浅埋煤层采空区因其埋藏浅，易造成地表塌陷，给人们生产和生活带来严重影响。直流电法探测是查明其分布状况的有效手段，浅埋煤层采空区直流电法探测电性响应特征研究可有效指导野外生产并提高探测精度。以直流电法的探测理论为基础，以水槽模拟为研究手段，选用不同介质模拟充气高阻浅埋煤层采空区和积水低阻浅埋煤层采空区，根据相似准则建立了浅埋煤层采空区的地电模型，通过水槽模拟研究了直流电法温纳装置、施伦贝谢装置和单边三极装置下浅埋煤层采空区的地电场响应，通过不同图件对比分析了高阻、低阻采空区在直流电法3种不同装置上的响应特征。水槽模拟试验结果表明：浅埋煤层采空区在直流电法不同装置上均有明显的电性差异，四极测深和三极测深均能较好地反映出高、低阻采空异常体在平面上的位置；温纳装置对高、低阻采空区反应都较好，且垂向分辨率较高；施伦贝谢装置随探测深度加大分辨率会降低；单边三极装置对采空异常反应最为灵敏，但异常位置稍有偏差。

The shallow coal seam goaf is easy to cause surface subsidence due to its shallow burial, which would impact on people’s production and life seriously. The direct current（DC）detection method is an effective method to find out the distribution of shallow coal seam goaf. It could be guide field production effectively and improve detection accuracy to study the electrical response characteristics of the shallow coal seam goaf to DC.The detection theory of DC method is the basis of research. The flume simulation experiment is the means of research. The inflatable high-resistance goaf and the low-resistance goaf are simulated by different mediums. The geoelectric model of shallow coal seam goaf is established according to the similar criteria. The geoelectric field response of the shallow coal seam goaf under the DC Winner device, Schlumberger device and unilateral tripole devices was studied by the flume simulation experiment. And also, the research compared and analyzed the response characteristics of high-resistance and low-resistance goaf under different DC devices through various maps.The simulation experiment shows that the shallow coal seam goaf has obvious electrical property difference on different devices of DC method; Both the quadrupole sounding and the tripole sounding could reflect the position of high-resistance and low-resistance mined anomaly on the plane; The Winner device has good response to both high and low resistance goaf, and the vertical resolution of that is high; The Schlumberger device will decrease in resolution as the depth of detection increases; The unilateral tripole device is most sensitive to the occurrence of goaf anomalies, but less accuracy on the position of the anomaly.