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2/1/2003 - Conference papersIn this paper, existing ore pass design criteria rules-of-thumb using current particle flow equations are reviewed and a comparison of two computer modeling programs, Working Model (WM 2-D) and PFC2d, to simulate rock flow are investigated.
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1/1/2003 - Conference papersComputer human modeling was used to examine machine appendage speed. The objective was to determine the impact of roof bolter machine appendage speed on the likelihood of the operator coming in contact with the appendage.
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10/1/2002 - Conference papersThis paper addresses the question, 'Can lightning cause potential differences capable of igniting methane-and-air mixtures at overburden depths at which underground coal mining occurs?'
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8/1/2002 - Conference papersThis paper discusses the Mine Emergency Response Interactive Training Simulation (MERITS), a computerized simulation for providing mine emergency command center training.
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4/1/2002 - Conference papersThe first part of this paper is a review of several new techniques developed to facilitate the manipulation, noise reduction, storage and reuse of captured data, which have a potential to reduce the overall cost of motion simulation and improve its real...
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6/1/2001 - Conference papersThis paper presents the results of a study to verify and validate a computer model that represents and analyzes motions and hazardous events in a simulated three-dimensional workplace. The purpose of the computer model is to support research that is in...
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7/1/2000 - Conference papersIn a computer analysis of bench stability, bench-scale plane shears and tetrahedral wedges are simulated and stochastically analyzed to estimate the probability of retaining specified catch-bench widths.
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1/1/2000 - Conference papersAn approach for representing and analyzing random motions and hazardous events in a simulated three-dimensional workplace, providing designers and analysts with a new technique for evaluating operator-machine interaction hazards in virtual environments.
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6/1/1999 - Conference papersAn experiment is described in which instrumented rock bolts were used to measure strain in the rock mass during drift development at the Stillwater Mine, Nye, Montana, USA.
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5/1/1998 - Conference papersThe U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has identified ore pass hazards as s significant safety problem in underground metal mines in the United States. Researchers at the Spokane Research Laboratory of the National Institute for Occupati...
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program