Creep Characteristics and Creep Model of Coal Based on Pore Water Pressure

Abstract

Anthracite in a specific area of Shanxi Province is the subject of this essay’s research. In the creep studies, different porosity intervals and pore water pressures were employed to evaluate the mechanical properties of creep under various test paths. The conventional Burges model was coupled in series with the nonlinear viscous elements and plastic elements. The key parameters in the equation are fitted, and a creep model is created to describe the nonlinear viscosity-elastic-plastic characteristics of coal under the influence of pore water pressure with varying porosities. The creep tests used varied porosity intervals, pore water pressures, and test paths to study the mechanical properties of creep. The conventional Burges model was coupled in series with the nonlinear viscous element and plastic element. To represent the nonlinear viscosity-elastic-plastic properties of coal under the effect of pore water pressure with variable porosities, the main parameters in the equation are fitted, and a creep model is developed. The results show that the porosity and strength of the coal sample are negatively correlated. In comparison to coal samples with a porosity of 5–10%, the uniaxial compressive strength of coal samples with a porosity of 10–15% and 15–20% reduced by 9.6% and 22.3%. Throughout the creep process, instantaneous strain rises with porosity, and changes in pore water pressure and porosity have an effect on instantaneous creep under low-stress loading, resulting in different creep curve starting strain values. The duration from stress loading to the accelerated creep stage in the failure stage and the time from the deceleration creep stage to the accelerated creep stage are both gradually shortened with an increase in porosity and pore water pressure. For regression analysis and parameter identification, a creep constitutive model was developed to describe the creep characteristics of coal samples with varying porosity under varying pore water pressure. The creep parameters of the new constitutive model were obtained, and they could very well reflect the creep characteristics of specimens with varying porosity intervals under the influence of pore water pressure.