Question 53

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A Bord and Pillar panel is developed at a depth of 250 m in a flat coal seam. The vertical stress gradient is 0.027 MPa/m. If the strength of a square pillar is 12.5 MPa, the extraction ratio of the pillar for a safety factor of 1.5, is _____. (round off up to 2 decimals)

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GATE MN 2024 · Paper 1

Mining Engineering · Original paper archive

Section
Mining Engineering
Question type
Numerical answer (NAT)
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2 marks

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