high pressure weakening) are 8 MPa and 10 MPa and the artificial combined coal rock and hydrostatic pressure show a positive correlation trend. ③ Under the impact load, the crack initiations of primary and artificial combined coal rock occur in the coal composition area far from the interface of coal rock. The combined coal-rock interface significantly affects the deformation and failure behavior of the sample and when the impact velocity≥10 m/s, the overall instability failure of coal rock components can occur in the original combined coal rock, while only the coal component failure occurs in the artificial combined coal rock under the same disturbance. Besides, only when the impact velocity≥14 m/s, the tip stress of the crack is greater than the strength of the coal rock, which can penetrate the artificial interface and lead to the overall crushing. The original interface has a “guiding effect” on the crack penetration of the sample, which is easy to induce crack propagation to form a macroscopic fracture surface. ④ The crushing degrees of raw coal, original coal and artificial coal rock increase with the increase of impact velocity and the crushing particle size tends to be granular and powder. Under the same disturbance, the degrees of fragmentation of coal components in three types of coal rocks show a relationship: primary-coal components > artificial-coal components > raw coal.

Abstract The high‐pressure gas expansion‐induced deformation and dynamic fracture of coal are important parts of coal and gas outburst. To better understand the law of this process, laboratory experiments and numerical simulation are used to study the law of damage. A cavity with different pressures of CH4 or N2 was destroyed by a jack to achieve the rapid expansion of the gas and coal fracture inside. The particle size distribution of the coal particles before and after the experiment was measured, and the breakage ratio and the newly added surface area were calculated. The experimental results indicate that during the gas expansion process, the breakage ratio of coal and the newly added surface area clearly increase with the increase in gas pressure. Finally, a numerical model based on peridynamic theory was developed to simulate crack generation and the propagation of coal induced by the expansion of gases at different pressures. The numerical simulation results show that the higher the initial gas pressure is, the higher the number of failure units. Moreover, only when the gas pressure is large enough will the coal crack in various directions at the same time.

In the coal and rock dynamic disasters, such as the rock burst, dynamic load damage often acts simultaneously on the combined coal and rock mass. Based on the split-Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) test of the combined coal and rock with a bullet velocity of 4.590–8.791 m/s, the numerical model of four kinds of combined coal and rock with different sandstone-coal-sandstone ratios, including 1 : 1 : 1, 2 : 1 : 1, 1 : 1 : 2, and 1 : 2 : 1, is investigated. A finite element software (LS-DYNA) and the Holmquist–Johnson–Cook (HJC) constitutive model of rock are employed in these regards. The stress waveform, the oscillation phenomenon of stress wave, and the damage process of the specimen in the impact test of the composite coal and rock are studied. The obtained results show that the compression-shear failure is the main failure mode of the coal body and the tensile failure of the sandstone along the axial direction in the composite coal-rock specimens. Moreover, it is found that combination of coal and rock samples is mainly destroyed by the coal body, which has no correlation with the impact speed and combination mode. Finally, numerical simulation about Hongling coalmine extralarge tunnel malfunction is carried out. Obtained results showed the protruding and stress change processes of the coal seam of the tunnel exposing. It is found that the simulation results are in an excellent agreement with those from the field investigation. The present study may provide a reference for further understanding the mechanism of the coal and rock dynamic disasters, such as the rock burst.

An experiment designed to simulate coal during excavation was conducted. Microseismic signals of coal under vibration conditions during excavation and subsequent waiting time of the coal roadway at different excavation speeds were collected and analyzed. During the excavation and subsequent waiting time, the stress in coal is redistributed, and the concentrated stress is gradually transferred to the deeper section of the coal seam. The Hilbert–Huang transform (HHT) is used to effectively denoise the collected signals. According to the noise-reduced signal, the amplitude and pulse number of the microseismic signals emitted during the excavation process are much larger than those of the waiting time process. During excavation, the energy and event numbers of microseismic signals increase first and then decrease as the excavation speed increases. The faster the excavation speed, the more the energy, and the higher the event numbers of the microseismic signals released during the subsequent waiting time. When the excavation speed is faster, more elastic potential accumulates in the coal seam and the concentration stress is greater. As the concentrated stress moves forward in time without excavation, more coal seams fail, and more microseismic signals are released. The microseismic signal and the stress evolution law can provide a reasonable explanation for the forward movement of the concentrated stress and coal failure during roadway excavation.

To investigate the fracture characterizations of rocks under high strain rate tensile failure, a series of dynamic Brazilian tests was conducted using Split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB), and a high-speed digital camera at a frame rate of 50,000 frames per second (FPS) with a resolution of 272 × 512 pixels was adopted to capture the real-time images and visualize the failure processes. Using the extracted cracks and image processing technique, the relationship between loading condition (impact velocity), crack propagation process (crack velocity, crack fractal characteristic, and crack morphological features), and dynamic mechanical properties (absorbed energy and strain-stress parameters) was explored and analyzed. The experimental results indicate that (1) impact velocity plays a critical role in both crack propagation process and dynamic mechanical properties, (2) the crack fractal dimension is positively correlated with crack propagation velocity and has a linear relationship with the proposed morphological feature of crack, (3) mean strain rate and max strain of rocks under SHPB loading both decrease with the increase of crack propagation velocity, and (4) the energy absorbed by the rocks increases with increasing impact velocity and has a strong negative correlation with a proposed novel crack descriptor. Experimental studies pertaining to the measurement of crack propagation path and velocity, in particular, some crack feature extraction approaches, present a promising way to reveal the fracture process and failure mechanisms of rock-like materials.