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Abstracts

Coal Abstracts—Titles List (click to view abstracts)

• The application of microcomputers in geotechnical analysis of coal mine excavations and layouts

• A critical evaluation of coal mine ground control expert systems

• Dealing with rock bursts at the Deer Creek Mine

• Economic benefits gained by rock mechanics:  Three case studies

• Evaluation of roof bolt tension measuring techniques

• Five stress factors conducive to bursts in Utah, USA, coal mines

• Gate road layout design for two-seam longwall mining

• Geomechanical evaluation of a coal mine arched entry

• Geotechnical mine design of the Foidel Creek Mine

• Ground stability and support in block caving operations at Molycorp's Questa Mine

• Highwall mining in a multiple-seam, western United States setting--Design and performance

• Horizontal stresses as indicators of roof stability

• Impact of mechanical bolt installation parameters on roof stability

• Implication of highly anisotropic horizontal stresses on entry stability at the West Elk Mine, Somerset, Colorado

• In-situ pillar strength determination for two-entry longwall gates

• Interpanel barriers for deep western U.S. longwall mining

• Long load transfer distances at the Deer Creek Mine

• Longwall mining through a graben with anomalous stresses at the Deer Creek Mine

• Mine layout design for coal bump control

• A novel ground control program at Plateau Mining Company

• Prefailure pillar yielding

• Pressure measurements in the gob

• Problems in void detection in coal mine water hazards

• Rock reinforcement longevity

• Stress-induced stability problems—a coal mine case study

• A study of ground control problems in coal mines with high horizontal stresses

• A study of periodic weighting of longwall supports

• A study of potential fault reactivation and water intrusion at a longwall coal mine in Appalachia

• Subsidence behavior at the SUFCO Coal Mine, Utah

• Tailgate support evaluation at Plateau Mining Company

• Tension-torque relationship for mechanical anchored roof bolts

• Two-entry longwall gate road experience in a burst-prone mine

• Use of block models for longwall shield capacity determinations

Mining Engineering
4Ventilation Engineering
4Highwall Mining
4Blasting & Explosives Eng.
4Solution Mining
Rock Mechanics
4Rock Testing
4Stress Measurements
Forensic Engineering
Geology & Drilling Mgmt.