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An updated empirical model for ground control in *** coal mines

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International Journal of Mining Science and Technology 2021年第2期31卷 163-174页

作者： christopher mark Mine Safety and Health Administration PittsburghPA 15217USA

Multiple seam interactions are a major source of ground instability in several *** methods are well suited for this problem,because while the mechanics multiple seam interactions are very complex and poorly understood,many mining case histories are available for *** study makes use of an updated database that includes 356 multiseam case histories,including 67 unsuccessful *** paper describes in detail the process used to design the study,collect the data,conduct the statistical analysis,and develop the quantitative *** model can be used for mine planning in multiple seam situations,and has been made available as a module within the Analysis of Coal Pillar Stability(ACPS)computer program.

关键词： Underground Coal Multiseam Ground control Pillar design Empirical

Coal bursts that occur during development: A rock mechanics enigma

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International Journal of Mining Science and Technology 2018年第1期28卷 35-42页

作者： christopher mark Safety and Health Administration Pittsburgh 15236USA

Coal bursts are typically associated with highly stressed *** bursts occur during retreat mining(longwall mining or pillar recovery) in highly stressed locations like the tailgate corner of the longwall *** are associated with multiple seam ***, a small but significant percentage of coal bursts have occurred during development or in outby locations unaffected by active *** development bursts have been relatively small, but some have been highly *** theory of coal bursts can be complete if it does not account for this type of *** paper focusses on the development mining coal burst experience in the US, putting it into the context of the entire US coal burst *** first documented development coal burst occurred almost exactly 100 years ago during slope drivage at the Sunnyside Mine in *** subsequently had a long history of bursts, mainly during retreat mining but also during *** Colorado mines have also experienced multiple development ***, but by no means all, of the development bursts in these western US coalfields have been associated with known *** the Central Appalachian coalfields, most development bursts have occurred in multiple seam *** some of these cases, however, there was no retreat mining in either *** paper closes with some lessons from this history, with implications for preventing such events in the future.

关键词： Coal Underground Ground control Bursts Multiple seam

Pillar design and coal burst experience in Utah Book Cliffs longwall operations

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International Journal of Mining Science and Technology 2021年第1期31卷 33-41页

作者： christopher mark Michael Gauna Mine Safety and Health Administration Technical Support PittsburghPA 15236USA

Longwall mining has existed in Utah for more than half a *** of this mining occurred at depths of cover that significantly exceed those encountered by most other US longwall *** cover causes high ground stress,which can combine with geology to create a coal burst *** every longwall mine operating within the Utah’s Book Cliffs coalfield has been affected by coal *** design has been a key component in the burst control strategies employed by mines in the Book ***,most longwall mines employed double-use two-entry yield pillar ***-use signifies that the gate system serves first as the headgate,and then later serves as the tailgate for the adjacent *** the 1996 burst fatality at the Aberdeen Mine,the inter-panel barrier design was *** this layout,a wide barrier pillar protects each longwall panel from the previously mined panel,and each gate system is used just *** paper documents the deep cover longwall mining conducted with each type of pillar design,together with the associated coal burst *** of the six longwall mining complexes in the Book Cliffs having a coal burst history is described on a panel-by-panel *** analysis shows that where the mining depth exceeded 450 m,each design has been employed for about 38000 total m of longwall panel *** double-use yield pillar design has been used primarily at depths less than 600 m,however,while the inter-panel barrier design has been used mainly at depths exceeding 600 *** its greater depth of use,the inter-panel barrier gate design has been associated with about one-third as much face region burst activity as the double-use yield pillar design.

关键词： Longwall Ground control Coal burst Pillar design Yield pillar

Science of empirical design in mining ground control

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International Journal of Mining Science and Technology 2016年第3期26卷 461-470页

作者： mark christopher MSHA Pittsburgh Safety & Health Technology Center

Many problems in rock engineering are limited by our imperfect knowledge of the material properties and failure mechanics of rock masses. Mining problems are somewhat unique, however, in that plenty of real world experience is generally available and can be turned into valuable experimental *** pillar that is developed, or stope that is mined, represents a full-scale test of a rock mechanics design. By harvesting these data, and then using the appropriate statistical techniques to interpret them,mining engineers have developed powerful design techniques that are widely used around the *** empirical methods are readily accepted because they are simple, transparent, practical, and firmly tethered to reality. The author has been intimately associated with empirical design for his entire career, but his previous publications have described the application of individual techniques to specific problems. The focus of this paper is the process used to develop a successful empirical method. A sixstage process is described: identification of the problem, and of the end users of the final product; development of a conceptual rock mechanics model, and identification of the key parameters in that model;identification of measures for each of the key parameters, and the development of new measures(such as rating scales) where necessary; data sources and data collection; statistical analysis; and packaging of the final product. Each of these stages has its own potential rewards and pitfalls, which will be illustrated by incidents from the author's own experience. The ultimate goal of this paper is to provide a new and deeper appreciation for empirical techniques, as well as some guidelines and opportunities for future developers.

关键词： Design Pillar Stope Empirical Statistics Modeling

Unanticipated multiple seam stresses from pillar systems behaving as pseudo gob–case histories

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International Journal of Mining Science and Technology 2017年第1期27卷 131-137页

作者： Gauna Michael mark christopher Pittsburgh Safety and Health Technology Center Mine Safety and Health Administration(MSHA)PittsburghPA 15236USA

Underground coal mining in the U.S. is conducted in numerous regions where previous workings exist above and/or below an actively mined seam. Miners know that overlying or underlying fully extracted coal areas, also known as gob regions, can result in abutment stresses that affect the active mining. If there was no full extraction, and the past mining consists entirely of intact pillars, the stresses on the active seam are usually minimal. However, experience has shown that in some situations there has been sufficient yielding in overlying or underlying pillar systems to cause stress transfer to the adjoining larger pillars or barriers, which in turn, transfer significant stresses onto the workings of the active seam. In other words, the overlying or underlying pillar system behaves as a ‘‘pseudo gob." The presence of a pseudo gob is often unexpected, and the consequences can be severe. This paper presents several case histories, summarized briefly below, that illustrate pseudo gob phenomenon:(1) pillar rib degradation at a West Virginia mine at 335 m depth that contributed to a rib roll fatality,(2) pillar rib deterioration at a Western Kentucky mine at 175 m depth that required pillar size adjustment and installation of supplemental bolting,(3) roof deterioration at an eastern Kentucky mine at 400 m depth that stopped mine advance and required redirecting the section development,(4) coal burst on development at an eastern Kentucky mine at 520 m depth that had no nearby pillar recovery, and(5) coal burst on development at a West Virginia mine at the relatively shallow depth of 335 m that also had no nearby pillar recovery. The paper provides guidance so that when an operation encounters a potential pseudo gob stress interaction the hazard can be mitigated based on an understanding of the mechanism encountered.

关键词： Underground mining Coal Multiple seam Gob Ground control

Preventing roof fall fatalities during pillar recovery:A ground control success story

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International Journal of Mining Science and Technology 2017年第1期27卷 107-113页

作者： mark christopher Gauna Michael MSHA Pittsburgh Safety and Health Technology CenterPittsburghPA 15236USA

For decades, pillar recovery accounted for a quarter of all roof fall fatalities in underground coal *** showed that a miner on a pillar recovery section was at least three times more likely to be killed by a roof fall than other coal miners. Since 2007, however, there has been just one fatal roof fall on a pillar line. This paper describes the process that resulted in this historic achievement. It covers both the key research findings and the ways in which those insights, beginning in the early 2000 s, were implemented in mining practice. One key finding was that safe pillar recovery requires both global and local *** stability is addressed primarily through proper pillar design, and became a major focus after the2007 Crandall Canyon mine disaster. But the most significant improvements resulted from detailed studies that showed that local stability, defined as roof control in the immediate work area, could be achieved with three interventions:(1) leaving an engineered final stump, rather than extracting the entire pillar,(2) enhancing roof bolt support, particularly in intersections, and(3) increasing the use of mobile roof supports(MRS). A final component was an emphasis on better management of pillar recovery *** included a focus on worker positioning, as well as on the pillar and lift sequences, MRS operations,and hazard identification. As retreat mines have incorporated these elements into their roof control plans,it has become clear that pillar recovery is not ‘‘inherently unsafe." The paper concludes with a discussion of the challenges that remain, including the problems of rib falls and coal bursts.

关键词： Retreat mining Roof support Room-and-pillar Ground control

Analysis of coal pillar stability(ACPS): A new generation of pillar design software

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International Journal of Mining Science and Technology 2019年第1期29卷 87-91页

作者： christopher mark Zach Agioutantis Technical Support Mine Safety and Health Administration Department of Mining Engineering University of Kentucky

Thirty years ago, the analysis of longwall pillar stability(ALPS) inaugurated a new era in coal pillar *** was the first empirical pillar design technique to consider the abutment loads that arise from full extraction, and the first to be calibrated using an extensive database of longwall mining case *** was followed by the analysis of retreat mining stability(ARMPS) and the analysis of multiple seam stability(AMSS). These methods incorporated other innovations, including the coal mine roof rating(CMRR), the mark-Bieniawski pillar strength formula, and the pressure arch loading model. They also built upon ever larger case history databases and employed more sophisticated statistical ***, these empirical methods are used in nearly every underground coal mine in the US. However,the piecemeal manner in which these methods have evolved resulted in some weaknesses. For example,in certain situations, it may not be obvious which program is the best to use. Other times the results from the different programs are not entirely consistent with each other. The programs have also not been updated for several years, and some changes were necessary to keep pace with new developments in mining practice. The analysis of coal pillar stability(ACPS) now integrates all three of the older software packages into a single pillar design framework. ACPS also incorporates the latest research findings in the field of pillar design, including an expanded multiple seam case history data base and a new method to evaluate room and pillar panels containing multiple rows of pillars left in place during pillar *** also includes updated guidance and warnings for users and features upgraded help files and graphics.

关键词： Pillar design Ground control Stability Empirical methods

Coal bursts in the deep longwall mines of the United States

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International Journal of Coal Science & Technology 2016年第1期3卷 1-9页

作者： christopher mark U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration Pittsburgh PAUSA

Coal bursts involve the sudden, violent ejection of coal or rock into the mine workings. They are a particular hazard because they typically occur without warning. During the past 2 years three US coal miners were killed in two coal bursts, following a 6-year period during which there were zero burst fatalities. This paper puts the US experience in the context of worldwide research into coal bursts. It focuses on two major longwall mining coalfields which have struggled with bursts for decades. The Utah experience displays many of the ＂classic＂ burst characteristics, including deep cover, strong roof and floor rock, and a direct association between bursts and mining activity. In Colorado, the longwalls of the North Fork Valley （NFV） also work at great depth, but their roof and floor strengths are moderate, and most bursts have occurred during entry development or in headgates, bleeders, or other outby locations. The NFV bursts also are more likely to be associated with geologic structures and large magnitude seismic events. The paper provides a detailed case history to illustrate the experience in each of these coalfields. The paper closes with a brief discussion of how US longwalls have managed the burst risk.

关键词： Underground mining Coal Burst Longwall Strata control

Assessing risks from mining-induced ground movements near gas wells

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International Journal of Mining Science and Technology 2020年第1期30卷 11-16页

作者： christopher mark Gregory M.Rumbaugh Mine Safety and Health Administration PittsburghPAUSA

The proliferation of unconventional gas well development in the Northern Appalachian coalfields has raised a number of mine safety *** wells,which extract gas from deep shale formations,are characterized by gas volumes and pressures that are significantly higher than those observed at many conventional *** gas is composed largely of methane as well as other *** of planned and actively producing wells penetrate protective coal pillars or barriers within active mine boundaries,including chain pillars located between longwall *** released from a well damaged by mining-induced ground movements could pose a risk to miners by flowing into the mine *** mining-induced ground movements that may cause well damage include conventional subsidence,non-conventional subsidence(*** plane slip),pillar failure,and floor *** paper describes the known risk factors for each of the four failure *** includes a framework that can guide the risk assessment process when mining takes place near gas or oil wells.

关键词： Gas well Subsidence Coal protection pillar Risk matrix Longwall mining