Investigation into the behaviour of a support system and roof strata during sublevel caving of a thick coal seam

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-35

  Singh, Rajendra ^a   Singh, T N ^a  

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

Author keywords

Longwall mining; Strata control; Sublevel caving; Thick coal seam and physical modelling

Indexed keywords

COAL MINES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; LONGWALL MINING; MINE ROOF SUPPORTS; ROCK MECHANICS;

COAL SEAM; STRATA CONTROL; SUBLEVEL CAVING;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

COAL MINING; COAL SEAM; GROUND CONTROL; MODEL TEST; ROOF; SUPPORT;

EID: 0032767751     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008853914726     Document Type: Article

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