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Taking the haulage roadway of the 3131 working face in Longmenxia South Coal Mine as the research background, the theoretical analysis method is adopted to explore the mechanical state of the main roof in inclined coal seams and the design of roadside support resistance. According to the structural evolution characteristics of the main roof, it is divided into four periods. Based on the elastic theory, corresponding mechanical models are established, and the mechanical expressions of the main roof stress and deflection are derived. The distribution characteristics of the main roof\u2019s mechanical state in each zone and the influence law of the coal seam dip angle on the main roof\u2019s mechanical state are studied. This study reveals a critical transition from symmetric to asymmetric mechanical behavior in the main roof structure due to the coal seam dip angle and roof structure evolution. The results show that, in the absence of roadside support, during the roadway retaining period, the upper surface of the main roof is in tension, and the lower surface is under compression. The stress value increases slowly from the high-sidewall side to the middle, while it increases sharply from the middle to the short-sidewall side. Under the inclined coal seam, as the dip angle of the coal and rock strata increases, the component load perpendicular to the roof direction decreases, and the roof deflection also decreases accordingly. On this basis, the design formula for the roadside support resistance of gob-side entry retaining with roof cutting in inclined coal seams is presented, and the roadside support resistance of the No. 3131 haulage roadway is designed. Building upon this foundation, a design formula for roadside support resistance in steeply inclined coal seams with roof-cutting and gob-side entry retaining has been developed. This formula was applied to the No. 3131 haulage roadway support design. Field engineering tests demonstrated that the maximum roof-to-floor deformation at the high sidewall decreased from 600 mm (unsupported condition) to 165 mm during the entry retaining period. During the advanced influence phase of secondary mining operations, the maximum deformation at the high sidewall was maintained at approximately 193 mm.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym17050723","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,9]],"date-time":"2025-05-09T06:18:51Z","timestamp":1746771531000},"page":"723","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Analysis of Main Roof Mechanical State in Inclined Coal Seams with Roof Cutting and Gob-Side Entry Retaining"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Ji","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Energy Engineering, Xi\u2019an University of Science and Technology, Xi\u2019an 710054, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of Western Mine Exploitation and Hazard Prevention Ministry of Education, Xi\u2019an 710054, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bo","family":"Yan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Energy Engineering, Xi\u2019an University of Science and Technology, Xi\u2019an 710054, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jihui","family":"Dong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sichuan Xuyong No.1 Coal Mine Co., Ltd., Luzhou 646499, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xubo","family":"Qiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Energy Engineering, Xi\u2019an University of Science and Technology, Xi\u2019an 710054, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chaosen","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sichuan Xuyong No.1 Coal Mine Co., Ltd., Luzhou 646499, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Guangyong","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sichuan Xuyong No.1 Coal Mine Co., Ltd., Luzhou 646499, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yingjian","family":"Zheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sichuan Xuyong No.1 Coal Mine Co., Ltd., Luzhou 646499, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"219","article-title":"Management of national planned coal mining areas and discrimination with coal mining areas","volume":"47","author":"Wang","year":"2019","journal-title":"Coal Geol. 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