Effects of Water Immersion on the Long-Term Bearing Characteristics of Crushed Gangue in Goaf

To study the long-term bearing characteristics of crushed gangue in goaf under water immersion conditions, the creep test of the crushed gangue in the water immersion state was performed by using the self-developed large-scale deformation-seepage test system of crushed rock. The effects of the rock lithology, axial stress, and grain composition on the long-term bearing deformation characteristics and fractal characteristics of crushed gangue under water immersion were analysed. The results show that under certain conditions of axial stress and grain composition of the gangue, a greater uniaxial compressive strength of water-saturated rock corresponds to a greater deformation resistance of the rock, smaller strain and crushing expansion in the corresponding creep stage, and greater fractal dimension increments of the crushed gangue after compression, and the gangue will have more serious crushing. With identical grain compositions and with the increase in the axial stress in the creep stage, the strain increases, the crushing expansion decreases, the fractal dimension increments of the crushed gangue after compression increase, and the gangue will have more serious crushing. Under identical axial stress conditions, when the Talbol power index n is 0.5, the differentials of the strain and crushing expansion for the crushed sandstone sample in the creep stage are minimal. When n is 0.3 or 0.7, these quantities are basically equal. With the increase in the Talbol power index, the fractal dimension increments of the crushed sandstone sample during compression gradually increase, and the crushed sandstone sample will have more serious crushing.