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Experimental and Numerical Methodology Assessment of Load Transfer Capacity of Bolts
By Naj Aziz
n Australia, the common method of laboratory testing of bolt for load transfer capacity determination is by short encapsulation push testing. Some concerns are raised about the validity of the test me
Jan 1, 2005
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Preventing Roof Fall Accidents - An Operation's Approach
By Joe Zelanko
In order to prevent roof fall accidents and injuries, U.S. underground coal mine operators must develop and implement effective roof control strategies. Various tools are available to assist engineers
Jan 1, 2011
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Probabilistic Approach to Coal Pillar Design
By Ben Fahrman
The classical approach to engineering design involves the purely deterministic calculation of the factor of safety, the ratio of strength to stress. The factor of safety is an easy calculation to perf
Jan 1, 2013
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Modeling the Arc-effect of a Coal Mine Roof
By André C. Zingano
The domino effect in a violent pillar collapse occurs due to the redistribution of stress in the remaining pillars near the collapse, and this stress transfer occurs in the immediate and main roofs. T
Jan 1, 2005
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Multi?Seam Mining Over Old Workings with Small Pillars - A Case Study
By Peter Zhang
Room and pillar mining under shallow depth is usually conducted with a high extraction ratio, which leaves small pillars with a low safety factor in some old workings in abandoned mines. Pillar slough
Jan 1, 2014
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A Comparison of Numerical Methods and Analytical Methods in Determination of Tunnel Walls Displacement ? A Case Study
By Behdeen Oraee-Mirzamani
Tunnel stability has an important role in the production process of an underground coal mine. There are various methods for analysing tunnel stability, such as numerical methods and analytical methods
Jan 1, 2013
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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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Development of a Laboratory Facility for Testing Shear Performance of Installed Rock Reinforcement Tendons
By L. Mahony
This paper describes the design, construction and commissioning testing program for a laboratory facility at the School of Mining Engineering, UNSW, Australia, aimed at evaluating reinforcement tendon
Jan 1, 2005
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Development of the Laboratory Short Encapsulation Pull Test for a Revised British Standard on Rock Reinforcement Components Used in Coal Mining
By D. Bigby
The current British Standard on rock reinforcement components used in coal mining (BS7861:1996) employs the axial double embedment tensile PET) test to determine the main system load transfer performa
Jan 1, 2005
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Half a Career Trying to Understand Why the Roof Along the Longwall Face Falls in from Time to Time?
By Russell Frith
Probably the most expensive but least well understood roof falls in underground coal mining, are those that occur ahead of the powered supports in the centre of longwall face. Even small roof cavities
Jan 1, 2005
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Evaluation of the Impact of Standing Support on Ground Behavior in Longwall Tailgates (8a8cef19-7d7c-417d-83e0-31858c1152c5)
By Thomas Barczak
Longwall mines typically use some form of standing support for secondary roof support in longwall tailgate entries. Although there have been several new support products developed for this application
Jan 1, 2005
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The Implementation of Rock Mechanics Into a Multiple Level Limestone Mine
By David A. Newman
In the 1950s, an underground limestone mine in the Camp Nelson Formation was developed from an outcrop exposure. The Camp Nelson Limestone met the requirements for DOT stone and aggregate. The mine
Jan 1, 2014
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The Effects of a Passing Longwall Face on the Roadway, Pillars, and Standing Supports in Northern West Virginia
By David Gearhart, Peter Zhang, Gabriel Esterhuizen
"Researchers from the National Institute for Safety and Health (NIOSH) installed instruments in the track entry and in the pillars of a northern West Virginia longwall coal mine between two planned pa
Jan 1, 2018
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Failure Mechanics of Multiple Seam Mining Interactions (f9d85dbe-da66-4f30-9b39-e277c41aff64)
By R. Karl Zipf
Multiple seam mining interactions caused by full extraction mining, whether due to undermining or overmining, frequently involve tensile failure of the affected mine roof. The adverse ground control c
Jan 1, 2005
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Depillaring and Roof Bolting Practices at Quinsam Coal Mine
By Kresho Galovich
Quinsam Coal Mine located in Vancouver Island, BC, Canada is mining the No. 1 coal seam at the 2 North/3 North mine and the No. 3 coal seam at 4 South Mine. This paper describes its geology and struct
Jan 1, 2005
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Investigation of Fully Grouted Roof Bolts Installed Under In Situ Conditions (8fabb507-7dbd-4e7d-b9c9-518c3be86281)
By Craig Compton
The The National Institute for Occupational Safety ane Health (NIOSH) Pittsburgh Research Laboratory (PRL) is continuing to investigate the behavior of fully grouted roof bolts in the weak roof rock o
Jan 1, 2005
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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
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Understanding the Connection between Blasting and Highwall Stability
By R. Quentin Eades, Kyle Perry
"Surface mines continue to implement highwalls for several reasons, such as increasing recovery, improving margins, and justifying higher stripping ratios. Highwall stability is a complex issue that i
Jan 1, 2018
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International Practice in High Performance Underground Thick Coal Seam Extraction and Related Ground Control Challenges
By Bruce K. Hebblewhite
This paper provides an overview of the international ?state of the art? with respect to underground coal mining methods used in seams of thickness greater than 4.5 m, through a review of a selection o
Jan 1, 2013
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A Novel and Effective Method to Develop Tension in a Roof Bolt
By Phillip E. Gramlich
Through extensive practical experience and multiple studies, tensioned roof control systems have proven beneficial in difficult mining conditions. Due to increased mining of less desirable seams, ten
Jan 1, 2014