Analysis on the mechanical model in gob-side entry retaining of inclined coal seam

When gob-side roadways in inclined coal seam are retained by strike long wall mining method, the conveyor roadway are retained under ascending mining and the ventilation roadway is retained under underhand mining. In order to research the differences of roof activity in the two conditions, stack continuous layer boards model and load strips segmentation method are used and the influence of the coal seam dip angle is considered. Then the solving formulas of roadside support resistance under such conditions are obtained. Through comparison and analysis, it shows that roadside support resistance of conveyor roadway gob-side entry retaining is much greater than ventilation roadway gob-side entry retaining. When ventilation roadway gob-side entry retaining is used, roadside support resistance reduces with the coal seam dip angle increases. While conveyor roadway gob-side entry retaining is adoptel, roadside support resistance increases with the coal seam dip angle increases. But when the coal seam dip angle is larger than the natural repose angle of goaf caving gangue, the resistance can be reduced by considering the effect of goaf gangue accumulation. The conclusion provides reference for choosing mining sections order of gob-side entry retaining in inclined coal seam.