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dc.contributor.author | Oates, Thomas E.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Malan, D.F. (Daniel Francois)![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-15T11:26:40Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-08-15T11:26:40Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-05 | |
dc.description | This work forms part of the MEng study of Thomas Oates at the University of Pretoria. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | A recent experimental pillar extraction project at a UG2 bord-and-pillar mine presented a unique opportunity to compile a new pillar database. Currently, the South African hard rock bordand- pillar mines are designed using the Hedley and Grant formula with a modified K-value. This empirically derived formula was developed for uranium mines in the Elliot Lake district of Canada. The use of this formula for the design of pillars in South Africa is questionable. Very few pillar failures have nevertheless been observed and its current calibrations for the various reef types are possibly too conservative. A new UG2 pillar database of 66 pillars, of which seven are classified as failed, was compiled by the authors. This enabled a revised ‘first-order’ calibration of the K-value for the Hedley and Grant formula. The new estimated value for the UG2 is K = 75 MPa. This gives a pillar strength that is more conservative than the PlatMine formula. This work should nevertheless be considered as only a preliminary calibration as the database was small. Further work is also required to determine whether the exponents in the formula for the width and height parameters are appropriate for UG2 pillars. | en_US |
dc.description.department | Mining Engineering | en_US |
dc.description.librarian | am2024 | en_US |
dc.description.sdg | SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://www.saimm.co.za/journal-papers | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Oates, T.E. and Malan, D.F. 2023 A study of UG2 pillar strength using a new pillar database. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, vol. 123, no. 5. pp. 265–274. http://dx.DOI.org/10.17159/2411-9717/2656/2023. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2225-6253 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2411-9717 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.17159/2411-9717/2656/2023 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/97669 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy | en_US |
dc.rights | © The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2023. | en_US |
dc.subject | Pillar strength | en_US |
dc.subject | UG2 | en_US |
dc.subject | K-Value | en_US |
dc.subject | Hedley and Grant formula | en_US |
dc.subject | SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure | en_US |
dc.title | A study of UG2 pillar strength using a new pillar database | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |