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Pillar Mining

Pillar Mining is an underground mining method in which ore is extracted in a systematic pattern of openings while leaving in-situ pillars of rock or ore to support the overlying strata, with these pillars optionally recovered in a controlled retreat phase.

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241

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Room And Pillar Mining

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Publications

448

Innovation and future of mining rock mechanics

Manchao He, Qi Wang, Qunying Wu · Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering · 2021 · 300 citations · Full text

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A study of the strength of coal pillars

Amos Salamon, M.D.G. Munro · 1967 · 274 citations

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A study of the mechanical behaviour of coal for pillar design

Terry Medhurst, E.T. Brown · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences · 1998 · 270 citations

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Pillar strength in underground stone mines in the United States

G.S. Esterhuizen, Dennis R. Dolinar, John L. Ellenberger · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences · 2010 · 263 citations

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Study of a no-pillar mining technique with automatically formed gob-side entry retaining for longwall mining in coal mines

Qi Wang, Manchao He, Jun Yang et al. · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences · 2018 · 260 citations

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Authors

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  1. CM
    Christopher Mark

    Occupational Safety & Health Administration, United States

    14 publications · 473 citations

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  2. MH
    Manchao He

    China University of Mining and Technology, China

    11 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. JB
    Jianbiao Bai

    China University of Mining and Technology, China

    11 publications · 378 citations

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  4. XW
    Xiangyu Wang

    China University of Mining and Technology, China

    9 publications · 360 citations

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  5. WZ
    Weibing Zhu

    China University of Mining and Technology, China

    7 publications · 258 citations

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Institutions

252

  1. China University of Mining and Technology

    Xuzhou, China

    32 h-index

    468 publications

    16.8K citations

  2. Shandong University of Science and Technology

    Qingdao, China

    16 h-index

    91 publications

    3K citations

  3. Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research

    Dhanbad, India

    16 h-index

    61 publications

    2.2K citations

  4. Central South University

    Changsha, China

    15 h-index

    56 publications

    3K citations

  5. Henan Polytechnic University

    Jiaozuo, China

    15 h-index

    52 publications

    1.4K citations

  6. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

    Washington D.C., United States

    12 h-index

    37 publications

    1.4K citations

  7. Xi'an University of Science and Technology

    Xi'an, China

    11 h-index

    42 publications

    958 citations

  8. Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad

    Dhanbad, India

    10 h-index

    23 publications

    602 citations

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  3. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

    23 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. Energies

    21 publications · 676 citations

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  5. Sustainability

    13 publications · 333 citations

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