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- Tasks and activities:
- Mine design
- Document types:
- Peer reviewed journal articles
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8/1/2001 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThe CMRR quantifies defects in the rock mass and compiles a strength value used for engineering design. The CMRR has been applied to a number of ground stability problems. The CMRR procedure and some of these applications are described in this paper.
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3/1/2020 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn article describing how the finite-difference method and the continuum damage mechanics (CDM) approach were applied to simulate the stress-strain evolution of a rock mass with an underground opening during coal extraction.
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1/1/2020 - Peer reviewed journal articlesA paper detailing the positive aspects, as well as the challenges, of implementing a new stress-control mine layout.
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1/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis paper discusses some concepts and preliminary test results for a Passive Mine Blast Attenuator (PMBA) that can provide a useful alternative to increasingly larger and stronger stand-alone mine seals.
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9/1/1997 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis study describes methods of limiting cascading pillar failure, which occurs when a pillar in a mine layout fails, transferring its load to other pillars, causing failure. Design approaches are shown with examples for coal mining at shallow depth.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program