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Friday 13th February, 2015
8.30-10.30 am
Technical Session VIII- Chairs: David Evans
30. Ibad Ur-Rahman, Paul Hagan and Jianhang Chen: The influence of test sample size on the load
carrying capacity of cable bolts and rock bolts
(138-146)
31. Ross Seedsman: Preinstalled cable bolts in longwall installtion roads
(118-128)
32. Terry Medhurst: Investigation into a new approach for roadway roof support design that includes
convergence data
(73-83)
33. Haleh Rasekh, Naj Aziz, Jan Nemcik, Ali Mirzaghorbanali and Xuwei Li : An experimental study
on the contact surface area of cabled bolted strata
10.30 -11.0 am
11.00am – 12.30 pm
Australian Coal Operators’ Conference
11-13 February 2015 Wollongong, NSW
McKinnon Building 67, University of Wollongong
(169-175)
Morning Tea
Technical Session IX - Chairs: John Hoelle / Jan Nemcik
34. Sean Keen, Alex Hossack and Mehmet S Kizil: Development and Implementation of
a Geotechnical Database Management System
(248-358)
35. Ali Soofastaei, Saiied Aminossadati, Mehmet Kizil and Peter Knights: Simulation of payload
variance effects on truck bunching to minimise energy consumption and greenhouse gas emission
(338-347)
36. Makesh Shanmukha Rao, Gudlavalleti Uday Bhaskar and Shivakumar Karekal: Estimation of
UCS of coal measures of pranhita-godavari valley, India using sonic logs
(36-47)
1.00 pm
The end and lunch at the Foyer
Additional papers in the conference proceedings are also published online
http://ro. uow.edu.au/coal
37. Mohammad Farouq Hossaini, Mohammad Mohammadi, Nabiollah Hajiantilaki and Alireza
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Tavallaie: Causes of dynamic overbreak and control measures taken at the Alborz Tunnel, Iran
(317-321)
Qiuqiu Qiao, Jan Nemcik, Ian Porter and Ernest Baafi: Compressive strength testing of thin sprayon liner
(199-204)
Xuwei Li, Jan Nemcik, Naj Aziz, Ali Mirza and Haleh Resekh: Modelling of rebar and cable bolt
behaviour in tension / shear
(176-182)
Nazanin Nourifard, Lei Zhang, Naj Aziz and Jan Nemcik: Study on permeability of coal samples
subjected to confining pressure
(243-249)
Dylan Wedel, Bharath Belle and Mehmet Siddik Kizil: The effectiveness of rapid stone dust
compliance testing in underground coal mines
(260-271)
Xiaoming Zhang , Xiaochen Yang, Zuo Wang and Kyuro Sasaki: Numerical simulation of seismic
dynamic response of ground surface above the goaf of coal
(231-237)
On LINE LIBRARY FOR COAL MINING INDUSTRY,
http://research.uow.edu.au/coal
COAL OPERATORS CONFERENCE WEBSITE
http://www.coalconference.net.au/
Naj Aziz, 0466 613 184
Technical Programme
Thursday 12th February 2015
Wednesday 11th February 2015
8.00 - 8.30 am
8.30 - 8.50 am
8.50 - 10.30 am
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Plenary Session - Chair: Chair: Naj Aziz / Bob Kinninmonth
Key note speakers:
Rob Regan: Coal Mine Health and Safety Regulatory and enforcement approach in New South
Wales
(8-23)
Andrew Clough: Mining legislation –The Queensland perspective
(24-29)
Joe Clayton: Mining Engineering- Mining Engineering: What they didn't teach you at University
(30-35)
10.30 - 11.00 am
11.00 - 1.00 pm
4.
Registration and Coffee
Morning Tea
Technical Session I - Chairs: Brian Nichols
Radovan Kukutsch, Petr Konicek, Petr Waclawik, Jiri Ptacek, Lubomir Stas, Martin Vavro and
Alice Hastikova: Stress measurement in coal seam ahead of longwall face – case study
(54-61)
Richard Campbell: longwall salvage roof fall recovery experience
(62-72)
Bharath Belle and Adam Foulstone: Explosion prevention in coal mine TBM drifts – an
operational Knowledge share
(272-283)
Mahdi Zoorabadi, Winton Gale and Serkan Saydam: Analytical procedure to estimate the
horizontal anisotropy of hydraulic conductivity anisotropy of coal seams
(48-53)
1.00 – 2. pm
2.00 - 3.00 pm
Lunch
Technical Session II – Chairs: Brian McCowan
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8.00 - 10.30 am
Technical Session IV - Chairs: Ismet Cunbulat
15. Yvette Heritage, Adrian Moodie and James Anderson: Successful construction of a complex 3D
excavation using 2D and 3D modelling
(94-102)
16. Naj Aziz, Peter Craig, Ali Mirza, Haleh Rasekh, Jan Nemcik and Xuwei Li: Behaviour of Cable
Bolts in Shear; Experimental Study and Mathematical Modelling
(147-160)
17. Naj Aziz, Robert Hawker, Ali Mirza, Jan Nemcik, Xuwei Li and Haleh Rasekh: Strength
Characteristics of Secura Hollow Groutable Cable Bolts
(161-168)
18. David Evans: Improved roof bolting methodologies: reducing hydraulic fracture of strata (129-137)
10.30 - 11.00 am
11.00 – 1.0 pm
Morning Tea
Technical Session V - Chairs: Ross Seedsman
19. Zecheng Li, Serkan Saydam, Rudrajit Mitra and Duncan Chalmers: Investigation on adhesion
strength of thin spray-on liner in an underground coal mine
(192-198)
20. Allison Golsby: New generation polymer technology used in plaster and cementitious fibre and nonfibre spray on and grout
(183-191)
21. Esmat Sarwary and Paul Hagan: Determination of the Degradation in Cutter Tool Performance With
Wear
(284-291)
22. Scott Adam and Joel Kok: Application of continuous drilling technologies in coal mining (250-259)
1.00 - 2.00 pm
2.00 - 3.30 pm
Lunch
Technical Session VI - Chairs: Paul Hagan
Charles Sweeney: Importance of monitoring technologies and in situ testing, with relation to
numerical analysis for ground control design
(84-93)
9. David Hill, Suchowerska, Anastasia and Robert Trueman: Pillar abutment loading – new concepts
for coal mining industry
(205-212)
10. Abouna Saghafi, Kaydy Pinetown and Hoda Javanmard: Developing a method to identify the
source of gas emissions into longwall and goaf from surrounding strata
(238-242)
23. Hongkui Gong, Ismet Canbulat and Mehmet Siddik. Kizil: Risk-benefit analysis in coal mine roof
support design using stochastic modelling technique
(103-117)
24. Detlef Bringemeier: Mine subsidence predictions using a mechanistic modelling approach
(213-220)
25. Yi Luo: Systematic Approach to Mitigate Longwall Subsidence Influences
(221-230)
3.40 - 4.00 pm
4.00 - 6.00 pm
3.30 - 4.00
4.00 - 5.30
Afternoon Tea
Technical Session III - Chairs: David Cliff
11. Martin Watkinson Ken Liddell, Sean Muller and Clive Hanrahan: Lessons from the operational
use of the GAG jet engine at mine sites
(292-300)
12. Basil Beamish and Jan Theiler: Contrast in self-heating rate behaviour for coals of similar rank
(301-305)
13. Joanne Wood, David Cliff and Ruth Burgess-Limerick: Translating road safety research on nighttime visibility to the context of mining
(313-316)
14. David Cliff: Hazelwood mine fire 2014
(306-312)
Wednesday 6.0-8.0 pm: Cocktail Drinks at the Exhibition Foyer
McKinnon Building 67
Afternoon Tea
Technical Session VII - Chairs: Basil Beamish
26. Paulo Rodrigis Pereira: The application of hose management in mining
(359-365)
27. Brianna Millgate and Paul Hagan: Changes in drilling performance and dust suppression with the
use of a water separator sub
(331-337)
28. Edward Hay and Saiied Aminossadati: Monetary savings opportunities of electronic blast initiation
systems
(322-330)
29. David Gilbert, Ali Mirza, Xuwei Li and Haleh Resekh, Naj Aziz and Jan Nemcik: The Strength
properties of fibre glass dowels used for strata reinforcement in coal mines
(on-line)
Thursday 12th- 7.00 for 7.30 pm: Conference Dinner, City Beach
Function Centre, Marine Drive, Wollongong