Highwall mining : applicability, design & safety / John Loui Porathur, CSIR-CIMFR Regional Centre, Nagpur, India, Pijush Pal Roy, CSIR-CIMFR, Dhanbad, India, Baotang Shen, CSIRO, Brisbane, Australia, Shivakumar Karekal, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia
- Author:
- Porathur, John Loui
- Published:
- Leiden,The Netherlands : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, A Balkema Book, [2017]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2017
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 323 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Roy, Pijush Kanti, 1934-
Shen, Baotang
Karekal, Shivakumar
- Contents:
- HIGHWALL MINING: WORLD SCENARIOS: Operation and new developments -- International status -- GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISATION FOR HIGHWALL MINING OPERATIONS: Framework for site characterisation -- Domain block delineation for highwall mining -- Determination of data uncertainty -- Recommendation for identification of highwall mining blocks -- DESIGN FORMULATIONS FOR WEB PILLAR AND ENTRY SPAN: Pillar strength formulae -- Equivalent width concept -- Comparison of pillar strength estimation approaches -- Span stability -- Application of numerical modelling tools -- INDIAN CASE STUDIES: Site A -- Site B -- Site C -- Site D -- Performance analysis of highwall mining at OCP-II and MOCP -- STRUCTURAL MAPPING: Framework for structural mapping and modelling -- Digital mapping and analysis -- Blast damage -- Structure analysis -- Structural modelling -- Siromodel -- Case study at a highwall mining site -- AUSTRALIAN DESIGN GUIDELINES AND CASE STUDIES: Brief history of highwall mining in Australia -- Scope of the chapter -- Feasibility study for highwall mining -- Site investigation requirements and methods -- Span stability assessment -- Layout design -- Case study -- Monitoring of highwall mining operations -- HIGHWALL MINING HAZARDS AND MITIGATION: Geotechnical hazards -- Examples of highwall failures -- Impact of nearby blasting on highwall entries and slopes -- Backfilling methods of highwall mining entries -- DESIGN AND OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES: Web pillar strength estimation -- Estimation of load on web pillar -- Determination of factor of safety -- Multi-seam mining -- Highwall stability -- Highwall inspection and monitoring -- Identification of geological and structure features -- Entry stability -- Sequence of multiple seam extraction -- Seam gas -- Plans and sections -- Highwall mining equipment -- Additional safety requirements.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9781138046900 (hbk)
1138046906 (hbk) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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