With the worldwide soaring demand of energy, the development and utilization of coal associated resources are becoming more and more important, including metallic and non-metallic mineral resources, trace elements, oil and gas resources and unconventional natural gas, as well as water resources and geothermal resources. However, under such geological and geotechnical conditions, the efficient extraction of resources have been greatly limited by emerging complex rock mechanics problems. The deep understanding and research on the aforementioned problem is of great significance for the safe and efficient extraction of coal associated resources.
Most of the studies are confined to analyze the distribution characteristics of coal measure resources, and do not comprehensively consider the resources such as coal with water and geothermal resources. Therefore it’s essential to systematically understand the complex multiple field (solid, liquid, gas, thermal, chemistry etc.) and scale (micro, marco, lab and engineering scale) of rock mechanics problems associated with coordinated exploitation of coal and its associated resources. In addition, it is important to make reasonable planning for coordinated mining, determine the mining methods and mining sequences of various resources, analyze the surrounding rock activities and multi-field evolution laws in the process of multiple resources, and find the migration laws of polluting elements caused by coordinated mining.
This special issue will collect high-quality original research articles and review papers reflecting the multiple field and scale rock mechanics induced by coordinated exploitation of coal and its associated resources, such as oil and gas resources, water resources and geothermal resources. They can be based on numerical and physical simulations, theoretical analysis and field experiments, as well as engineering case studies.
Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:
• Multiple field rock mechanics of coordinated mining
• Multiple scale rock mechanics of coordinated mining
• Theory of associated resources exploitation
• Coal-gas coordinated mining theory and technologies
• Exploitation and utilization of coal and geothermal resources
• Coordinated mining technologies with unconventional natural gas
• Water resources development and coordinated exploitation
• Surrounding rock activities and multi-field evolution laws
• Migration and control technologies of polluting elements
With the worldwide soaring demand of energy, the development and utilization of coal associated resources are becoming more and more important, including metallic and non-metallic mineral resources, trace elements, oil and gas resources and unconventional natural gas, as well as water resources and geothermal resources. However, under such geological and geotechnical conditions, the efficient extraction of resources have been greatly limited by emerging complex rock mechanics problems. The deep understanding and research on the aforementioned problem is of great significance for the safe and efficient extraction of coal associated resources.
Most of the studies are confined to analyze the distribution characteristics of coal measure resources, and do not comprehensively consider the resources such as coal with water and geothermal resources. Therefore it’s essential to systematically understand the complex multiple field (solid, liquid, gas, thermal, chemistry etc.) and scale (micro, marco, lab and engineering scale) of rock mechanics problems associated with coordinated exploitation of coal and its associated resources. In addition, it is important to make reasonable planning for coordinated mining, determine the mining methods and mining sequences of various resources, analyze the surrounding rock activities and multi-field evolution laws in the process of multiple resources, and find the migration laws of polluting elements caused by coordinated mining.
This special issue will collect high-quality original research articles and review papers reflecting the multiple field and scale rock mechanics induced by coordinated exploitation of coal and its associated resources, such as oil and gas resources, water resources and geothermal resources. They can be based on numerical and physical simulations, theoretical analysis and field experiments, as well as engineering case studies.
Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:
• Multiple field rock mechanics of coordinated mining
• Multiple scale rock mechanics of coordinated mining
• Theory of associated resources exploitation
• Coal-gas coordinated mining theory and technologies
• Exploitation and utilization of coal and geothermal resources
• Coordinated mining technologies with unconventional natural gas
• Water resources development and coordinated exploitation
• Surrounding rock activities and multi-field evolution laws
• Migration and control technologies of polluting elements
