Simulation Study on the Stability of Mining Thin Flat-Grade Iron Ore Body with Hydraulic Support Longwall Method

This paper proposed hydraulic support longwall method for mining glacis thin orebody. The DaZhuang ore section of Guandian Ore Mining whose orebody in the line of -8＇—-16＇was chosen as the research object. It applied the FLAC numerical simulation method to study the changes of surrounding rock stress in the mining face, displacement and plastic zones, and put forward the changing law of the rock stress, displacement and plastic zones in the mining process. Besides, it proved that the mechanical condition of the roofs changed in different stages. When the distance between pillar and mining face was in the range of 4m—8m, the state was relatively stable, and the pillar and surrounding rocks were in small range of shearing and tensile yield. When distance was 12m, the roof suffered from compression. When it was up to 16m, the roof and bottom rock displayed tension. However，the appreciation of stress changed very little at different stages. The stress concentration circle formed between the top and bottom of the pillar, and the unloading appeared in the top and bottom gap. The nearer to the coal face, the more powerful of stress concentration, and the influence of pillar’s position on stress concentration degree is very little in the front of coal face. The structure would be in stable equilibrium when the distance between single stent and coal face is 12m. In such circumstances, the security of roof would be improved if more stents are added