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To prevent the early breakage of anchor cables under shear loads in support engineering, a combined structure of Anchor Cable with C-shaped Tube (ACC) has been proposed. The shear resistance enhancement mechanism of this structure and the mechanisms of various influencing factors have yet to be fully revealed. A refined nonlinear finite element model of ACC was original established using ABAQUS software, taking into account the actual structure of the steel strands and the interactions, such as contact and failure between the various components. Various anchor cable pretension forces and block strengths were set to investigate their effects on the shear mechanical response of ACC. The results successfully demonstrated a high correlation between peak shear load and pretension force. The results demonstrate that an increase in pretension force reduces the ACC's peak shear load and break displacement. Additionally, the structure exhibited higher flexural stiffness, the block strength was mobilized earlier, and the block failed locally more quickly. Under high pretension forces, the system exhibited higher shear stiffness in the early stages of shearing due to the influence of the axial force component. With low pretension forces, the ACC exhibited a larger break displacement due to the minor tensile deformation at the shear plane position for the same shear displacement. At low pretension forces, the structure's bending angle increased more rapidly during the middle and later stages of shearing, accompanied by a larger break displacement. Both of these factors led to a greater bending angle at the shear plane position at the point of failure. The results reveal the characteristic of the peak shear load initially increasing and then decreasing with the increase in test block strength, along with its underlying mechanism. As the block strength increased, the bending angle of the structure at the shear plane position increased more rapidly, resulting in higher shear stiffness. With high block strength, the combination of smaller break displacement and greater shear stiffness led to an initial increase followed by a decrease in peak shear load. A comprehensive RSSB (Relative Stiffness between Structure and Test Block) that considers both structural and test block stiffness was proposed. The deformation pattern of the structure was controlled by the RSSB. The higher the RSSB, the wider the plastic hinge extension range for the same shear displacement, the smaller the bending angle at the shear plane position, and the smaller the maximum curvature of the structure. The contact force of the C-shaped tube generally exhibited a "single peak" distribution. As the shear displacement increased, the peak position of the contact force moved away from the shear plane, and the maximum contact force increased rapidly and remained relatively stable. At the end of the shearing process, the contact force of the C-shaped tube exhibited a "double peak" distribution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In view of the complex asymmetric deformation characteristics of inclined coal seam roadways and the tensed shear failure of anchor cable supports, the asymmetric support scheme of an anchor cable with a C-shaped tube is proposed. In order to study its supporting effect on an inclined coal seam roadway, this paper first explores the difference in shear performance between an anchor cable with a C-shaped tube and an anchor cable through double shear tests. Then, based on the asymmetric deformation characteristics of an inclined coal seam roadway in the Pangpangta Mine, a numerical simulation is used to study the asymmetric support effect of an anchor cable with a C-shaped tube in an inclined coal seam roadway. The results of the double shear test show that the anchor cable with the C-shaped tube has stronger resistance to shear load than that of the anchor cable. Through the results of the numerical simulation, the original stress field distribution on both sides of the roadway was found to be uneven due to the influence of the coal seam dip angle, and after the excavation of the inclined coal seam roadway, the displacement and plastic zone distribution on both sides showed obvious asymmetric characteristics. Compared with the symmetric support, the asymmetric support can obviously alleviate the asymmetric deformation characteristics of the two sides and effectively control the deformation and plastic failure zone of the roadway. The anchor cable with the C-shaped tube has better resistance to shear deformation than that of the anchor cable. The anchor cable with the C-shaped tube can reduce the deformation and plastic area of the roadway more effectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]