Beschreibung:
The text concludes by presenting the framework of risk-based ground control management systems for achieving safe workplaces and efficient mining operations. In addition, a comprehensive reference list provides additional sources of information on the subject. Throughout, a large variety of examples show good and bad mining situations in order to demonstrate the application, or absence, of the established principles in practice.
Provides a comprehensive coverage of ground engineering principles within a risk management framework
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.