Life and design of bord-and-pillar workings affected by pillar scaling

Journal of The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 135-145

  Salamon, M D G ^a   Ozbay, M U ^b   Madden, B J ^c  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c CSIR Miningtek   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; MODEL STRUCTURES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ROOM AND PILLAR MINING; SERVICE LIFE; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BORD AND PILLAR WORKINGS; PILLAR DETERIORATION; PILLAR SCALING;

SPALLING;

EID: 0032057997     PISSN: 0038223X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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