Table 2 Mechanical parameters of coal and rock.

From: Control mechanism of the surrounding rock structure of multisection stopes in steeply dipping coal seams under overburden transient changes excitation

Rock

Unit Weight

(kg/m3)

Bulk Modulus

(GPa)

Shear Modulus

(GPa)

Poisson’s Ratio

Compressive Strength

(MPa)

Cohesion

(MPa)

Angle of Internal Friction

(°)

Medium sandstone

2530

3.3

3.8

0.14

32

4.5

20.4

Gravelly coarse sandstone

2462

3.5

2.2

0.22

15

1.5

33

#5 coal

1350

1.5

1

0.30

6

1.0

23

Carbon mudstone

1530

3.8

1.6

0.35

26

0.8

23

Coarse sandstone

2640

5.3

4.8

0.13

25

4.2

28