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3/1/1997 - Information CircularsThis proceedings volume contains papers presented at technology transfer seminars sponsored by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) on New Technology for Ground Control in Retreat Mining.
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2/17/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA capacity-building contract with the Colorado School of Mines to research digital technologies to improve mine safety and health.
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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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2/15/2018 - Research projectsA project to make available blast damage models and an easy-to-use software tool for mining engineers to use in developing improved blast designs.
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10/22/2016 - News and announcements, Reports of InvestigationsA feature story to announce the publication of a new NIOSH RI on built-in-place refuge alternatives.
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10/22/2016 - Research projectsA project to address the paucity of guidance in available literature for assessing the design an underground longwall coal mine for safe ground response to mining with numerical stress analysis tools.
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11/3/2015 - Unpublished documents and reportsA description of two Ground Control Program projects that aim to enhance mine safety through improved longwall pillar designs that consider a mine’s local geology.
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9/22/2015 - Research areasRoof Support Topic Page
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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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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program