Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Coal Pillar Mechanics and Design

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Papers presented at this conference included: 1. Analytical Design Procedure Using the Wilson Equation; 2. The In-Situ Pillar Strength and Overburden Stability in U.S. Mines; 3. The Unsw Pillar Design Methodology and Considerations for Using This and Other Empirical Pillar System Design Approaches; 4. Stress Conditions and Failure Mechanics Related to Coal Pillar Strength; 5. Assessment of Gate Road Loading under Deep Western U.S. Conditions; 6. Calibrating the LaModel Program for Deep Cover Pillar Retreat Coal Mining; 7. A Retrospective Assessment of Coal Pillar Design Methods; 8. Numerical Modeling of Yielding Chain Pillars in Deep Longwall Coal Mines; 9. Pillar Stability and Coal Bumps - Case Histories of Retreat Mining in the Thick Overburden and Multiple Seam Environment of Appalachia; 10. Spatial Variability of Coal Strength and Its Implications for Pillar Design; 11. An Evaluation of Time to Failure of Coal Pillars in Australia; 12. Pillar Design for Deep Cover Retreat Mining: ARMPS Version 6 (2010); and, 13. The Ground Response Curve and Its Impact on Pillar Loading in Coal Mines. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Engineering Mining Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Coal-miners Coal-mining Coal-workers Geophysics Mathematical-models Mine-shafts Mine-workers Pillar-mechanics Safety-engineering Safety-measures Statistical-analysis Underground-miners Underground-mining

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OMSHR - Office of Mine Safety and Health Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-135
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037608
• Citation:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2010 Jul; :1-135
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/227244/cdc_227244_DS1.pdf
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