Rock mechanical investigations of seismic events in a deep longwall coal mine

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 408-420

  Alber, M ^a   Fritschen, R ^b   Bischoff, M ^a   Meier, T ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Deutsche Montan Technologie GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Long wall mining; Mine induced seismicity; Numerical modeling; Rock mechanics

Indexed keywords

COAL MINES; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); INDUCED SEISMICITY; MECHANISMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODELS; ROCK DRILLING; ROCKS; SOFTWARE TESTING; TESTING;

LARGE PARTS; LOCAL CONDITIONS; LONG WALL MININGS; LONGWALLS; MECHANICAL; MINE-INDUCED SEISMICITY; MINING EXPLOITATION; MINING-INDUCED SEISMIC EVENTS; RESERVOIR EXPLOITATION; SEISMIC EVENT;

ROCK MECHANICS;

COAL MINE; COAL MINING; FAULT PLANE; IN SITU STRESS; LONGWALL MINING; MINING-INDUCED SEISMICITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; ROCK MECHANICS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 58349097070     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2008.07.014     Document Type: Article

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