2014 – Ninth Triennial Conference

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Proceedings of the Ninth Triennial Conference on Coal Mine Subsidence
Mine Subsidence: Risk Management In Action

Sebel Kirkton Park, Pokolbin 11-13 May 2014

Title	Author(s)	Page
Risk Management in Subsidence Engineering – 2014 Conference Keynote Address	JM Galvin	1
A Review of Surface Subsidence Caused by Coal Mining – 1988 Conference Keynote Address	JM Galvin	11
Management of Mine Subsidence Impacts Beneath the Township of Tahmoor	I Sheppard B Treverrow DJ Kay DW Bullock J Matheson G Warren C Dove	31
Successful Mananagement Strategy for Mining Adjacent to a Sensitive Natural Feature	RV Walsh BK Hebblewhite G Li KW Mills MA Nicholson J Barbato BJ Brannon	43
Non-conventional Subsidence Behaviour and Impacts – Ryerson State Park Dam, Pennsylvania USA: Case Study	BK Hebblewhite R Gray	51
Clarence Colliery – Partial Extraction to Protect Surface Features	E White	61
The Review and Development of Managing the Main Southern Railway for Subsidence Impacts from Longwall Mining	AR Pidgeon RE Barber D Christie DJ Kay GK Robinson IC Sheppard H Pinkster	79
Hydrogeological Characterisation of Temperate Highland Peat Swamps on Sandstone on the Newnes Plateau	P Corbett E White B Kirsch	87
Case Studies of Groundwater Response to Mine Subsidence in the Western Coalfields of NSW	P Corbett E White B Kirsch	103
On the Establishment of Acceptability Criteria for Subsidence Impacts on the Natural Environment	PJN Pells A Young P Turner	133
Effect of Constitutive Behaviour of Strata on the Prediction of Subsidence Above Single-seam and Multi-seam Supercritical Longwall Panels	AM Suchowerska JP Carter JP Hambleton RS Merifield	149
Investigating Characteristics of Strata Movement Due to Multi-seam Mining Using a Sand-plater Physical Model	B Ghabraie G Ren	169
Is there a 4th Dimension to Subsidence Monitoring?	W Ziegler H Middleton	175
Updated Valley Closure Prediction Method to Include Influence of Mine Subsidence, Geology and Topography	DR Kay AA Waddington	189
Investigation of Geological and Geotechnical Effects on Valley Closure Subsidence Behaviour	C Zhang R Mita J Oh B Hebblewhite	207
Valley Closure Impact Model for Rock Bar Controlled Streams in the Southern Coalfield	J Barbato G Brassington R Walsh	221
Monitoring of Ground Movements at Sandy Creek Waterfall and Implications for Understanding the Mechanics of Valley Closure Movements	RV Walsh KW Mills MA Nicholson J Barbato BK Hebblewhite G Li PJ Brannon	227
Mining Beneath the M31 Hume Motorway	HG Buys P Vecovski H Pinkster G Swarbrick DJ Kay	245
Warrego Highway Mine Investigation: A Case Study of the Warrego Highway Mine Subsidence Risk Assessment	M Passier R Kiorala	265
Mine Subsidence Monitoring for Bridges on the Hunter Expressway Stage 2	J Hitchcox A Armstrong T Chelvarajan G Fell V Urbano R Kingsland	273
The Impact of Mining-induced Subsidence on a Geological Fault at Douglas Park	D Christie A Pidgeon DJ Kay L Pearce R Barber H Pinkster G Robinson	283
Performance of Under-track Rail Infrastructure Elements on the Main Southern Railway During Longwall Mining – Lessons Learnt	A Leventhal J Matheson T Hull A Steindler	297
Mining Near the Goonyella Main Railway Line at Moranbah North Mine	J Biddle K Mills J Laubscher I Canbulat L Pearce DJ Kay A Pearce	313
Redbank Tunnel Deviation: Interaction of Longwall Mining in the Southern Coalfield and Safe Operation of the Main Southern Railway	I Sheppard D Talbers G Robinson R Barber DJ Kay J Matheson A Leventhal R Morrisey	325
The Impact of Mining-induced Subsidence on Rail Embankments on the Main Southern Rail at Douglas Park	D Christie DJ Kay A Pidgeon R Barber L Pearce	341
Design Philosophy for a Reinforced Soil Bridge Abutment in a Valley Closure Environment of the Southern Coalfield	A Leventhal T Hull I Sheppard	351
Challenges of Large Scale Rail and Road Monitoring – Douglas Park and Tahmoor	S Garlinge L Pearce M Brunton	361
Need for Tighter Control of Design and Construction of Major Structures in Mine Subsidence Areas	AA Waddington PD Austin	369
Criteria for the Assessment of Mining Impact on Structures: A Forensic Approach	J Forrest	381
Case Study Residential Building Damage – Reactive Soils of Shallow Mine Workings?	P Evans	403
Shearing of Ashfield Shale Under the Influence of Longwall Mining	A Leventhal T Hull A Steindler I Sheppard	415
Hazelwood Mine – Filling in the Cracks	M Nicholson R Polmear J Faithful W Hartman G Wilkinson	425
The Characterisation of 3D Ground Movements Associated with Sloping Topography in the Southern Coalfield	RV Walsh CJ Kelly MA Nicholson	437
On the Deception in Requiring and Providing Singular Accurate Predictions for Surface Subsidence, Tilt and Strain	R Seedsman PJN Pells	449
A Review of the Accuracy and Reliability of Empirical Subsidence Predictions	P DeBono J Barbato K Mills R Walsh	461
Numerical Analysis of Mine Subsidence: The Good, the Bad and the Unknown	G Swarbrick D Bishop G Zhao	473
Mine Subsidence Control Using Overburden Grout Injection Technology	B Shen H Guo B Poulsen J Qin H Alehossein	483
Migration of Potential Sinkhole from Abandoned Coal Mine Entries at Swanbank Enterprise Development, Ipswich, Australia	DL Knott K Grubb H Taylor J Deans M Saddler	499