An innovative destressing technology and key parameters determination in both sides of a deep roadway

The general or single supporting theory and technology of the shallow surrounding rock of the roadway are not suitable for solving the problem of continuous large deformation of the both sides under the continuous migration of coal mass in the deep domain of the roadway side. Furthermore, the general destressing technology of dense drilling in the roadway destroys the shallow anchorage domain while releasing the stress. Therefore, this study proposes the “shallow supporting and deep destressing” synergism technology. This technology provides puissant supporting in the shallow domain of roadway sides, and at the same time, large destressing holes are excavated at the coal mass migration channel in deep stress peak domain far from the anchorage domain, conducting destressing regulation of roadway sides. This technology can shift stress peak domain of the roadway side to solid coal side of destressing hole without destroying the shallow anchorage domain, and at the same time, provide a buffer space for that coal mass in the deep domain of the roadway side continuously migrates to the anchorage surrounding rock, creating a beneficial stress circumstances for the roadway stability. The “shallow supporting and deep destressing” synergism technology can solve the contradiction between the shallow surrounding rock supporting and the continuous migration of coal mass in deep domain. The field application results show that the innovative destressing technology can effectively solve the problem of surrounding rock control in deep roadway.