Research Article

Stability Analysis of “Support-Surrounding Rock” System for Fully Mechanized Longwall Mining in Steeply Dipping Coal Seams

Table 2

Physical parameters used in the model.

ParameterNamevalue

aWidth of support1.6 m
cLength of support base3 m
h0Height of support center of gravityb/2 m
GWeight of support15 × 9.8 kN
k0Foundation coefficient of floor1.0 × 105 kN/m3
PSetting load of support5,000 kN
μ1Coefficient of friction between support and roof0.3
μ2Coefficient of friction between support and floor0.3