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  • SME-ICGCM
    Study on Environmental Management of Mining Subsidence Areas

    By Weijia Guo

    With the exploitation of coal resources, a large area of land had been affected by surface subsidence, causing conflicts between man and land to become more conspicuous by the day, affecting the life

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME-ICGCM
    Introducing the New Windows ARMPS-LAM Program

    By Keith Heasley, Christopher Newman, Zach Agioutantis

    "Previously, in 2013, a laboratory version of the computer code ARMPS-LAM, introduced at the 32""d International Conference of Ground Control in Mining, successfully integrated the laminated overburde

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME-ICGCM
    SDPS For Windows: An Integrated Approach To Ground Deformation Prediction

    By David Newman

    The latest version of the Surface Deformation Prediction Software (SDPS) package is presented through its application to a number of case studies. The package now exploits all the benefits of the Micr

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME-ICGCM
    On Research Needs in Coal Mine Ground Control

    By Syd Peng

    "As the International Conference on Ground Control in Mining (ICGCM) enters its 35th year in 2015, it is time to look back and identify the areas that need to be emphasized and to look forward to see

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SME-ICGCM
    Critical Appraisal Of Pillar Design As Required By Coal Mines Regulations Of India VIS-VIS Latest Rock Mechanics Formulae

    By S. K. Sharma

    The present study attempts to critically review the pillar-design as required by Coal Mines Regulations of India vis-a-vis latest rockmechanics formulae, Equivalent material modelling was the approach

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SME-ICGCM
    A Study of the Performance of Glass Fibre Rock Reinforcement Components

    By Jonathan P. Furniss

    The paper describes a range of laboratory tests undertaken on full column resin anchored glass fibre rockbolt systems, to assess all aspects of their performance. Laboratory instrumentation has been d

    Jan 1, 1997

  • SME-ICGCM
    Evaluation of Potential Impacts to Stream and Ground Water Due to Underground Coal Mining

    By Jimenez Leon, Christopher Newman, Boede Gabriel, Zacharias Agioutantis

    "Ground movements due to longwall mining operations have the potential to damage the hydrological balance within as well as outside the mine permit area in the form of increased surface ponding and ch

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME-ICGCM
    Evaluation Of Polyurethane Injection For Beltway Roof Stabilization In A West Virginia Coal Mine (4376a6c8-d15e-4751-9754-663f60fbf3a4)

    By Gregory Molinda

    Extremely difficult ground conditions were encountered in the main belt entry in a room and pillar mine in West Virginia. Several generations of supplemental support, including cable bolts, cribbing,

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SME-ICGCM
    An Area Calculation of the ARBS Support Intensity

    By Ihsan B. Tulu, Keith A. Heasley, Aanand Nandula

    "The objective of this paper is to present the development of a software tool that will assist in an area calculation of the Analysis of Roof Bolting Systems (ARBS) support intensity while incorporati

    Jan 1, 2018

  • SME-ICGCM
    A New Approach To The Design Of Multi-Entry Developments For Retreat Longwall Mining (b0ac6f64-13ae-4c08-a631-b7e01a7e984e)

    By Frederick Carr

    1. The application of retreat longwall mining to the North American coal mining conditions is be¬coming more advantageous as more experience is gained. The productivity results being achieved and pote

    Jan 1, 1982

  • SME-ICGCM
    Application of Yield-Lok Bolt for Bursting and Convergence Grounds in Mines

    By Rocky Wu

    Rock bursts are one of the greatest challenges to ground control in the mining industry. With increasing mining depth and mining scale, there are more and more industry requirements on yielding rock s

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME-ICGCM
    RQD from the Barrel to the Box: Weatherability May be a Better indicator for Roof Support Design

    By Kot Unrug

    For the purposes of underground mine design, twelve cores of the Springfield (V) Coal (Pennsylvanian) roof and floor were retrieved. Each core was photographed, described fresh in the barrel, and the

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME-ICGCM
    Hydraulic Tensioning Of A Birmingham Roof Truss

    By C. W. Bollier

    In recent years, Peabody Coal Company has enjoyed a great amount of success using roof trussing as a secondary support system. Since 1975, over 180,000 trusses have been installed in 12 different Peab

    Jan 1, 1982

  • SME-ICGCM
    Acoustic Scanner Analysis of Borehole Breakout to Define the Stress Field Across Mine Sites in the Sydney and Bowen Basins, Australia

    By S. MacGregor

    The role of horizontal stress, its orientation and magnitude, in defining the behaviour of strata in underground coal mines has been well established. Poor panel layouts have led to gate end stress co

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SME-ICGCM
    Effect Of High-Extraction Coal Mining On Surface And Ground Waters

    By Francis S. Kendorski

    High-extraction mining of coal and other stratified minerals has a predictable effect on the surface and subsurface. Impacts on ground waters in overlying strata and on surface waters, that are associ

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SME-ICGCM
    Selection of Tunnel Support System by Using Multi Criteria Decision Making Tools

    By Kazem Orace, Navid Hosseini, Mehran Gholinejad

    "Selection of the optimum support system for underground openings such as tunnels is a complex process. In this paper a new approach, based on a combination of the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) t

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SME-ICGCM
    Observations of Impacts to Pennsylvania's Interstate Highways by Longwall Mining

    By Anthony Iannacchionc, Jessica Benner, Harold Miller, Megan Witkowski

    "Longwall bituminous coal mining has been practiced in Pennsylvania since the 1970""s. Hundreds of longwall panels have been mined during the last 40 years but only 24 have actually undermined Pennsyl

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SME-ICGCM
    Roof Geotechnical Properties for Roof Control Purposes in Illinois Coal Field

    By Abdolreza (Reza) Osouli

    Determining the roof stability condition of underground coal mines in the Illinois Basin is sometimes very challenging. The roof stability of Illinois mines are mostly affected by two types of shales:

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME-ICGCM
    The Influence of the Protection Pillar Width on the Stability of the Gateroad

    By Wojciech Masny, Andrzej Walentek

    "The most common extraction method in Polish coal mines utilize pillars between adjacent longwall panels. This is mainly due to the significant depth and difficulties in maintaining stability of the g

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SME-ICGCM
    Numerical Model Calibration for Simulating Coal Pillars, Gob and Overburden Response

    By Essie Esterhuizen, Michael M. Murphy, Chris Mark

    "The design of underground coal mines requires a clear understanding of the overburden response, the loading of pillars, the loading of the gob, the pillar failure process, and the ultimate load carri

    Jan 1, 2010