Extraction of locked-up coal by strengthening of rib pillars with FRP – A comparative study through numerical modelling

In some of the coalfields in India, coal seams are only developed but no extraction of pillars is possible due to the presence of surface or sub-surface structures and also non-availability of stowing materials which leads to huge amounts of coal being locked-up underground. Spontaneous heating and...

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Main Authors: Arka Jyoti Das, Prabhat Kumar Mandal, Chandra Nath Ghosh, Amalendu Sinha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-03-01
Series:International Journal of Mining Science and Technology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095268617300708