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Ground control study of a mechanized longwall coal operation in West Virginia. Report of Investigations/1985

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6149523
This Bureau of Mines report summarizes the analysis and evaluation of the field-measurement results of a comprehensive ground control study conducted in a mechanized longwall coal mine in West Virginia. Emphasis is placed on the three basic ground control parameters: ground pressure, ground movement, and geomechanical properties. Specific topics include premining ground pressures, front-abutment pressure in the longwall panel, histories of pillar loading, differential roof-strata movement and bed separation, differential floor strata movement, entry roof-to-floor convergence, in-situ moduli of rigidity of coal seam and roof and floor strata, and mechanical properties of coal and coal-measures rocks.
Research Organization:
Bureau of Mines, Denver, CO (USA). Denver Research Center
OSTI ID:
6149523
Report Number(s):
PB-85-241495/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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