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  • SME-ICGCM
    Barrier Pillar Design for Safe and Productive Longwall Mining

    By Stephen C. Tadolini

    Effective barrier pillar design is an essential component for safe and productive underground coal mining. Barrier pillar design methodologies that incorporate sound engineering judgment have been use

    Jan 1, 2013

  • SME-ICGCM
    Cross Well Acoustic Tomography To Locate Abandoned Underground Mines And Subsidence Failure

    By Linda K. Killoran

    The U.S. Bureau of Mines has developed a prototype cross well acoustic logging system and complementary tomographic image reconstruction software for the detection and delineation of abandoned undergr

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SME-ICGCM
    New Developments in the Area of Influence of Longwall Excavations

    By Denise Weber, Jürgen Kateloe, Marku Papst, Laurenz Preusse, Axel Preusse

    "The angle of draw (in Germany, referred to as Limit Angle) plays a significant role in the field of mining subsidence engineering. This applies both to the assessment of the affected area by undergro

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SME-ICGCM
    Numerical Modeling the Interburden Impact on Multiple-Seam Coal Mining in Western China

    By Jimin Su, Enguang Zhu, Kangning Zhang, Yang Li

    "The effect of interburden on overlying strata movement during the mining of a lower group coal seam is still a challenge in China. Based on the multiple coal seams in western China, numerical simulat

    Jan 1, 2017

  • SME-ICGCM
    Energy Concepts in the Analysis of Unstable Coal Pillar Failures

    By Eric C. Poeck, Ryan Garvey, Ugur Ozbay, Kun Zhang

    "A coal bump is characterized by the sudden failure of one or more pillars and an associated release of kinetic energy. Although the geologic conditions surrounding coal bumps are often similar, their

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SME-ICGCM
    Preventing Falls Of Ground In Coal Mines With Exceptionally Low-Strength Roof: Two Case Studies

    By Christopher Mark

    Mines with exceptionally low-strength roof (UCS <3,500 psi and CMRR <40) are much more likely to struggle with roof falls than other mines. Weak-roof is a particular problem for many room and pillar m

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SME-ICGCM
    The Quasi-Protection-Layer Model and Its Mechanisms of Gas Drainage

    By Liu Xiao, Lin Xiaoying, Ma Geng, Tao Yunqi

    "The soft coal in China has several issues, low permeability, high gas content and prone to gas outburst, making it difficult to drill and improve its permeability. Using the rock mass loading test, t

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME-ICGCM
    Development of a Risk Rating System for Use in Underground Coal Mining

    By Johann van Wjk

    Mandatory Codes of Practice to Combat Rock Fall Accidents came into force on South African Collieries in 1997. These were drawn up in accordance with guidelines issued by the Chief Inspector of Mines,

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SME-ICGCM
    The Use Of Cribless Tailgates In Longwall Extraction

    By Russell Frith

    The paper defines the various operational advantages associated with the use of cribless tailgates during longwall extraction and considers the associated ground control issues that need evaluating to

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SME-ICGCM
    Multiseam Mining On South African Collieries

    By R. W. Hill

    Multiseam mining has been carried out at many collieries in South Africa. It the seams are In close proximity difficult and dangerous mining conditions may arise. In the Witbank area multiseam bord an

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME-ICGCM
    Effects Of Bedding Plane Sliding And Separation And Tensioned Bolt In Layered Roof

    3-D finite element modeling was performed to study the effect of bedding plane sliding and separation and tensioned bolt in layered root It was found that the major influence zones of a tensioned bolt

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME-ICGCM
    Numerical Modeling of Stress Distribution of Gateroads Subjected to Dynamic Pressure of Longwall Mining in the Immediate Overlying Seam, a Case Study

    By Ximeng Li

    The entries that are subjected to dynamic pressure are much more difficult to maintain due to repeated disturbance. A case study of an entry stress distribution was performed using the FLAC3D program.

    Jan 1, 2013

  • SME-ICGCM
    A Case Study Of A Deformation Mechanism Around A Two-Entry Gate-Road System Involving Probable Time-Dependent Behavior

    By M. K. Larson

    The U.S. Bureau of Mines and Cyprus Shoshone Coal Corp. conducted a study of deformation mechanisms around a longwall gate-road system in an underground coal mine. Of particular interest was roof defo

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME-ICGCM
    Modeling of Joint and Fracture Distributions in Rock Mass Before and After Blasting

    By Binchuan Zhang

    Based on the theory of fracture mechanics and blasting, computer simulations were performed to predict the original rock mass structure and those rock mass structures damaged at different levels uing

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME-ICGCM
    Renewed Interest In Prop Supports As A Replacement For Wood Cribs

    By Thomas M. Barczak

    Wood cribs have been the dominant form of supplemental support in coal mining for many years. Recently, there has been a renewed interest in prop supports as a replacement for wood cribbing due to the

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME-ICGCM
    Methods Used To Monitor Roof Geology And Entry Supports

    By James M. Tennant

    In the mid 1970&apos;s, American Electric Power significantly expanded its internal coal production. This involved opening several large mines in seams that had never been mined on a large commercial

    Jan 1, 1982

  • SME-ICGCM
    Analysis of Gateroad Stability at Two Longwall Mines Based on Field Monitoring Results and Numerical Model Analysis

    By David F. Gearhart, Mark Van Dyke, Heather Dougherty, Ted Klemetti, Gabriel S. Esterhuizen

    "Coal mine longwall gateroads are subject to changing loading conditions induced by the advancing longwall face. The ground response and support requirements are closely related to the magnitude and o

    Jan 1, 2018

  • SME-ICGCM
    Analysis Of Retreat Mining Pillar Stability

    By Christopher Mark

    Preventing pillar line squeezes, massive pillar collapses, and coal pillar bumps is critical to the safe and efficient recovery of coal during retreat mining operations. To help prevent these problems

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME-ICGCM
    Deformation Mechanism and Floor Heave Control Technology in Deep? Buried Full Seam Chamber

    By Xicai Gao

    With the intensification and expansion of deep coal mining, the surrounding rock stress environment becomes further deteriorated because of the complicated geological environment and powerful mining e

    Jan 1, 2013

  • SME-ICGCM
    Progress in Managing the Geotechnical Aspects of Longwall Face Recovery

    By David Hill

    "End of panel longwall face recovery is almost certainly the most involved recurring geotechnical problem faced by operators, with major loss potential should problems occur. The paper presents Austra

    Jan 1, 2010