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Mine subsidence damage from room and pillar mining in Illinois

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Data is presented on case histories of subsidence damage occurring over abandoned room and pillar mines in Illinois. The major modes of behaviour and damage in houses from sag-subsidence are described and summarized. The houses rested on crawl-space and basement foundations built from concrete and masonry. The prevalent mode of failure of bearing walls was inward bending. Failure is analysed and conventional design procedures are used to evaluate foundation failure.

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  1. Civil Engineering Department, University of Illinois of Urbana-Champaign, 61801, Urbana, Illinois, USA

    Gennaro G. Marino & William Gamble

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Marino, G.G., Gamble, W. Mine subsidence damage from room and pillar mining in Illinois. International Journal of Mining and Geological Engineering 4, 129–150 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01560671

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