Risk Assessment of Rockburst with a LS-FAHP-CRITIC Method: A Case in Gaojiapu Coal Mine, North of China

Rockburst is one of the main dynamic disasters in coal mines; it is of great significance to accurately evaluate the risk zoning of rockburst for mine safety construction and pressure relief design. Taking the Gaojiapu coal mine in the Bingchang mining area of Shaanxi Province as the study area, this paper quantifies the complex geological structure based on fractal theory and establishes the zoning evaluation model of rockburst risk index in the mining area by LS-FAHP-CRITIC method in combination with the distribution characteristics of field stress field, the distribution of geological structure, and the sedimentary environment of coal seam overburden. A new evaluation method of rockburst risk zoning in the coal mine is proposed, and the rockburst risk in the study area was evaluated. The results show that the dangerous areas in the study area are widely distributed, mainly in the area near the structure with high maximum horizontal principal stress. On the basis of the actual rockburst of the Gaojiapu coal mine, the areas where rockburst occurs are all located in dangerous area and high dangerous area, which verifies the accuracy and rationality of the zoning evaluation results of the new method. This method can be used to guide the safety production of similar mines or adjacent coalfaces.