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CONCRETE SHAFT WALL [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lining of Mineshafts and Passages
CONT

Openings in a block-caving mine are subject to high rock pressure. Drifts and other openings, therefore, are excavated with the smallest possible section. Nevertheless, extensive rock bolting and concrete lining is required to keep the openings intact.

OBS

shaft wall: The brick or concrete lining in a shaft to support the surrounding ground.

Key term(s)
  • concrete shaft wall

French

Domaine(s)
  • Revêtements des puits et galeries (Mines)
CONT

cuvelage : Revêtement étanche et capable de résister à la pression de l'eau, que l'on place dans un puits de mine sur la traversée des terrains aquifères. [...] Pour des hauteurs aquifères modérées, jusque vers 250 m, on peut employer un cuvelage en béton, plus économique, avec une tôle d'acier noyée dans le béton pour l'étanchéité.

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