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Mitigation of Floor Heave in West Kentucky Coal Mine
International Journal of Mining Science and Technology
  • Kyle A. Perry, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Joel Bradley
  • Kot Unrug
  • Mark Klimek
Abstract

A West Kentucky mine operation in No. 11 seam encountered floor heave, due to the localized increase in the thickness of the fireclay mine floor. Floor heave has overridden seals installed in two mined out panels. The third seal's location was planned for isolating that area from the Mains. A plan of support has been developed to prevent repetition of the floor heave and related problems outby the seals. The applied ground control measures were successful. An attempt of a 3D numerical modeling was made; thus, it would match the observed behavior of the mine floor and could be used as a design tool in similar conditions. The paper describes sequence of events, an applied mitigation ground control system, and the first stage of numerical modeling.

Department(s)
Mining Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
  • Coal mines,
  • Models,
  • Numerical models,
  • Rock mechanics,
  • 3-D numerical modeling,
  • Design tool,
  • Floor heave,
  • Ground control,
  • Ground control system,
  • Presplit,
  • Secondary supports,
  • Sequence of events,
  • Floors,
  • Modeling
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2016 China University of Mining and Technology, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
5-1-2016
Publication Date
01 May 2016
Disciplines
Citation Information
Kyle A. Perry, Joel Bradley, Kot Unrug and Mark Klimek. "Mitigation of Floor Heave in West Kentucky Coal Mine" International Journal of Mining Science and Technology Vol. 26 Iss. 3 (2016) p. 521 - 525 ISSN: 2095-2686; 2589-062X
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kyle-perry/10/