Numerical simulation of coal pillar strength

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 779-788

  Jaiswal, Ashok ^a   Shrivastva, B K ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Coal pillar; Dilation angle; Numerical modelling; Pillar strength; Post failure modulus; Strain softening

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COAL; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRAIN;

COAL MASS; COAL PILLAR; COAL PILLAR STRENGTH; CONSTITUTIVE BEHAVIOUR; DILATION ANGLES; INDIAN COALS; PILLAR STRENGTH; POST-FAILURE MODULUS; STRAIN-SOFTENING; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

COAL MINES;

COAL MINE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FAILURE MECHANISM; FIELD METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IN SITU TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; PILLAR; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; SHEAR STRAIN; STRENGTH; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 61849172979     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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