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• Effect of Discontinuity Dip Direction on Hard Rock Pillar Strength
  4/2/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study on the effect of the discontinuity dip direction on square and rectangular hard rock pillars.
• Deep Cover Bleeder Entry Performance and Support Loading: A Case Study
  1/24/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article examining rear abutment extent and loading, along with how well current modeling procedures calculate those values.
• Blast Damage Control to Reduce Injuries from Ground Falls in Underground Western U.S. Hard Rock Mines
  2/15/2018 - Research projects
  A project to make available blast damage models and an easy-to-use software tool for mining engineers to use in developing improved blast designs.
• Real-Time Hazard Recognition Using Video Gauge
  2/1/2018 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to adapt and use existing pattern-detection technology to identify minute changes in the mine environment.
• Ground Monitoring
  1/16/2018 - Research areas
  Ground Monitoring Topic Page
• Assessing Elevated Stress Due to Full Extraction Mining
  1/16/2018 - Research projects
  A project to develop engineering-based stress analysis procedures for improved assessment of stress-related hazards due to full extraction mining.
• Analysis of the Design and Performance Characteristics of Pumpable Roof Supports
  8/1/2017 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This paper evaluates the impact of various pumpable roof support design parameters by examining full-scale performance tests conducted using the NIOSH Mine Roof Simulator (MRS) as part of manufacturers’ developmental and quality control testing.
• Design Concerns of Room and Pillar Retreat Panels
  1/1/2017 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A paper detailing observations made in four consecutive room and pillar retreat panels and the data collected from an instrumentation site during retreat mining.
• New Technologies for Identifying and Understanding Ground Stability Hazards
  11/16/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract to quantify the ground response in underground coal mines with different geologic settings and depths of cover.
• Ground Control Safety for Deep Vein Mines
  11/5/2016 - Research projects
  A project to establish a new standard for ground control safety in deep vein mines.