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  • SME-ICGCM
    Stooping Low Safety Factor Pillars At Goedehoop Colliery

    By Gift Makusha

    The Witbank Coalfield in South Africa contains up to five economically viable coal seams. These seams have been mined continuously for over 100 years and the reserve in now becoming depleted. The norm

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME-ICGCM
    Stooping Low Safety Factor Pillars at Goedehoop Colliery - 12 Months Later

    By Gift Makusha

    Pre-feasibility work at Goedehoop Colliery indicated that stooping of the undersized pillars could be undertaken safely and economically. In light of the findings a decision was taken in may 2003 to u

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SME-ICGCM
    Topography and Coal Seam Initial Stress Estimation: a Sensitivity Study

    By Jeffrey K. Whyatt

    Estimation of the initial vertical stress carried in a coal seam is an important first step in virtually all methods of evaluating the required size of pillars in coal mines. Such estimates are a triv

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME-ICGCM
    Empirical and analytical design of large openings at a proposed national underground science laboratory

    By Karl Jr. Zipf

    The famous Homestake gold mine in Lead, SD. closed recently alter 125 years of operation. However, the mine may receive a new lease on life as a National Underground Science Laboratory (NUSL) supporte

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SME-ICGCM
    How to Design an Efficient Roof Bolting Plan Based on Simple In-Mine Measurements

    By C. J. H. Brest van Kempen

    The techniques developed should provide a useful tool, not only during the initial formulation of a suitable bolting plan for a new section, but also for periodic check¬ing on the utilization factor

    Jan 1, 1986

  • SME-ICGCM
    The Mechanical Property Of Coal Containing Gas (d5aeba01-a0db-4f86-a21e-adbcc6290eab)

    By Yao Yuping

    The strength and deformation of more than two hundred coal samples have been tested in the condition of triaxial compression. The regression equation showing the relationship between coal strength and

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SME-ICGCM
    New Approach to Evaluate the Stability of Yield Pillars

    By Khaled Morsy

    In this paper a new method to evaluate the stability of yield pillars was introduced. The evaluation of yield pillar stability was conducted in three steps: (1) Estimation of pillar loading - numerica

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME-ICGCM
    Application Of RMT's Remote Reading Telltale System To Monitor Roof Movement During Face Retreat At West Colliery, Germany

    By David Bigby

    Rock Mechanics Technology has developed an intrinsically safe remote reading telltale system which allows up to 4 sets of 100 dual height, water diverting telltales in a mine roadway to be remotely mo

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME-ICGCM
    Eclipse System Bolting In The Illinois Basin

    By Alan Campoli

    Approximately 100 million fully grouted rebar roof bolts are installed each year in the United States, 80% are B-Series (5/8 inch fully grouted rebar in a one-inch borehole). The lesser used more expe

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SME-ICGCM
    Key Technologies of Integration of Coal Mining–Gangue Washing–Gob Backfilling

    By Wei Yin, Yu Wu, Xiexing Miao

    "For engineering problems of “three under” coal (coal trapped under buildings, waters-bodies and railways) exploitation, environment protection and gangue separation from raw coal underground exist in

    Jan 1, 2015

  • 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
    Geological Sensing - The Key To Increasing Miner Safety

    By J. R. M. Hill

    The U.S. Bureau of Mines is involved in research to improve geological sensing (or geo-sensing) techniques. This paper presents results from field trials of two research projects concerned with new te

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SME-ICGCM
    An Analysis of Rock Failure Around a Deep Longwall Using Microseismics

    By Keith Heasley

    In this paper, a state-of-the-art, three-dimensional, full waveform, microseismic system was used to analyze the rock failure around a deep (> 750 in (2500 ft) of cover) bump-prone longwall panel. The

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME-ICGCM
    Influence of joints on the elastic response of a LFUFL stope to FEM mining

    By W. G. Pariseau

    A new approach to the direct inclusion of the effects of joints and geologic structure in rock mechanics analyses is applied to an elastic analysis of stability of a Lucky Friday undercut and 4111 lon

    Jan 1, 1989

  • SME-ICGCM
    Probabilistic Stability Analysis Of Embankments And Slopes (1006fe25-ccb9-48a0-86b2-57e4779408ba)

    By Rossen A. Halatchev

    This study introduces a new probabilistic approach to seismic stability analysis of embankments and slopes. The approach is based on Sarma's solution, which is modified through presentation of th

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SME-ICGCM
    Investigation into the Extent and Mechanisms of Gloving and Un-mixed Resin in Fully Encapsulated Roof Bolts

    Effective strata control, utilising fully encapsulated roof bolts, is dependent on the installed quality of the reinforcement elements. One mechanism by which fully encapsulated roof bolts may become

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME-ICGCM
    Tensioned Cable Bolts As Primary Support: Update

    By John C. Stankus

    At the 19th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, a paper was presented detailing new types of Jennmar INSTáL tensionable cable bolts (Stankus and Taylor, 2000). Since that time, signi

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME-ICGCM
    Strata Control Advances At Jim Walter Resources, Mining Division

    By Eddie Martin

    Jim Walter Resources, Mining Division, employs the retreat longwall mining system as the primary method of coal production. The strata control aspects of developing and maintaining roadways for retrea

    Jan 1, 1988

  • SME-ICGCM
    The New Two-Dimension LaModel Program

    By Olayemi Akinkugbe

    As coal production in the United States continues to increase, the availability of unexploited or virgin fields continue to diminish. As a result, mine operators are forced to mine in unfavorable or m

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SME-ICGCM
    A New Combination Friction-Suspension Support System Scott Cable Slings

    By James J. Scott

    Over the past two years research, development ad field tests have been conducted on a new product called the "Scott Cable Sling". This work resulted in the awarding of U.S. Patent No. 4265571 on May 5

    Jan 1, 1981