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• New Improvements to MFIRE to Enhance Fire Modeling Capabilities
  6/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article describing NIOSH's mine fire simulation program, MFIRE, which is used as a standard for assessing and predicting the impact of a fire on the mine ventilation system and the spread of fire contaminants in coal and metal/nonmetal mines.
• Modeling and Measurement of Radio Propagation in Tunnel Environments
  5/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This article by NIOSH discusses a new, simple radio frequency RF testing system that can be conveniently built and used for measuring radio propagation in tunnels.
• Modeling Carbon Monoxide Spread in Underground Mine Fires
  5/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study that describes the computer modeling of how carbon monoxide moves through an underground mine ventilation network during a fire event.
• Safety Aspects of Mine Ventilation Through Technical Development and Training
  4/29/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract to investigate safety aspects of mine ventilation through technical development and training.
• Using Software to Predict Occupational Hearing Loss in the Mining Industry
  3/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This article by NIOSH discusses a software program that estimates the loss of hearing ability caused by occupational noise exposures.
• Ground Control Overview
  11/3/2015 - Research areas
  Ground Control Overview Topic Page
• CFD Analysis on Gas Distribution for Different Scrubber Redirection Configurations in Sump Cut
  7/1/2015
  This publication of conference proceedings discusses a recently developed series of models by NIOSH utilizing Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to study gas distribution around a continuous mining machine.
• Numerical Modeling of Water Spray Suppression of Conveyor Belt Fires in a Large-Scale Tunnel
  5/1/2015 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A report detailing the reults a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model that was developed to simulate the interaction between the ventilation airflow, the belt flame spread, and the water spray system in a mine entry.
• Safety, Health, and Ventilation Cost Benefit Optimization with Simulation and Control
  8/4/2014 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract to improve ventilation tasks in deep and hot underground mines to decrease injury risks; improve working conditions; meet occupational, environmental, and health standards; and reduce costs to stay competitive.
• Snake Robot for Mine Rescue
  7/18/2014 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to leverage the on-going development of the new generation Tandem Track (TT) snake robot, by modifying this new system in a way that makes it suitable for operations in underground mines.