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Deformation, seepage and energy evolution characteristics of gas-bearing coal-rock under intermediate principal stress
Journal of Mining Science and Technology 2023, 8(1): 74-82
Published: 28 February 2023
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In deep mining, coal-rock is in a state of three unequal forces, and the intermediate principal stress has the influence on the deformation and strength characteristics of coal-rock. This study studied the deformation and seepage characteristics of gas-bearing composite coal-rock under different intermediate principal stresses by using true triaxial gas-solid coupling seepage test device for coal and rock. The results show : ① With the increase of intermediate principal stress, the strain in the direction of maximum principal stress first increases and then decreases when the peak strength is reached, and there is widening gap between the strain in the direction of intermediate principal stress and the strain in the direction of minimum principal stress.② Under low intermediate principal stress, the strain in the intermediate principal stress direction shows expansion and deformation, and when there is relatively high intermediate principal stress, the ε2σ curve reaches the peak and then bounces back, and the strain in the intermediate principal stress direction finally shows compression and deformation.③ With the increase of intermediate principal stress, the trough value of relative permeability coefficient decreases, and the peak inflection point of relative permeability coefficient curve is consistent with the inflection point of ε1σ curve.④ When the stress peak is reached, the total input energy of the specimen first increases and then decreases, which is similar to the changes of the specimen strength: The elastic strain energy first increases and then decreases, the dissipative energy continues to increase, Ue/U first increases and then decreases, and Ud/U first decreases and then increases.

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Study on crowd evacuation in subway transfer station fires based on numerical simulation
Emergency Management Science and Technology 2022, 2: 16
Published: 30 December 2022
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In order to study the influencing factors of fire evacuation bottlenecks and evacuation time in subway transfer stations, a subway transfer station model was built using Pathfinder to simulate the emergency evacuation of passengers in a fire. Using the control variable method, the evacuation under different conditions is simulated by changing the parameters. The effects of the use of escalators, the speed of escalators, preference for stairs and escalators, the use of escalators, the familiarity of exits, the speed of personnel movement and the width of stairs on evacuation time are discussed and analyzed. The results show that the fire evacuation bottlenecks of subway transfer stations is each stair entrance. Evacuation time can be shortened by increasing the speed of escalators, increasing the proportion of escalator walkers, reducing the proportion of passengers who choose familiar exits to escape, increasing the speed of passengers and increasing the width of stairs.

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