Table 2 Relationship between the measured maximum horizontal principal stress and vertical stress components in some Chinese coal mines.

From: Insights into fundamental problems of rockburst under the modern structure stress field

Coal mine

Depth (m)

Maximum principal horizontal stress

Vertical stress/horizontal component

Principal horizontal stress/Vertical stress

Stress field type

Poisson’s ratio/lateral pressure coefficient

Wudong coal mine

275

7.0

7.4/2.1

0.95

Tectonic stress field

0.22/0.28

Jixian coal mine

668

36.61

18.0/7.8

2.03

Tectonic stress field

0.30/0.43

Laohutai coal mine

758

31.94

20.5/8.4

1.56

Tectonic stress field

0.29/0.41

Yuejin coal mine

996

22.87

26.9/11.0

0.85

Tectonic stress field

0.29/0.41

Linxi coal mine

980

46.27

26.46/7.4

1.75

Tectonic stress field

0.22/0.28