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The complex process of roof collapse behind an advancing longwall coal face is investigated by setting up a two-dimensional stratified UDEC model with the roof and floor strata represented as distinct parting planes with shear failure properties and low or zero tensile resistance.
Keywords
- Longwall
- Coal mine
- Bedding
- Shale