Permeability evolution during progressive deformation of intact coal and implications for instability in underground coal seams

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 34-45

  Wang, Shugang ^a   Elsworth, Derek ^a   Liu, Jishan ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coal; Energetic failure; Gas outbursts; Permeability evolution; Progressive deformation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL DEPOSITS; CRACK CLOSURE; DEFORMATION; DESORPTION; ELASTIC MODULI; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FAULT SLIPS; GASES; STRAIN;

COAL SEAMS; DEFORMATION STRENGTHS; DESORPTION RATE; ENERGETIC FAILURE; GAS OUTBURST; MEASUREMENTS OF; MINING FACE; PERMEABILITY EVOLUTION; PROGRESSIVE DEFORMATION; VOLUMETRIC STRAIN;

COAL;

ADSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COAL; COAL SEAM; COMPRESSION; CONFINING PRESSURE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DESORPTION; DILATANCY; MICROCRACK; PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TRIAXIAL TEST; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 84869105373     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2012.09.005     Document Type: Article

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