breasting

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In tunnels and underground excavations: Hand-mined tunnels
Examples are forepoling and breasting techniques as developed for the hazardous case of running (unstable) ground. Figure 1 shows the essentials of the process: heading advanced under a roof of forepole planks that are driven ahead at the crown (and at the sides in severe cases) plus continuous planking…
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