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Publications tagged with [roof collapse]

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<p>This paper discusses the experience of the authors with two large failures that occurred in the roof strata of a storage facility for LPG which was being constructed deep below the ground surface in Hawkesbury Sandstone in the Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia.<br ...
Reference: Proc. 9th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, Auckland, New Zealand, pp.159-165
Various surface controls are used in mines to control the roof skin. One control that has proven to be very effective is roof screening. Roof screen effectively controls roof skin and provides a high roof surface coverage. Although many mines are reluctant ...
Reference: 2003 SME Annual Meeting, Feb 24-26, Cincinnati, Ohio
Since it was first introduced, the Coal Mine Roof Rating (CMRR) has been widely accepted as a tool for geologic characterization and mine planning. This paper discusses the application of the CMRR to another practical ground control problem. Extended cuts ...
Reference: Min Eng 1999 51(4)