Design of optimum roof support systems in South African collieries using a probabilistic design approach
| dc.contributor.author | Canbulat, I. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Van der Merwe, J.N. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-03-08T06:42:44Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-03-08T06:42:44Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009-02 | |
| dc.description.abstract | When designing coal mine roof support, it is necessary to account for the uncertainties and variability that inherently exist within the rock mass and support elements. The performance of a support system is affected by these uncertainties, which are not taken into account in the current deterministic design methodologies used in South Africa. The key to the design of a roof support system is a better understanding of roof behaviour and uncertainties that can be encountered during extraction. This paper sets out to develop a method that takes all uncertainties that exist within the rock mass and the mining process into account and provides a quantitative risk-based design methodology. | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Canbulat, I & Van der Merwe, JN 2009, 'Design of optimum roof support systems in South African collieries using a probabilistic design approach', Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, vol. 108, no. 2, pp. 71-88. [http://www.saimm.co.za/] | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0038-223X | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/13333 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy | en |
| dc.rights | Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy | en |
| dc.subject | Roof support systems | en |
| dc.subject | Variability | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Coal mines and mining -- South Africa -- Safety measures | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Uncertainty (Information theory) | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Rock mechanics -- Research -- South Africa | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Probabilities | en |
| dc.title | Design of optimum roof support systems in South African collieries using a probabilistic design approach | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |