Mechanism of Increasing the Permeability of Water-Bearing Coal Rock by Microwave Steam Explosion

Figure 8

(a–c) Temperature and pore deformation characteristics of vacuum pores, saturated humid air pores, and liquid-containing pores. (d–f) Maximum principal stress distribution and stress direction characteristics. (g–i) Distribution of the maximum principal stress at the upper- and lower-tip contours.

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