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  • SME-ICGCM
    Investigation Of Subsidence Event Over Multiple Seam Mining Area (b421bdde-19e7-491b-bc6d-a4cce9ef42b4)

    By Kewal K. Kohli

    An investigation was performed to determine the sequence of events which caused the 1987 surface subsidence and related damage to several homes in Walker County, Alabama, USA (see Figure 1). Surface a

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SME-ICGCM
    Effects of Draw Slate Thickness on Longwall Mining

    By Jun Lu

    The Pittsburgh seam is the most extensively mined coal bed in the Appalachian Basin. Unlike most other prominent coal seams, the Pittsburgh seam typically includes a sequence of immediate roof coals a

    Jan 1, 2013

  • SME-ICGCM
    A Review of the Geomechanics Aspects of a Double Fatality Coal Burst at Austar Colliery in NSW, Australia in April 2014

    By Bruce Hebblewhite, Jim Galvin

    "A coal burst occurred on 15 April, 2014 at the Austar Coal Mine, located west of Newcastle, NSW, Australia. The burst resulted in fatal injuries to two men working as part of the mining crew at the d

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME-ICGCM
    Methods Of Controlling Thick And Strong Roof In Longwall Mining

    By Deren Zhu

    The principle of roof control in longwall mining is to control main roof fractures so as to reduce roof weighting, plus reasonable and effective design of supports to reduce the convergence and premat

    Jan 1, 1990

  • SME-ICGCM
    Study on the Top Caving Mining Technology in Thick Coal Seam beneath the Earth-Rock Dam and Its Influence

    By Wenbing Guo, Yi Tan, Erhu Bai

    "It is important to study the mining technology under structures for raising the coal resources recovery ratio. Based on the geological and mining conditions, the top coal caving harmonic mining techn

    Jan 1, 2016

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    The Introduction of Uk Rockbolting Technology into Coal MinesAround the World

    By Graham Daws

    The introduction of UK rock bolting technology has been applied in many large underground coal mines around the world. This paper explains the methods that have been applied for its successful introdu

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME-ICGCM
    The Importance of Underground Stone Mine Roof Geology

    By Frank Kendorski

    Several startup or longtime underground stone mines have experienced unanticipated roof control difficulties due to the variable geologic character of the roof strata. Careful mapping of roof conditio

    Jan 1, 2002

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    An Approach to Predict Rock Mass Deformations in Three Dimensions for a Part of an Open Pit Mine and Comparison with Field Deformation Monitoring Data

    By Pinnaduwa H. S. W. Kulatilake, Biao Shu

    The intact rock properties and discontinuity properties for both Devonian Rodeo Creek (DRC) and Devonian Papovich (DP) rock formations that exist in the selected open-pit mine were determined from tes

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Numerical Modeling of Standing Support Performance in Entries between Longwall Gobs

    By Benjamin Mirabile

    "Current and emerging practices to ventilate longwall gobs are prompting increased design and analysis of standing support requirements related to longwall mining. Specifically, additional design meth

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Overcoring Techniques to Assess in Situ Corrosion of Galvanised Friction Bolts

    The effects of corrosion upon the load bearing capacity and ultimate tensile strength of galvanised friction bolts were determined. Corrosion rates were measured by overcoring of the reinforcement ele

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME-ICGCM
    Changes in Stress and Displacement Caused by Longwall Panel Retreats

    By Ihsan B. Tulu, David F. Gearhart, Gabriel S. Esterhuizen

    "Ground deformation and support response was monitored in a longwall gateroad as part of a research project into gateroad stability under changing loading conditions. In this study, instrumentation wa

    Jan 1, 2017

  • SME-ICGCM
    Shear Bond Characteristics in Grouted Cable Bolts

    By Jian Yong Chen

    The results of a laboratory investigation of pullout tests conducted on grouted, plain cable bolts are reported. The main purpose of the study is to determine experimentally the shear bond stiffiess o

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME-ICGCM
    Cross?Correlation Detection of Seismic Events Related to the Crandall Canyon Mine Collapse

    By Tex M. Kubacki

    On August 6, 2007, the Crandall Canyon Mine experienced a collapse which trapped six mine-workers. An MW 4.1 seismic event was recorded in conjunction with this collapse. An additional 54 seismic even

    Jan 1, 2013

  • SME-ICGCM
    Research on the Geological Dynamic Conditions and Forecast for Rock Bursts

    By Weihua Song, Hongwei Zhang, Feng Zhu, Sheng Li, Guoshui Tang

    "Rock burst is one of the most serious dynamic disasters in coal mining. Rock burst prevention involves two difficult tasks: systematically evaluating the occurrence conditions and effectively forecas

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Ground Control Problem Associated with Longwall Mining of Developed Pillars

    By T. N. Singh

    Board and pillar system of mining has beer, practised in India in view of abundant availability of cheap labour force, low investment and quick return. Subsequently, selective mining from thick seems

    Jan 1, 1984

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    Inflatable Rock Bolt Bond Strength vs. Rock Mass Rating (RMR): A Comparative Analysis of Pull–Out Testing Data from Underground Mines in Nevada

    By Chase K. Barnard, Rahul Thareja, Sean Warren, Rajagopala Kallu

    "Inflatable rock bolts are commonly utilized for ground support in Nevada underground mines, however, there is limited information regarding what factors influence the bond strength of these bolts. Bo

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Development of the 3D Numerical Modeling of Roof Bolts for Studying the Bolt/Rock Interaction

    By WenFeng Li

    A 3D roof bolt model with the consideration of rebar, resin, bearing plate, and resin/rock interface was developed for studying the bolt/rock interactions of the tensioned and fully-grouted resin bolt

    Jan 1, 2014

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    Three?Dimensional Ground Stability Study Around a Mine Tunnel in a Highly Discontinuous Rock Mass under Significant in Situ Stress

    By Pinnaduwa H. S. W. Kulatilake

    To exploit an underground mine effectively and safely, it is important to have a good understanding of the geotechnical behavior of the rockmass surrounding the underground mine excavation. The aim of

    Jan 1, 2013

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    Meeting the Challenges of Floor and Sidewall Strata Control in UK Deep Coal Mines

    By Lorraine Kent

    Excessive floor and side deformation are major problems in deep coal mine entries in Europe, and in particular in the UK where rockbolt support is used at depths of working of around 3000 ft. This has

    Jan 1, 2014

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    The Development and Planning of Multiple Level Underground Limestone Mines

    By Bruce W. King, David A. Newman

    "Underground mines have always been an integral part of the limestone industry. However, beginning in the 1990s, the number of underground limestone mines has increased for many reasons including• Str

    Jan 1, 2016