Papers from 2024
Influence of water saturation duration on the mechanical properties and toughness index of Australian coal, Itmam Abedin and Ting Ren
A niche application of permanent CO2 disposal from coal-fired power stations via mineralisation in proximal mafic and ultramafic deposits, Muhannad Al Kalbani, Mehdi Serati, Harald Hoffman, and Thierry Bore
Variations in the mechanical properties of coal related to structural deformation and burst events, James Anderson, Ismet Canbulat, and Serkan Saydam
Measurements of the height of fracturing and height of depressurisation above a longwall panel, Ben Blacka, Adrian Rippon, and Nick Le Baut
A case study of coal seam UIS hydraulic fracturing practices and resultant mining conditions, Richard Campbell, Kyle McLennan, Andrew Seccombe, Kerri Smit, and Brent Creevey
Effects of pumping infrastructure on mine production during a wet season – a case study, Luke Chase-Dunlop and Ernest Baafi
Component-level material characterization of timber chocks, Mohsen Dehghanipoodeh, Hossein Masoumi, and Javad Hashemi
Application of waste glass powder in cemenitious grouts, Alireza Entezam, Hadi Nourizadeh, Ali Mirzaghorbanali, Polly Burey, Tristan Shelley, and Naj Aziz
Investigating the axial and shear performance of fiberglass rock bolts, Shima Entezam, Behshad Jodeiri Shokri, Hadi Nourizadeh, Peter Gregor, Alireza Entezam, Ali Mirzaghorbanali, Kevin McDougall, Waru Karunasena, and Naj Aziz
Issues affecting uranium mining in the 21st century, Tim Gibbons
Active ultrasonic monitoring of damage progression in coal under uniaxial compression, Jiangwan He, Mehdi Serati, Martin Veidt, and Alessandro Carcione
Development of a Protodyakonov test from gas drainage core samples and empirical correlation to observed outburst risk, Jessica Juric and Russell Thomas
Analysis of apparent resistivity change during waterproof coal pillar seepage based on finite element method, Qiang Liu, Liming Qiu, Dazhao Song, Zhenlei Li, Yi Zhu, and Jintao Dang
Compressive tests of an improved non-metallic pumpable roof support, Kent McTyer
Characterisation of roof behaviour and primary support response at Ulan West Mine, Terry Medhurst, Adrian Moodie, and Brian Vorster
Influence of seam-level bedding plane shears on overburden behaviour around underground coal mines, Ken Mills
Aspects of testing tendon supports for strength, effective installation, and performance in different ground formation, Adel Mottahedi, Naj Aziz, Ali Mirzaghorbanali, Alex Remennikov, and Sina Anzanpour
Coal burst phenomenon in underground coal mining: triggering mechanisms and causative factors, Adel Mottahedi, Naj Aziz, Alex Remennikov, and Mohammad Ataei
Open-pit mining auto transport data processing, Borya Orkhontuul, Tsend-Ayush Battsetseg, Tserenbaljir Serchmaa, Ulziibayar Oyunkhuu, Natsagdorj Zulaa, and Udanbor Batsanaa
Determination of fuel consumption of dump trucks depending on mining and technical conditions, Borya Orkhontuul, Bayaraa Byambadagva, Baldan Purevtogtokh, Udanbor Uyansanaa, and Damba Badamgarav
The method of coal and gas outburst risk zones division based on quantitative coupling of gas and stress, Yujie Peng, Dazhao Song, Xueqiu He, Liming Qiu, Anhu Wang, Gang Yang, Litao Wang, and Limin Qie
Finite element modelling of fully encapsulated cable bolts in laboratory large scale pull out test, Ashkan Rastegarmanesh, Ali Mirzaghorbanali, Kevin McDougall, Naj Aziz, Sina Anzanpour, and Hadi Nourizadeh
PCD bit developments to improve bolt load transfer and decrease drilling times, Warren Roach
Preliminary determination of copper recovery in the leaching process of Erdenetiin-Ovoo oxidized ore deposit, Gantulga S, Tsend-Ayush Ts, Sarnai A, and Altantuya B
Finite element simulation of fully grouted rock bolts behaviour across varied bore hole diameters, Behshad Jodeiri Shokri, Ali Mirzaghorbanali, Waru Karunasena, Kevin McDougall, Naj Aziz, Shima Entezam, Hadi Nourizadeh, Amin Motallebiyan, and Alireza Entezam
Optimising adjacent goaf drainage operations by utilising automated control logic at Kestrel South Mine, William Sloan, Michael Desira, and Tim Huston
Maximising the AI opportunity in the mining industry, Barry Smart
What future for the mining engineer, society and humankind?, Brian G. D Smart
Spontaneous combustion hazard likelihood assessment of low reactivity coals, Jan Theiler and Basil Beamish
Trends in mining education, recruitment and employee development, Ray Tolhurst
xCell Cyclops: the experience of measuring convergence in hard rock mines, Osvaldo Vallati, Bradley Darlington, and Peter Young
The influence of drilling technology on the qualitative assessment of the rock mass, Petr Waclawik, Radovan Kukutsch, and Martin Vavro
A simulation model to access the impact of underground coal mine logistics strain on an operation, David Walker, Ernest Baafi, and Senevi Kiridena
Investigating the potential of mine-based geothermal energy systems, Pabasara Wanniarachchige
Study on safe width of pillar in deep coal seam group mining, Gang Yang, Minggong Guo, Dazhao Song, Liming Qiu, and Junjun Quan
Coal strength measurement by stereo digital image correlation, Xiaohan Yang, Mehdi Serati, and Paul Buddery
Experimental study on stress-seepage characteristics of fractured shale from the Longmaxi Formation in China, Lei Zhang, Xiaochuan Yuan, Naj Aziz, and Yongcheng Liu
Adsorption behavior of silica nanofluid on coal and its injection enhancement mechanism, Tiancheng Zhang, Quanle Zou, and Zhongwei Chen
Papers from 2023
Substitution of Recycled Plastic Aggregates (RPA) in concrete and its influence on pullout capacity of mechanical and chemical anchors, Raza Akhtar, Graham Skellern, and Ali Mirzaghorbanali
Slope stability prediction using the Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Al Muhalab Al-Dughaishi, Shivakumar Karekal, and Fok Hing Chi Tivive
Application of numerical modeling in study of the behaviour of cable bolts under axial loading, Sina Anzanpour, Naj Aziz, Ameen Topa, Jan Nemcik, and Ali Mirzaghorbanali
Outburst control in the Wongawilli seam, Dennis Black
The optimisation of ground consolidation practices in longwall mining, Richard Campbell, Ravindu Goonawardene, Ismet Canbulat, and Serkan Saydam
Pumpable two-part resin cable bolt bonding material tests, Peter Craig and Matthew Holden
Alternative spontaneous combustion testing methods, Sebastian D'Hyon and Shevaune Zeng
Shear strength properties of clean and clay infilled rock joints: an analysis of the impast of moisture content under CNL conditions, Elizabeth Downing, Ali Mirzaghorbanali, and Naj Aziz
Investigation of the effect of using fly ash in the grout mixture on performing the fully grouted rock bolt systems, Shima Entezam, Behshad Jodeiri Shokri, Hadi Nourizadeh, Amin Motallebiyan, Ali Mirzaghorbanali, Kevin McDougall, Naj Aziz, and Karu Karunasena
SPT-CPT correlation in Southeast Queensland, Australia, Yohanne Faivre, Ali Mirzaghorbanali, Hadi Nourizadeh, Behshad Jodeiri Shokri, Kevin McDougall, and Naj Aziz
A structural engineering approach to longwall rock mechanics in massive strata, Ian Gray and Tim Gibbons
Investigating a potential geothermal play in the southern Sydney Basin, Yangguang Han, Kumari W.G.P., Lloyd White, Dominique Tanner, and Titus Murray
Movements of personnel and materials in Australian underground coal mines, Chris Harvey, David Walker, Ernest Baafi, Ian Porter, and Senevi Kiridena
Integrating Canva into Marketing Education, Mercedez Hinchcliff and Michael Mehmet
Reduction of fugitive methane emissions from open cut coal mines, Frank Hungerford
Fighting mine fires with a small turbine engine, Mark Kleinhans, Eleonora Widzyk-Capehart, Andre De Kock, and Gareth Kennedy
Energy sources of rock burst and the influence of the surrounding rock mass, Charlie C. Li
Practical evaluation of the impact of resin curing time on rock bolt load transfer, Kent McTyer
Observations of multi-seam subsidence at Ashton Underground Mine-2012 to 2022, Ken Mills and Stephen Wilson
Effects of rib distances on axial load transfer mechanisms of fully grouted rock bolts, Amin Motallebiyan, Hadi Nourizadeh, Behshad Jodeiri Shokri, Shima Entezam, Ali Mirzaghorbanali, Naj Aziz, and Kevin McDougall
Finite element numerical modelling of rock bolt axial behaviour subject to different geotechnical conditions, Hadi Nourizadeh, Ali Mirzaghorbanali, Naj Aziz, Kevin McDougall, Behshad Shokri Jodeiri, Ali Akbar Sahebi, Amin Mottalebiyan, and Shima Entezam
SDG's In Marketing Curriculum: A Reflective Process, Mary Papakosmas, Mercedez Hinchcliff, Sheetal Deo, Nguyen Thai, Belinda Gibbons, Troy Heffernan, and Paul Chad
Preliminary studies of an energy efficient BLE wireless network for underground positioning systems, Vihanga Peiris, Kai Zhao, Binghao Li, Henry Gong, and Aruna Seneviratne
Defining explosion risk exclusion zones around coal mine openings in emergency situations, Alex Remennikov and Edward Chern Jinn Gan
Monitoring and computational modelling of ventilation and dust flow in development panel, Ting Ren, Ming Qiao, Jon Roberts, and Jennifer Hines
Research into the selection and efficiency of nozzles for airborne dust suppression, Jon Roberts, Rongfu Liao, Ming Qiao, David Hastie, and Peter Wypych
Respirable dust generation and mitigation in Australian underground coal mine development headings – applications of computational fluid dynamics for respirable dust modelling, Kieren Russell and Ting Ren
Experimental study on the uniaxial compressive behaviour of a fibre reinforced polymer standing support, Zhenjun Shan, Ting Ren, Douglas Pateman, Guanzheng Wu, Jan Nemcik, Hongchao Zhao, and Xiaohan Yang
Investigating the effect of coal macerals on the recovery rate of the flotation process- a case study, Behshad Jodeiri Shokri, Shima Entezam, Alireza Entezam, and Ali Mirzaghorbanali
The effect of changing confinement diameter on axial load transfer mechanisms of fully grouted rock bolts, Behshad Jodeiri Shokri, Shima Entezam, Hadi Nourizadeh, Amin Motallebiyan, Ali Mirzaghorbanali, Kevin McDougall, Naj Aziz, and Karu Karunasena
3D rock failure modelling of pillar behaviour during longwall retreat into normal and angled design gas drainage stubs, Gaetano Venticinque
Deformation analysis in the surroundings of the roadway ahead of longwall mining, Staszic-Wujek mine, Poland, Petr Waclawik, Radovan Kukutsch, Kristyna Schuchova, Jan Nemcik, Andrzej Walentek, Aleksander Wrana, Sahendra Ram, and Jiri Korbel
An approach to solve underground coal mine logistics strain, David Walker, Ernest Baafi, and Senevi Kiridena
Brittle-ductile transition in coal pillar failures, Xiaohan Yang, Mehdi Serati, and Paul Buddery
Papers from 2022
Static and dynamic tendon pull-out test research at the University of Wollongong, Sina Anzapour, Naj Aziz, Jan Nemcik, Alex M. Remennikov, Ali Mirzaghorbanali, and Jordan Wallace
Laboratory evaluation of ventilation effect on self-heating incubation behaviour of a high volatile bituminous coal, Basil Beamish and Jan Theiler
Creativity and cross-institutional collaboration in the DigiDex Community of Practice, Kat Cain, Karen Miller, and Kristy Newton
The environmentally induced corrosion failure of cable bolts in underground coal mines, Honghao Chen, Önder Kimyon, Cindy Gunawan, Hamed Lamei Ramandi, and Serkan Saydam
Probabilistic risk assessment of acid mine drainage generation resulted from chalcopyrite oxidation process within Sarcheshmeh copper mine tailings, Shima Entezam, Behshad Jodeiri Shokri, Faramarz Doulati Ardejani, Ali Mirzaghorbanali, Kevin McDougall, and Naj Aziz
Predicting the pyrite oxidation process within coal waste piles using multiple linear regression (MLR) and teaching-learning-based optimization (TLBO) algorithm, Shima Entezam, Behshad Jodeiri Shokri, Shaghayegh Doulati Ardejani, Ali Mirzaghorbanali, Kevin McDougall, and Naj Aziz
Coal measure rocks and their properties, Ian Gray and Jeff Wood
Dealing with bursts – a new approach, Ian Gray and Jeff Wood
Prehistoric landslides: significance, recognition, examples, James V. Hamel, David L. Knott, Phil Flentje, and Stephen Fityus
Measurement of the caved zone above a longwall panel, United Colliery, Yvette Heritage, Ben Blacka, and Damien James
Development, trials and testing of an innovative method to improve strength characteristics of hollow cable bolts, Matthew Holden, Elliot Ashby, and Peter Craig
Managing mine site data, Martin Kimber
UCS prediction by group-based machine learning method, Jimmy Xuekai Li, Matt Tsang, Stephen Giese, Ruizhi Zhong, Joan Esterle, Claire Pirona, Mojtaba Rajabi, and Zhongwei Chen
Shear behavior of clayey infilled rock joints having triangular and sinusoidal asperities, Ali Mirzaghorbanali, Basanta Ghirmire, Ashkan Rastegarmanesh, Hadi Nourizadeh, Kelvin Mcdougall, and Naj Aziz
Development of a wireless system to measure the strain/deformation of rock bolts, Hadi Nourizadeh, Ali Mirzaghorbanali, Naj Aziz, Kevin McDougall, and Ali Akbar Sahebi
An investigation into the influence of heat transfer on polyurethane exothermic reaction, Robert Penczek, David Evans, Marcin Świeca, and Kent McTyer
Compression and shear wave sonic velocity measurements in hard rock, Rhys Pitchers, Stuart MacGregor, and Benn Whistler
Lab studies of gas compositions on coal outburst, Ming Qiao, Zhongbei Li, Patrick Booth, Ting Ren, and Dennis Black
Methodology for predicting explosion risk around underground coal mine openings towards developing exclusion zones, Alex Remennikov, Edward Chern Jinn Gan, Soon Sien Tan, Bharath Belle, and David Carey
Using coal rejects and tailings as infills for standing supports in underground gateroads, Ting Ren, Zhenjun Shan, Xiaohan Yang, Hongchao Zhao, and Jan Nemcik
Some operational perspectives on spontaneous combustion management of a longwall goaf, Owen Salisbury, Gerald Linde, and Basil Beamish
Crack damage evolution in coal at elevated temperatures, Mehdi Serati, King Ho Benny Kwan, Nick Gordon, Sasan Moravej, Mojtaba Bahaaddini, and Ali Mirzaghorbanali
Application of a geographic information system (GIS) for selecting the location of a coal wastes dump - a case study, Behshad Jodeiri Shokri, Faramarz Doulati Ardejani, Mehdi Bagheri, Shima Entezam, Ali Mirzaghorbanali, Kevin McDougall, and Naj Aziz
Effect of boundary condition on shear behaviour of rock joint, Mairaj Soomro, Shivakumar Karekal, and Buddhima Indraratna
Modelling and operational management of the Dawson Pit 6-8 lowwall instability, Matt Tsang, Leonie Bradfield, Jafnie Muhsin, Ian Colbourne, Shuaibu Bun-Seisay, Hannah Kelly, and Gift Makusha
Verification of stress state monitoring in the surroundings of the roadway ahead of longwall mining based on the results of 3D scanning of roadway deformation, Bogdanka Mine, Poland, Petr Waclawik, Radovan Kukutsch, Andrzej Walentek, Łukasz Herezy, Kristyna Schuchova, and Jiri Korbel
Flow characteristics of hydraulically fractured granite rocks under high temperature, Gnamani Pabasara P. Wanniarachchige and Ranjith Pathegama Gamage
Numerical analysis of strain energy density at development and longwall face, Chunchen Wei, Onur Vardar, Chengguo Zhang, John Watson, and Ismet Canbulat