There is mounting evidence to show that engineers need more than technical skills to succeed in industry. In this paper we describe a curriculum innovation in which so-called “soft” skills, specifically inter-personal ...

It is important to note that creep is only one aspect of the time-dependent behavior of rocks. In Fig. 1, three cases are illustrated with respect to the complete stress–strain curve: creep, i.e., increasing strain when ...

This paper is a case study of a large-scale pillar collapse at the Everest Platinum Mine. A major contributing factor to the collapse was the presence of weak alteration layers in the pillars. These alteration layers are ...

During underground longwall coal extraction, overburden strata deformation may result in vertical goaf drainage holes, which are drilled in advance of mining for tail gate gas management, to fail. The performance of these ...

A review of various real time temperature monitoring devices available for use in underground coal mines in Queensland was conducted. To investigate the fit-for-purpose of the intrinsically safe (IS) instrument, laboratory ...

This paper investigates the unique problems associated with the design of rockburst support for shallow-dipping tabular excavations. These designs are particularly problematic when the stoping width is very small. In steep ...

Longwall coal mines in the Bowen Basin of Australia are highly productive and gassy, comprising many coal seams above the working seam. Predictive modelling of specific gas emission (SGE) using the conventional Winter model ...