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Field Measurements of Overburden and Chain Pillar Response to Longwall Mining
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Su, Daniel W. H. (1987). Field Measurements of Overburden and Chain Pillar Response to Longwall Mining. Proceedings 6th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining (ICGCM) 6th
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Su, Daniel W. H. (1987). Field Measurements of Overburden and Chain Pillar Response to Longwall Mining. Proceedings 6th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining (ICGCM) 6th
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Organization: International Conference on Ground Control in Mining
Pages: 1
Publication Date:
Jan 1, 1987
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| Current longwall pillar design relies heavily upon past experience and many assumptions about pillar and entry response to longwall abutment pressures. Caving characteristics of the immediate and main roof strata are known to play an important role in the overall pressure redistribution, which determines the maximum abutment pressure, abutment pressure at the T-junction, and the width of influence zone. This paper presents the results of an extensive geomechanical study in a longwall panel at a West Virginia coal mine. The response of eight headgate pillars and the adjacent entries was monitored as the longwall face approached and passed by the instrumented locations. Overburden response to longwall mining was also monitored, and height of the highly fractured zone above the gob was determined by postmining drilling. Good agreement was observed between the measured stress changes and those computed using the known height of the highly fractured zone. The results provide a detailed picture of the response of overburden strata and chain pillars to longwall mining. |
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