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Gob-side entry retaining is a coal no-pillar mining technology, which can recover coal pillar resources and reduce the quantity, and cost of roadway excavation. However, due to the breaking slewing and sinking movement of the roof of the overlying rock layer, the surrounding rock of the retained roadway will produce large deformation. In order to effectively reduce the stress transfer from the overlying rock layer, the method of cutting off the immediate roof and main roof can be used. This paper is to introduce the combination support composed of single pillar, π-beam, articulated roof beam and iron shoe, a kind of mechanization and high practicality of the cutting roof support, and to make it clear that the synergistic bearing mechanism of the cutting roof for gob-side entry retaining is formed automatically. In the first stage, anchor cable reinforcement is carried out on the roof and coal wall of the roadway in the area of over-supporting the working face. In the second stage, cut roof support is carried out after the working face is extracted. In the third stage, the roadway is repaired in the stabilized area for gob-side entry retaining channel adopts along the roadway joint cut roof support, cut off the immediate roof and main roof in the side of the mining gob area. While the gangue filling the mining gob area to form a wedge-shaped gangue roadside. In this paper, through theoretical calculations, numerical simulation and on-site measurement methods to determine the gangue for gob-side entry retaining gangue rib and cut roof support of the synergistic bearing characteristics. This paper proposes a combination support composed of single pillar, π-type beam, articulated roof beam and iron shoe, and analyzes the roof support structure of the combination support for gob-side entry retaining, the mechanism of cutting off the roof, and the synergistic bearing characteristics of gangue rib support. Comprehensive numerical simulation analysis and engineering practice results show that: roadway side of gob-side entry retaining is composed of combined support and gangue rib, they jointly bear the roof pressure, the formation of synergistic bearing structure. The range of plastic zone of surrounding rock for gob-side entry retaining decreases with the reduction of cutting angle. In the field operation, the damage rate of the combination support is low, and the deformation of the surrounding rock for gob-side entry retaining is small, so the effect of surrounding rock control is remarkable.
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Funded by Science and Technology Innovation Program of Higher Education Institutions in Shanxi Province (2022L447); Funded by Basic Youth Research Fund of Datong University, Shanxi Province (2022Q17); Funded by the 14th Five-Year Plan of Educational Science Planning of Shanxi Province (GH-220556).
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Wu, X., Guo, L., Ren, Y. et al. Research on the support of roadways with different roof cutting angles in gob-side entry retaining. Sci Rep (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-51426-w
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-51426-w
