- Hazard prevention and control:
- Ground control
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- Span design
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- Pressure arch design
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- Entry design
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- Roof beam design
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- Skin control
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- Scaling
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- Slope design
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- Highwall design
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- Pillar design
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- Support design and selection
- Document types:
- Contracts and cooperative agreements
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- Interagency agreements
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2/24/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA capacity-building contract with the Colorado School of Mines to improve the health and safety of mining operations through development of the Smart Bit Concept for automation of mechanical rock excavation units and dust mitigation.
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2/23/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA capacity-building contract with Virginia Tech University on ground control research to improve safety performance in underground stone and other large-opening mines.
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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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2/4/2022 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract with West Virginia University to build capacity and improve mine safety through experimental rock mechanics.
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9/18/2020 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA capacity building contract with Penn Sate University.
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9/18/2020 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA capacity-building contract with the University of Utah to improve seismic coverage, instrument a yield pillar, develop an extended numerical model, and evaluate statistical methods.
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9/18/2020 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA capacity-building contract with the Colorado School of Mines to develope improvements in ground characterization, monitoring, analysis, and design approaches.
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9/18/2020 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsWest Virginia University will calibrate the LaModel Program to aid in projecting success and accuracy of design methodologies for safe retreat mining.
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4/8/2019 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to develop an inexpensive LIDAR scanner to detect minute roof and rib changes that could serve as an early warning system for mines.
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2/1/2018 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to adapt and use existing pattern-detection technology to identify minute changes in the mine environment.