Modify Selection
- Hazard prevention and control:
- Support design and selection
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11/3/2015 - Research areasGround Control Overview Topic Page
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9/22/2015 - Catalogs and indexes, Research areasNIOSH Mining topic page on rock falls.
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9/22/2015 - Research areasHorizontal Stress Topic Page
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7/17/2014 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA capacity-building contract to address ground control design issues in weak rock masses in Nevada.
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8/20/2013 - PC softwareA software program to help select roof bolts for primary support in underground coal mines
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7/1/2010 - Conference papersInstrumented test sites were installed in the tailgates of two western longwall operations; results of the support performance and ground reaction are presented in terms of developed support loads and displacements and tailgate entry convergence.
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1/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn understanding of the geologic and stress conditions which lead to roof falls is necessary to assess the risk of failure and to design roof reinforcement to improve stability.
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1/1/2010 - Conference papersThis paper describes the impact of ground control research by the Bureau of Mines and NIOSH on the safety of underground coal miners.
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7/1/2009 - Conference papersThis study extends the method of dynamic analysis to events driven by slip on geologic features.
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7/1/2009 - Conference papersAs part of an effort to obtain more field data on longwall tailgate and support interaction, a study was conducted at a longwall mine in the Herrin No. 6 coal seam in southern Illinois.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program