Information Circular 9494: A User's Guide for the Bplane, Bstepp, and Bwedge Computer Programs

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Miller, Stanley M. ; Whyatt, Jeffrey K. ; Dwyer, Jami G. ; McHugh, Edward L.
• Description:
  This user's guide covers the operation of a suite of three computer programs-Bplane, Bstepp, and Bwedge. These programs can be used to evaluate the potential for plane shear, step-path, and wedge failures along the crest of a slope bench. Such failures reduce the width of a catch bench and may compromise the bench's ability to catch rolling or sliding material before it reaches miners working below. The Bplane and Bwedge programs address sliding of blocks defined by continuous planar joints. The Bstepp program examines sliding of blocks defined by more complex failure surfaces that include steeply dipping cross joints and may even include breaks across small bridges of intact rock. The programs are applicable to jointed rock masses where the joints are small relative to the overall slope and form a number of sets with uniform statistical characteristics within a slope sector The theoretical basis, application, and operation of these programs are described. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Computer Simulation Mining Occupational Health Safety Software
• Keywords:
  Mining-industry; Computer-models; Computer-software; Models; Injury-prevention; Accident-prevention
• Source:
  Spokane, WA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2007-108 (IC 9494), 2007 Mar; :1-68
• Series:
  Mining Publications   ; NIOSH Numbered Publications  
• Subseries:
  Information Circular
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Idaho ; OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  SRL - Spokane Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  74 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031953
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-109822
• Contact Point Address:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Spokane Research Laboratory, 315 E. Montgomery Avenue, Spokane, WA 99207
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a256a9c5f458695989dd7fd19e06318bd6c75db004aeb148dbd10de8898409faba8088984a037b15aa0d9ef4abe33babfb5fa899cf1a75aea992d927705da184
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/8470/cdc_8470_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.05 MB ]