Table 1 Designing for gas pressure and external stress.

From: Experimental study of gas flow and coal deformation at different levels of axial/radial stress ratio

Axial stress/MPa

Radial stress/MPa

Axial/radial stress ratios

Gas pressure/MPa

3

2

1.5

1

4

2

5

2.5

6

3

7

3.5