Effect of sulfate erosion on shear characteristics of slurry-reinforced coal body structural faces

Abstract

To study the effect of sulfate ion erosion on grouted reinforced coal bodies, downhole grouting reinforcement was simulated by artificially prefabricating regular serrated structural surfaces and grouting them with cement. In addition, sulfate erosion tests were carried out at three erosion ion concentrations (3%, 5%, and 10%) and four erosion times (7d, 14d, 28d, and 40d) at a pressure of 0.2 MPa using self-developed constant pressure accelerated erosion equipment, and then, mechanical property tests were conducted using an MTS816 rock mechanics shear tester, which is the most effective way to test the mechanical properties of coal. The test results are as follows: (1) the shear stress–displacement curves of the specimens were of slip type at lower normal stresses and of peak shear type at higher normal stresses, (2) the shear strength of the specimen was linearly negatively correlated with the erosion time and erosion ion concentration, (3) the effect of erosion time was greater than the effect of erosion concentration on the specimen shear strength parameters, (4) sulfate erosion can only affect the degree of shear shrinkage and shear rise and cannot change the damage behavior, and (5) with an increase in erosion ion concentration and the prolongation of the erosion time, the damage morphology of the specimen was shown as the “coal body destruction–nipping fracture–climbing nipping fracture” (coal–pulp interfacial separation) damage form.