With the increase in mining depth, the deep hard rock mass is under threat of rockburst under high geostress, high temperature, high osmotic pressure, and strong disturbance. To reduce the probability and strength of rockburst, a new energy‐absorbing bolt for guaranteeing the stability of deep hard rock mass was developed utilizing the energy absorption characteristic of high‐damping rubber. To analyze the practicability and obtain the quantified behaviors of this new energy‐absorbing bolt, a series of impact tests on specimens of high‐damping rubber, granite, and granite–rubber composite specimens was carried out by a split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) method. Further, considering the different working depths with different rock temperatures, the dynamic energy‐absorbing characteristics of high‐damping rubber under different temperatures were tested. The testing results show that the new energy‐absorbing bolt can consume the storage energy in host rock effectively, and the environmental temperature will produce certain effects on the energy‐consuming rate. In addition, the optimal energy‐absorbing thickness–diameter ratio of high‐damping rubber was confirmed by SHPB tests.

The latest research on energy piles demonstrates that most scholars are focusing their attention on optimization by designing more efficient heat exchanger coils, analyzing the heat pump matching parameters, and so on. However, after more than 20 years of development, these traditional methods for improving the heat transfer efficiency of energy piles have reached a bottleneck, and a new approach for the continued enhancement of this technology must be investigated. In this study, powdered graphite with high heat transfer characteristics was included in a concrete mix to create graphite concrete piles with enhanced heat transfer characteristics. The results from theoretical analysis, laboratory testing, and numerical simulation indicate that using graphite to improve the heat transfer efficiency of a concrete material is an effective method for enhancing the thermal efficiency of an energy pile system. The research results also show that the heat transfer coefficient of the concrete exhibits greater improvement when the graphite content is greater than 15% under the same environmental temperature. After studying the performance of the proposed graphite concrete energy pile under different environmental temperatures (10°C, 20°C, 30°C, and 40°C), the results indicate that the working efficiency of the energy pile is better in the summer than in the winter. Finally, parameters such as the cast‐in pipe configuration and pile spacing are optimized.

Upon reaching deeper levels of extraction, dynamic hazards such as rockburst become more pronounced, with the high energy storage characteristics of rock masses in high-stress environments being the fundamental factor behind rockburst disasters. Additionally, deep-seated mineral extraction commonly involves drilling and blasting methods, where the vibrational energy generated by mining explosions combines with the elastic energy of rock masses, leading to a sudden growth in the risk and intensity of rockburst disasters. This paper, with deep mining at Sanshandao Gold Mine as the focal point, systematically investigates the impact of blasting vibrations on rockburst disasters in deep mines. Initially, based on extensive data on measured geostress considering the tri-arch cross-section form of deep tunnels, the elastic energy storage of the surrounding rocks in deep tunnels was calculated. The results indicate that the maximum energy storage of the surrounding rocks occurs at the bottom of the tunnel, with the peak accumulation position located at a distance of five times the tunnel radius. On this basis, the Map3D numerical simulation analysis was adopted to systematically capture the accumulation behavior and distribution characteristics of disturbance energy. Subsequently, by conducting the dynamic impact experiments with an improved Split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) and monitoring vibration signals at various locations, the paper provides insights into the propagation patterns of impact energy in a long sample (400 mm in length and 50 mm in diameter). Analysis of the scattering behavior of vibrational energy reveals that the combined portion of blasting vibration energy constitutes 60% of the total vibrational energy. Finally, a rockburst disaster evaluation model based on energy accumulations was proposed to analyze the rockburst tendencies around deep tunnels. The results indicated that the disaster-driven energy increased by 19.9% and 12.2% at different places on the roadway. Also, the probability and intensity of a rockburst would be raised.

Deep mining involves complex geological environments. Moreover, along with strong disturbance, rockbursts and other severe dynamic hazards can occur frequently. Energy theory is widely regarded as the most appropriate method for understanding the mechanism of deep dynamic problems. When modeling dynamic disasters, energy theory includes the energy storage, energy accumulation, and energy transfer. To study the energy transfer characteristics in rock, a series of split‐Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) impact tests were conducted with long granite specimens (400 mm in length and 50 mm in diameter) and modified incidence bars (having the same cross‐sectional area but different shapes). The test results indicate that the impact energy decays exponentially with an energy attenuation coefficient of −0.42. For the scattering characteristics of energy in the rock, the scattering distance is found to be approximately three times the specimen diameter, which is very similar to Saint‐Venant’s principle in elastic mechanics.

In deep mining, the rockburst hazard has become a prominent problem. Rockburst is difficult to be predicted, and it gives a severe threat to mining safety. In this paper, the triaxial compressive tests with an acoustic emission (AE) device and full cyclic loading and unloading tests were carried out, respectively, to present characteristics of linear elastic strain energy and peak strain energy. Also, to consider the time-delay strain characteristics of granite found in the abovementioned tests, a new stage loading and unloading test with dual monitoring systems was designed and performed. Through 20 days’ time-delay strain monitoring, the peak-strength strain energy was further modified. The results showed that the peak strain energy is approximate 1.2-1.3 times than linear elastic strain energy under the same confining pressure, and after considering the time-delay strain effect, the modified maximal strain energy value of the deep granite significantly increased. The peak strain energy values are further enhanced from 1.0 × 10⁴ J/m³ to 1.8 × 10⁴ J/m³, respectively. At last, by taking advantage of the strain energy index model of rockburst, the tendency and intensity of rockburst were assessed contrastively.