Layout design for interactive zones in longwall multiple seam mining

<p>Appalachia requires design guidelines for the increasingly popular multi-seam longwall method. Entry layouts often depart from the ideal when finally developed. The thesis examines the occurrence of ground control problems, and possibilities for improvements in strata control, in a variety...

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Main Author: Forrest, Peter
Other Authors: Mining Engineering
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43854
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07212010-020415/