Behavior of anchor cable bolts with c-shaped tube and cable bolts in shear test

The gradual development of coal mining in deep areas has brought new challenges to the surrounding rock support system. It is imperative to design surrounding rock support elements that exhibit strong tensile and shear resistance and are suitable for pretension load. In this paper, an anchor cable bolt with a c-shaped tube (ACC) is proposed, and in order to study the shear performance of the ACC, the mechanical properties of the ACC and ordinary cable bolts with various diameters and pretension loads are tested. In addition, a comparative analysis is performed to investigate the effect of diameter and pretension load on the shear strength of the ACC and cable bolts. The results show that compared with ordinary cable bolts, the ACC exhibits better shear resistance, where its ability to withstand transverse shear load and shear deformation increased by more than 26.8% and 7.0%, respectively. The diameter and pretension load of the bolt significantly affect its shear performance. The larger the diameter of the bolt, the greater the peak shear load. By increasing the pretension load, the shear load and shear displacement at the peak shear load decrease. The failure of the ACC and ordinary cable bolt is mainly due to a combination of shear and tensile failures. In addition, the action mechanism of the ACC is preliminarily explored, and it provides some references for clarifying the mechanical properties of the ACC.