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• CFD Gas Distribution Analysis for Different Continuous-miner Scrubber Redirection Configurations
  2/1/2018 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study in which a series of models using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) were used to examine gas distribution around a continuous miner with various fan-powered flooded bed scrubber discharge configurations in an exhaust curtain working face.
• Analysis of Monitored Ground Support and Rock Mass Response in a Longwall Tailgate Entry
  1/1/2018 - Peer reviewed journal issues
  An article describing a comprehensive monitoring program that measured the rock mass displacements, support response, and stress changes at a longwall tailgate entry in West Virginia.
• Applying Robust Design to Study the Effects of Stratigraphic Characteristics on Brittle Failure and Bump Potential in a Coal Mine
  1/1/2018 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article describing the results of a robust design to consider the impact of different lithologic risk factors impacting dynamic failure risk.
• Lessons Learned from Refuge Alternative Research by NIOSH
  12/1/2017 - Non-peer reviewed journal articles
  An article describing NIOSH testing and benchmarked thermal simulation models to examine thermal conditions inside occupied refuge alternatives.
• An Analysis of Roof Bolter Fatalities and Injuries in U.S. Mining
  8/1/2017 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This paper analyzes U.S. roof bolter fatal and nonfatal lost-time injury data at underground work locations for all commodities from 2004 through 2013 and determines risk indices for six roof bolting tasks.
• Temperature Rise Within a Mobile Refuge Alternative (RA) - Experimental Investigation and Model Validation
  6/1/2017 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article by NIOSH that describes the results from heat and relative humidity testing in a 10-person, tent-type mobile refuge alternative.
• Mathematical Modeling and Measurement of Electric Fields of Electrode-Based Through-the-Earth (TTE) Communication
  6/1/2017
  A study using a mathematical model of subsurface electric fields and a prototype electrode-based TTE system to characterize the factors that will affect electric field distribution.
• Ray Tracing and Modal Methods for Modeling Radio Propagation in Tunnels With Rough Walls
  5/1/2017 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article that discusses how wall roughness affects radio propagation in tunnels, and presents a unified ray tracing and modal method for modeling radio propagation in tunnels with rough walls.
• Spontaneous Combustion
  4/7/2017 - Catalogs and indexes, Research areas
  OMSHR topic page on spontaneous combustion.
• CFD Modeling in Processing Facilities
  3/31/2017 - Research projects
  A project to understand the dust generation and transport processes and propose ventilation designs to minimize the dust at mineral processing plants using CFD models.