Coal pillar loading in shallow mining conditions

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 757-768

  Singh, Rajendra ^a,b   Dhar, Bharat B ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MINING AND FUEL RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL MINES; LOADS (FORCES); MINE ROOF CONTROL; ROOM AND PILLAR MINING; STRESSES;

COAL PILLAR LOADING; MINING INDUCED STRESSES;

MINE ROOF SUPPORTS;

COAL PILLAR; INDUCED STRESS; PILLAR LOADING; STRESS;

EID: 0030439851     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0148-9062(96)00036-8     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Li, H. C., Wang, Q. P. and Quan, Y. P. A study on stress distribution and reasonable size of coal pillar in a coal face. Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, pp. 30-37. Wollongong, Australia (1992).
2. CMRS Report, Optimisation of design of mine pillar parameters and feasibility of extraction of locked-up pillars below built-up structures. Unpublished Report of an S and T Project, 150 pp. (1989).
3. Gupta, R. N. and Ghose, A. K. Strata support interaction on a powered support longwall face under a massive dolerite sill - A study. Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, pp. 140-149. Wollongong, Australia (1992).
4. Sheorey, P. R., Das, M. N., Barat, D., Prasad, R. K. and Singh, B. Coal pillar strength estimation from failed and stable cases. Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci. & Geomech. Abstr. 24, 347-355 (1987).
5. Sheorey, P. R. Pillar strength considering in situ stresses. Information Circular (IC), 9315, United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines: pp. 122-127 (1992).
6. Sarkar, S. K. Longwall Mining in India. Scientific Mining, Dhanbad (India): 250 pp (1985).
7. Spathis, A. T. The vibrating wire stress meter - Calibration factors for a novel implementation. Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci. & Geomech. Abstr. 27, 309-314 (1990).
8. Sarkar, S. K. Single lift extraction of thick seam by longwall mining under Indian geomining conditions. Proceedings of International Symposium on Thick Seam Mining (Edited by Sing, T. N. and Dhar, B. B.) pp. 213-224. A. A. Balkema, New Delhi (1993).
9. Singh, R., Prasad, D., Rafiqui, M. A. and Singh, T. N. The influence of geomining parameters over stress redistribution in and around depillaring faces. Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, pp. 481-486. West Virginia University, Morgantown (U.S.A.) (1991).
10. Sing, R., Kushwaha, A. and Singh, T. N. Impact of overlying strata on chock shield performance - A case study. Proceedings of International Symposium on Mine Mechanisation and Automation, pp. 1439-1446. Colorado School of Mines (U.S.A.) (1991).
11. Singh, T. N., Prasad, D. and Rafiqui, M. A. Wide stall mining - A method for partial extraction of thick seam underneath surface structures. Proceedings of International Symposium on Thick Seam Mining (Edited by Singh, T. N. and Dhar, B. B.) pp. 367-380. A. A. Balkema, New Delhi (1993).
12. Sheorey, P. R. Design of coal pillar arrays and chain pillars. Comprehensive Rock Engineering, Vol. 2. Pergamon Press, Oxford (1993).
13. Hoek, E. and Brown, E. T. Underground excavations in rock. Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, London, p. 527 (1980).
14. Wilson, A. H. Pillar stability in longwall mining. In State of the Art of Ground Control in Longwall Mining and Mining Science (Edited by Chugh, Y. P. and Karmis, M.) pp. 85-95. SME, New York (1982).
15. Mukherjee, C., Sheorey, P. R. and Sharma, K. G. Numerical simulation of caved goaf behaviour in longwall workings. Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci. & Geomech. Abstr. 31, 35-45 (1994).