Research Projects

Note: The MHSC research projects are grouped and classified into nine (9) thrust areas. The thrust areas are aptly named according to the major agency which the research project was intended to address in the first place.
COAL
Rockfalls • 2000

PROJECT COL 337

Coal Pillar Design Procedures

COAL
Rockfalls • 1999

PROJECT COL 328

Review of current design methodologies to improve the safety of roof support systems, particularly in the face area in collieries

COAL
Rockfalls • 1998

PROJECT 504

Simple users guide on roof support installations and evaluation

COAL
Rockfalls • 1998

PROJECT COL 005

The effect of structural discontinuities on coal pillar strength as a basis of improving safety and the design of coal pillar systems

COAL
Rockfalls • 1997

PROJECT COL 439

Determine the need to research the time related stability decay of bord and pillar systems

COAL
Rockfalls • 1997

PROJECT COL 327

Review the caving mechanisms around high extraction systems and determine the effect of the mechanisms on the safety of the systems

COAL
Rockfalls • 1995

PROJECT COL 021

Assessment of coal pillar design procedures