Optimizing secondary tailgate support selection

<p>A model was developed to facilitate secondary tailgate support selection based on analysis of a data base of over 100 case studies compiled from two different surveys of operating longwall coal mines in the United States. The ALPS (Analysis of Long wall Pillar Stability) program was used to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harwood, Cary P.
Other Authors: Mining and Minerals Engineering
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/44801
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09182008-063231/