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Rock Mechanics.pdf - Mining and Blasting

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Figure 15.18 Roadway support <strong>and</strong><br />

reinforcement, Angus Place Colliery,<br />

Western Coal Field, New South<br />

Wales, Australia; (a) typical reinforcement<br />

pattern, (b) detail showing bolt<br />

heads, mesh <strong>and</strong> straps (after Hebblewhite,<br />

2001).<br />

LONGWALL AND CAVING MINING METHODS<br />

development <strong>and</strong> production (Frith, 2000). In Australia, the pre-tensioning of roof<br />

bolts <strong>and</strong> cables has been found to allow roof bolting densities to be reduced <strong>and</strong><br />

roadway development rates to be improved, especially when used in conjunction<br />

with full column grouting (Fuller, 1999).<br />

Obviously, the design of the roof <strong>and</strong> rib support <strong>and</strong> reinforcement system will<br />

depend on the layout geometry, the geomechanical characteristics of the strata <strong>and</strong><br />

the in situ <strong>and</strong> induced stresses. It has also been found that some types of reinforcing<br />

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