South African coal pillar database

Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-128

  Van Der Merwe, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL FIELDS; PILLAR STABILITY; PILLAR WIDTH-TO-HEIGHT RATIO; SAFETY FACTOR FORMULA;

COAL MINES; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; STABILITY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

MINING ENGINEERING;

EID: 33645822108     PISSN: 22256253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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