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A Comparison Of Support Reactions To Retreat Longwall Front Abutment For Two Different Gateroad Support Techniques
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Corbett, Gary R. (1993). A Comparison Of Support Reactions To Retreat Longwall Front Abutment For Two Different Gateroad Support Techniques. Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining
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Corbett, Gary R. (1993). A Comparison Of Support Reactions To Retreat Longwall Front Abutment For Two Different Gateroad Support Techniques. Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining
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Organization: International Conference on Ground Control in Mining
Pages: 10
Publication Date:
Jan 1, 1993
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| The federally owned Cape Breton Development Corporation (CBDC) mines approximately 2.5-3.0 Mt of coal per annum from its Phalen Colliery. As part of an ongoing process to become more commercially viable the Corporation has implemented changes in its support method, namely, the transition from traditional steel set inseam supports to roof bolts as primary support in the single entry longwall retreat drivages. During 1991 and 1992, a monitoring program was implemented by the Cape Breton Coal Research Laboratory (CBCRL) to determine the loading on support systems and ground reaction in the gateroads in front of the retreating longwall faces of the 4 East and 5 East panels at Phalen Mine. The 4 East gateroad had been supported by steel sets alone. The 5 East gateroad had been supported by steel sets as well as roof bolting and strapping of the gateroad roof. Steel sets in both gateroads were instrumented with strain gauges and load cells to record support reaction to the retreating face abutment pressure. Multipoint borehole extensometers and multipoint strain gauged roof bolts were installed in the gateroad roof to monitor strata displacement and bolt loading above the gateroad as the longwalls retreated. This paper describes the details of the instrumentation and monitoring techniques utilized during this program and discusses the results, trends and differences observed in the two differently supported access roadways. Work on future data acquisition instrumentation is also briefly described. |
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