To estimate the energy storage and release performances of rock pillars in high stress and
gain insights into the prevention and control of rockburst hazards from an energy aspect …

To reduce the roadway drivage ratio, drivage cost, and safety accidents, and increase the
resource recovery ratio, a no-pillar mining technique with automatically formed gob-side …

Soft computing (SC) is a field of computer science that resembles the processes of the
human brain. While conventional hard computing is run based on crisp values and binary …

The excavation of deep mining roadways with traditional mining methods leads to various
issues, such as the occurrence of large deformations, the waste of coal resources, complex …

Deep mining roadways are often under high-stress conditions and strong mining-induced
disturbances. In the traditional longwall mining method, stress concentration and energy …

The prediction of pillar stability (PS) in hard rock mines is a crucial task for which many
techniques and methods have been proposed in the literature including machine learning …

Drilling and blasting is a widely-used method for rock fragmentation in open-pit mines,
tunneling and civil projects. Flyrock, as one of the most dangerous effects induced by …

Partial extraction methods such as underground strip pillar mining or room-and-pillar mining
are widely adopted techniques to control ground subsidence. However, pillar failure in …

Ground control is an integral element of mine design and worker safety. The use of concrete
pillars for underground mines is of paramount importance to maintaining the economic and …

With the rapid development and modernization requirement of global coal industry, there is
an emerging need for intelligent and unmanned mining systems. In this paper, the Intelligent …