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<p>Fly ash is a major by-product of thermal power plants that adversely affects land, water, and air. Its gainful utilization in many areas is being continuously explored. Use of fly ash in opencast coal mine haul road construction is one such option. This ...
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Engineering Geology -
Geological Materials
Reference:
Coal Combustion and Gasification Products 5, 49-56
In this work Data Mining tools are used to develop new and innovative models for the estimation of the rock deformation modulus and the Rock Mass Rating (RMR). A database published by Chun et al. (2008) was used to develop these models. The parameters of ...
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Rock Mechanics -
Rock Classification
Reference:
Geotechnical and Geological Engineering August 2012, Volume 30, Issue 4, pp 787-801
<p>The bilinear brittle failure criterion that utilizes the unconfined compressive strength (UCS) and a spalling limit of 3.4, together with a tensile strength cut-off can be used to model the height of failure above coal mine roadways. Transverse isotropy ...
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Mining Engineering -
Mine Rock Behavior - Classification
Reference:
R. Seedsman, Application of the Brittle Failure Criterion to the Design of Roof Support in the Soft Rocks of Coal Mines, 11th Underground Coal Operators' Conference, University of Wollongong & the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2011, 60-72.
This paper presents the value of a good geotechnical model for underground works and how this can be achieved.
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Tunnel Engineering -
Tunnel Investigation
Reference:
www.pellsconsulting.com.
