Stability assessment of entry roofs in underlying multiple seam mines

Entry roofs in underlying multiple seam mines are vulnerable to failure under the influence of stress transferred from the upper seam workings. Overburden depth, innerburden thickness, percentage of hard rock in the innerburden and relative location of pillars in the two seams are some of the factor...

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Main Author: Akram, Muhammad
Other Authors: Mining and Minerals Engineering
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/38468
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-171333/