TY - JOUR
TI - A new theoretical model for guiding the gas extraction in coal mines
AU - Xie Jing
AU - Zhang Zetian
AU - Gao Mingzhong
AU - Zhang Ru
AU - Wang Man
AU - Jin Wencheng
AU - Luo Yi
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2017
VL - 21
IS - 11
SP - 293
EP - 300
PT - Article
AB - Based on the fractal-percolation properties, the equivalent permeability  analysis of 3-D discrete fracture network models are investigated and  analyzed for the first time. The 3-D fractal dimension was calculated with  the 3-D fracture density, the mean major axis of fracture and the aspect  ratio of major to minor axis. The reconstructed mining-induced fracture  network model was used to validate that the correlation between the  predicted and actual results is very strong in a sense. The equivalent  permeability results can be adopted to guide the gas extraction in coal  mines.