@ARTICLE{Yin_Dawei_Strength_2019, author={Yin, Dawei and Chen, Shaojie and Sun, Xizhen and Jiang, Ning}, volume={vol. 64}, number={No 2}, journal={Archives of Mining Sciences}, pages={307-319}, howpublished={online}, year={2019}, publisher={Committee of Mining PAS}, abstract={An uniaxial compression mechanical model for the roof rock-coal (RRC) composite sample was established in order to study the effects of height ratio of roof rock to coal on the structural strength of composite sample. The composite sample strengths under different height ratios were established through stress and strain analysis of the sample extracted from the interface. The coal strength near the interface is enhanced and rock strength near the interface weakened. The structural strength of composite sample is synthetically determined by the strengths of rock and coal near and far away from the interface. The area with a low strength in composite sample is destroyed firstly. An analytical model was proposed and discussed by conducting uniaxial compression tests for sandstone-coal composite samples with different height ratios, and it was found that the structural strength and elastic modulus decrease with a decrease in height ratio. The coal strengths far away from the interface determine the structural strengths of composite sample under different height ratios, which are the main control factor for the structural strength in this test. Due to its lowest strength, the rock near the interface first experienced a tensile spalling failure at the height ratio of 9:1, without causing the structural failure of composite sample. The coal failure induces the final failure of composite sample.}, type={Article}, title={Strength Characteristics of Roof Rock-Coal Composite Samples with Different Height Ratios Under Uniaxial Loading}, URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/112271/PDF/Archiwum-64-2-06-Yin.pdf}, doi={10.24425/ams.2019.128685}, keywords={strength characteristics, roof rock-coal (RRC) composite sample, height ratio of roof rock to coal, RRC interface, uniaxial compression test}, }