Analysis on Instability of Surrounding Rock in Gob-side Entry Retaining with the Character of Soft Rock Composite Roof

The filling belt of gob-side entry retaining with the character of soft rock composite roof,deforms violently,affected by the fracture and rotation of the main roof,and is prone to instability. This essay,considering characteristecs of coal mine pressure behavior on -790m 1311 (1) working face ventilation roadway at DingJi coal mine in HuaiNan, puts forward structural mech -anics model of the key block of gob-side entry retaining,which is used to forecast the position of the fracture line of the main roof, and analyze the roof subsidence at the side of the filling belt; applies FLAC and UDEC to simulate distribution of plastic zones of surrounding rock of gob-side entry retaining,and stress variation law of the immediate roof and the main roof along coal seam inclination. The results show that: stress concentration factor of the immediate roof on the filling belt is about 1.6,first decreasing and then increasing with increasing width of the filling belt,which indicates that reasonable width of the filling belt is 3.0 m in accordance with the requirement of economic security requirment. The filling belt has significantly wide distribution of the plastic zones,with its four corners obviously plasticized,and overlying strata above the filling belt at side of goaf suffering upward plasticization,which is the result of rotation of the main roof; Deform- ation instability of filling belt is mainly caused by fracture rotation of the main roof;Finally, the measures to reduce the instability of gob-side entry retaining with the character of soft rock comp- osite roof are put forward.