Extraction of coal under a surface water body - A strata control investigation

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 399-410

  Gandhe, A ^a   Venkateswarlu, V ^a   Gupta, R N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ROCK MECHANICS   (India)

Author keywords

Bord and pillar mining; Coal extraction; Numerical modelling; Safety factor; Strata movement; Surface water body; Tensile strain

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY FACTOR; SURFACE WATERS;

BORD AND PILLAR MINING; COAL EXTRACTION; STRATA MOVEMENT; SURFACE WATER BODY; TENSILE STRAIN;

COAL;

COAL MINING; COAL SEAM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAFETY; SUBSIDENCE; SURFACE WATER;

EID: 27744590601     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-005-0051-x     Document Type: Article

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