Ground Engineering - Principles and Practices for Underground Coal Mining

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-319-25003-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 684 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 16236 g

Provides a comprehensive coverage of ground engineering principles within a risk management framework

Features a large variety of examples that show good and poor mining situations in order to demonstrate the application of the established principles in practice

Ideal for students and practitioners 

Zielgruppe

Upper undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Galvin, J. M.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Bergbau, Hüttenwesen
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Boden- und Felsmechanik, Geotechnik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Risikobewertung, Risikotheorie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Risikomanagement
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geotechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Scope of ground engineering.- 2. Fundamental principles for ground engineering.- 3. Excavation mechanics.- 4. Pillar systems.- 5. Interaction between workings.- 6. Support and reinforcement.- Systems.- 7. Ground support design.- 8. Pillar extraction.- 9. Longwall mining.- 10. Overburden subsidence.- 11. Operational hazards.- 12. Managing risk in ground engineering.- Glossary of terms and symbols.- Appendices.

Über Autor(innen)

Emeritus Professor Jim Galvin has a relatively unique combination of industrial, research and academic experience in the mining industry that spans specialist research and applied knowledge in ground engineering, mine management and risk management.  His career encompasses directing ground engineering research groups in South Africa and Australia; practical mining experience, including active participation in the mines rescue service and responsibility for the design, operation, and management of large underground coal mines and for the consequences of loss of ground control as a mine manager; appointments as Professor and Head of the School of Mining Engineering at the University of New South Wales; and safety advisor to a number of Boards of Directors of organisations associated with mining.