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  • SME-ICGCM
    Prevention Of Time-Dependent Subsidence By Elimination Of Ground Movement Over An Abandoned Mine

    By V. V. Nazimko

    Abandoned coal mines cause subsidence and structural damages. Shallow abandoned mines induce the most severe and harmful damages. In addition, they produce time-dependent subsidence which is difficult

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME-ICGCM
    A Roof Quality Index For Stone Mines Using Borescope Logging

    By John Ellenberger

    The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has collected pillar and span data at 34 stone mines in 10 states to develop pillar and roof span design guidelines for underground st

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME-ICGCM
    Analysis of Multiple Seam Stability

    By Christopher Mark

    Multiple seam interactions are a major ground control hazard in many U.S. underground coal mines. The two most common types are: ? Undermining, where stress concentrations caused by previous ful

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME-ICGCM
    Surface damage due to longwall mining - A case study

    By P. M. Lin

    A subsidence monitoring program over a longwall panel was established (1) to explore the impacts of dynamic subsidence on the ground surface and structures and (2) to correlate the movements between t

    Jan 1, 1989

  • SME-ICGCM
    Test Method for Assessing Water Degradation Potential of Coal Measure Rocks for Analyses of Floor, Roof, and Ribs

    By G. J. Hasenfus

    There are no known published methods of estimating the degradation of coal measure rocks by water that are simple and efficient, yet still provide a quantitative, meaningful value for assessing the st

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME-ICGCM
    Regional Two-Seam Stress Analyses At The Deer Creek Mine (58f624e3-fdec-4f72-b0ef-8ec1e65d9bd2)

    By Hamid Maleki

    A geotechnical monitoring program has been implemented at Energy West Mining Company for enhancing site-specific evaluation of longwall stress conditions. This program consists of underground measure

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME-ICGCM
    Laboratory And Field Characterization Of Immediate Floor Strata In Illinois Basin Coal Mines

    By Yoginder P. Chugh

    The characteristics of weak floor strata associated with actively mined coal seams in Illinois are very important from ground stability point of view and, in many cases, are the governing factors in d

    Jan 1, 1989

  • SME-ICGCM
    Performance Evaluation Of A Cable Bolted Yield-Abutment Gate Road System At The Crandall Canyon No. 1 Mine, Genwal Resources, Inc., Huntington, Utah

    By J. R. Koehler

    Although two-entry yield pillar-based gate roads supported by wooden cribs have been commonly used throughout longwalling in the Wasatch PlateadRoan Cliffs coalfield of central Utah, a three-entry yie

    Jan 1, 1996

  • SME-ICGCM
    Keynote Address for 24th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, August 2- 4, 2005 - Like Deja Vu All Over Again

    By Peter B. Lilly

    Thank you, Syd, for the kind introduction and for inviting me to give the Keynote Address at this very prestigious gathering of some of the finest intellect and talent in the domestic and internationa

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME-ICGCM
    The Uniaxial Compressive Strength Of Coal: Should It Be Used To Design Pillars?

    By Christopher Mark

    The Bureau of Mines has recently completed a comprehensive study of coal strength. More than 4000 individual test results from over 60 seams were extracted from the literature and combined in the most

    Jan 1, 1996

  • SME-ICGCM
    Analysis of Coal Pillar Stability (ACPS): A New Generation of Pillar Design Software

    By Zach Agioutantis, Christopher Mark

    "Thirty years ago, the Analysis of Longwall Pillar Stability (ALPS) inaugurated a new era in coal pillar design. ALPS was the first empirical pillar design technique to consider the abutment loads tha

    Jan 1, 2018

  • SME-ICGCM
    Mine Stability Mapping

    By Collin L. Stewart

    The high cost and limited flexibility of modern longwall systems has resulted in the need for mine engineers and geologists to predict possible adverse mining areas ahead of mining and to then design

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME-ICGCM
    Design And Backfill Installation Considerations For Cut-And-Cover Coal Mine Slope Entry Using Steel Supports And Lagging (5aeac579-3675-40a9-b37e-6b4c5af947be)

    By Larry DeGraff

    With the increase of new mine development in the past several years, many coal mines have decided to self- perform the design and construction for their slope development projects. The development pr

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME-ICGCM
    Trail Mountain Mine: A Case Study For Improving Locations Of Mining-Induced Seismicity With Double-Difference Relocation (2de3a4ff-91be-4a02-947a-fc4fd7ffaac8)

    By Eleanor Sonley

    In October 2000, temporary seismographic stations were installed above the Trail Mountain Mine, Emery County, Utah, USA to supplement a regional network. Over seven months, 1826 mining-induced seismi

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME-ICGCM
    Major Hazard Risk Assessment Applied To Pillar Recovery Operations (ad413764-c947-4465-9ec3-62ea91281168)

    By A. T. Iannacchione

    Recent fatal injuries occurring during pillar retreat coal mining call for better identification of the hazards and recognition of risks. Ground control hazards associated with room-and-pillar retrea

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME-ICGCM
    Evaluation Of Tailgate Ground And Support Interaction In The Illinois Basin For The Development Of A Ground Reaction Curve Based Standing Support Design (b187e562-fd74-46c1-b2f9-93667db20030)

    By Dennis Dolinar

    Improperly designed support systems have led to unplanned roof falls in longwall tailgates. To prevent such falls requires appropriate support and adequately designed support systems. The National Ins

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME-ICGCM
    Innovation In Control Of Geomechanical State Of Undermined Rock Mass And Deformations Of Earth Surface

    By F. N. Voskoboyev

    The suggested new method for control of geomechanical state of undermined rock mass ensures, as a safety measure for the earth surface protection, the decrease of deformations by 2,5 - 10 times in min

    Jan 1, 1996

  • SME-ICGCM
    Innovative Secondary Support Technologies For Western Mines

    By Thomas M. Barczak

    With the development of the shield support, the primary requirement for successful ground control in longwall mining is to provide stable gate road and bleeder entries. Wood cribbing has been the domi

    Jan 1, 1996

  • SME-ICGCM
    Computer Modeling Of Rock Mass Geomechanic State In Longwall Design

    By V. D. Jalevsky

    A new methodology of an experimental-analytical approach has been developed. It is used in building an information geomechanic monitoring system for the modeling of geomechanic processes during coal s

    Jan 1, 1996

  • SME-ICGCM
    Time–Lapse Photogrammetric Monitoring of an Underground Stone Mine

    By Brent A. Slaker, Michael Murphy, John Ellenberger, Erik Westman

    "Photogrammetry, as a tool for monitoring underground mine deformation, is an alternative to traditional point measurement devices, and may be capable of accurate measurements in situations where tech

    Jan 1, 2015