Influence of laneway support spacing on methane/air explosion shock wave |
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Authors: | L Pang Q ZhangT Wang DC LinL Cheng |
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Institution: | a Beijing Municipal Institute of Labour Protection, Beijing 100054, China b State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China c Department of Civil Engineering, North China Institute of Science and Technology, Beijing 101601, China d School of Economics, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing 100026, China |
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Abstract: | A laneway support system provides an available way to solve problems related to ground movements in underground coal mines, but also poses another potential hazard. Once a methane/air explosion occurs in a laneway, inappropriate design parameters of the support system, especially the support spacing, likely have a negative influence on explosion disaster effects. The commercial software package AutoReaGas, a computational fluid dynamics code suitable for gas explosions, was used to carry out the numerical investigation for the methane/air explosion and blast process in a straight laneway with different support spacing. The validity of the numerical method was verified by the methane/air explosion experiment in a steel tube. Laneway supports can promote the development of turbulence and explosion, and also inhibit the propagation of flame and shock wave. For the design parameters in actual laneway projects, the fluid dynamic drag due to the laneway support plays a predominant role in a methane/air explosion. There is an uneven distribution of the peak overpressure on the same cross section in the laneway, and the largest overpressure is near the laneway walls. Different support spacing can cause obvious differences for the distributions of the shock wave overpressure and impulse. Under comparable conditions, the greater destructive effects of explosion shock wave are seen for the laneway support system with larger spacing. The results presented in this work provide a theoretical basis for the optimized design of the support system in coal laneways and the related safety assessments. |
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Keywords: | Explosion shock wave Methane Laneway support Overpressure Impulse |
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