Information Circular 9418: Computer Graphics Simulations Comparing Reduced Exposure Mining Equipment - Shuttle Cars Versus Continuous Haulage Systems

Details

• Personal Author:
  Ambrose, Dean H.
• Description:
  The U.S. Bureau of Mines recently developed computer graphic simulations to characterize mining scenarios, specifically for room-and-pillar mining operations in a 3-entry longwall development section. These simulations compare productivity between computer-assisted shuttle car and continuous haulage system concepts. One of the continuous haulage system concepts has bolting capabilities that supplement its haulage function. Simulations showed the continuous haulage system to be more time efficient than the shuttle car system. Researchers can reuse the simulation code (e.g., mining rates and equipment capacities can be changed) should investigators care to compare production of other mining scenarios. Using computer graphics simulation, researchers found computer model design modification flaws and mining scenario conceptual errors. This report documents the computer graphic model and simulation developments and discusses some of the results and observations from the simulations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Mining Occupational Health Safety Software
• Keywords:
  Coal-mining Computer-graphics Computer-models Computerized-simulation Continuous-miners Longwall-mining Mine-haulage Mining-engineering Mining-equipment Mining-industry Productivity Room-and-pillar-mining Simulation-methods Underground-mining

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Information Circular
• Publisher:
  U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  22 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039257
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB95-170643
• Citation:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 9418, 1994 Jan; :1-18
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 9418
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6661fe119cb3ee891158abeeaca5bc0490b927ac1406914fd856aa1b104f0ff9e07ea80089041ede63272b024226db447a0ba30877f46940c7e8d475a77cd9c7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206406/cdc_206406_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.07 MB ]