Select Publications
Journal articles
2020, 'Estimation of in-situ maximum horizontal principal stress magnitudes from borehole breakout data using machine learning', International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 126, pp. 104199, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmms.2019.104199
,2020, 'Experimental and Analytical Investigations of the Effect of Hole Size on Borehole Breakout Geometries for Estimation of In Situ Stresses', Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 53, pp. 781 - 798, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00603-019-01944-z
,2019, 'Numerical modelling of strength and energy release characteristics of pillar-scale coal mass', Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 11, pp. 935 - 943, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrmge.2019.04.003
,2019, 'Quantitative hazard assessment system (Has-Q) for open pit mine slopes', International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, 29, pp. 419 - 427, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmst.2018.11.005
,2018, 'Evaluation of current coal burst control techniques and development of a coal burst management framework', Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 81, pp. 129 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tust.2018.07.008
,2018, 'CO2 sorption induced damage in coals in unconfined and confined stress states: A micrometer to core scale investigation', International Journal of Coal Geology, 198, pp. 167 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2018.09.009
,2018, 'CO2 sorption induced damage in coals in unconfined and confined stress states: A micrometer to core scale investigation', International Journal of Coal Geology, 198, pp. 167 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2018.09.009
,2018, 'Numerical and analytical simulation of the structural behaviour of fully grouted cable bolts under impulsive loading', International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, 28, pp. 807 - 811, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmst.2018.08.012
,2018, 'Computing the damage and fracture energy in a coal mass based on joint density', International Journal of Mining Science and Technology Available online 29 Septe, 28, pp. 813 - 817, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmst.2018.08.013
,2018, 'A semi-quantitative coal burst risk classification system', International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, 28, pp. 721 - 727, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmst.2018.08.001
,2018, 'Guest editorial-Special issue on dynamic failures in underground mines', International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, 28, pp. iv - v, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2095-2686(18)30568-8
,2018, 'New risk assessment methodology for coal mine excavated slopes', International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, 28, pp. 583 - 592, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmst.2018.07.001
,2018, 'Analytical Determination of Energy Release in a Coal Mass', Energies, 11, pp. 285, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en11020285
,2017, 'Risk assessment of failure of rock bolts in underground coal mines using support vector machines', Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asmb.2273
,2017, 'Applicability of a joint constitutive model: correlation with field observations', International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, pp. 1 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19386362.2017.1344367
,2017, 'Assessing coal burst phenomena in mining and insights into directions for future research', International Journal of Coal Geology, 179, pp. 28 - 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2017.05.011
,2017, 'Environmental influence on mesh corrosion in underground coal mines', International Journal of Mining, Reclaimation and Environment, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17480930.2017.1299604
,2017, 'Numerical analysis on mining-induced fracture development around river valleys', International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17480930.2017.1293495
,2017, 'A Review of Uncontrolled Pillar Failures', Procedia Engineering, 191, pp. 631 - 637, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.05.227
,2017, 'Assessment of energy release mechanisms contributing to coal burst', International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, 27, pp. 43 - 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmst.2016.09.029
,2017, 'Review of current empirical approaches for determination of the weak rock mass properties', Procedia Engineering, 191, pp. 908 - 917, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.05.261
,2017, 'Numerical investigation into the effect of backfilling on coal pillar strength in highwall mining', International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, 28, pp. 281 - 286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmst.2017.07.003
,2016, 'A Numerical Study on Dilation of a Saw-Toothed Rock Joint Under Direct Shear', Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00603-016-1142-6
,2016, 'A Fractal Model for the Shear Behaviour of Large-Scale Opened Rock Joints', Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00603-016-1088-8
,2016, 'Development and implementation of spin to stall resin at Anglo Americans Australian underground coal operations', International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, 26, pp. 161 - 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmst.2015.11.025
,2014, 'Underground coal mine layout selection using analytical hierarchy process', Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section A: Mining Technology, 123, pp. 20 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1743286313Y.0000000053
,2014, 'Underground coal mine layout selection using analytical hierarchy process', TRANSACTIONS OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF MINING AND METALLURGY SECTION A-MINING TECHNOLOGY, 123, pp. 20 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1743286313Y.0000000053
,2013, 'Risk management in open cut coal mines', International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, 23, pp. 369 - 374, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmst.2013.05.012
,2011, 'Improved roadway roof support design for Anglo American Metallurgical Coal's underground operations', Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section A: Mining Technology, 120, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1743286310Y.0000000005
,2009, 'Design of optimum roof support systems in South African collieries using a probabilistic design approach', Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 109, pp. 71 - 88
,2003, 'Fate of Environmental Pollutants', Water Environment Research, 75, pp. 1581 - 1684, http://dx.doi.org/10.2175/106143003x145336
,1998, 'Current South African coal pillar research', Journal of The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 98, pp. 7 - 10
,1998, 'The scale effect, critical rock mass strength and pillar system design', Journal of The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 98, pp. 23 - 37
,Conference Papers
2022, 'A review of rockbursts associated with block caving', in Caving 2022: Fifth International Conference on Block and Sublevel Caving, Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Perth, presented at Caving 2022: Fifth International Conference on Block and Sublevel Caving, http://dx.doi.org/10.36487/acg_repo/2205_79
,2020, 'New Damage Model for Contact Layers and Coal Mass', in Eurock 2020, Norway, presented at Eurock 2020, Norway, 12 October 2020 - 14 October 2020
,2020, 'Dynamic analysis of fault-slip in longwall mining using a linear slip weakening law', in Fifth International Itasca Symposium, Vienna, presented at Fifth International Itasca Symposium, Vienna, 17 February 2020
,2020, 'A review of overburden fracturing and changes in hydraulic characteristics due to longwall mining', in , Proceedings of the 2020 Coal Operators' Conference, Mining Engineering, University of Wollongong, 18-20 February 2019, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, presented at 2020 Coal Operators Conference, Wollongong, 14 February 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28057
,2020, 'DESIGN COMBINED SUPPORT UNDER ARBITRARY IMPULSIVE LOADING', in Proceedings of the 2020 Coal Operators Conference, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, presented at 2020 Coal Operators Conference, Wollongong, 14 February 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28015
,2020, 'Ground motion characteristics in an underground burst-prone coal mine', in Proceedings of the 39th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, ICGCM 2020, pp. 64 - 68
,2019, 'A numerical study on fault-induced rib instabilities in coal mines', Brazil, presented at 14th International Congress on Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, Brazil, 13 September 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780367823184
,2019, 'A Preliminary Investigation of Mobile Mapping Technology for Underground Mining', in IGARSS 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Yokohama, Japan, pp. 6071 - 6074, presented at 2019 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Yokohama, Japan, 28 July 2019 - 02 August 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2019.8898518
,2019, 'A parametric study of fault-slip in longwall mining', in Proceedings of the 2019 Rock Dynamics Summit, Okinawa, presented at 2019 Rock Dynamics Summit, Okinawa, 07 May 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780429327933
,2019, 'An overview of research into understanding coal burst', in Proceedings of the 2019 Rock Dynamics Summit, Okinawa, Japan, presented at 2019 Rock Dynamics Summit, Okinawa, Japan, 07 May 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780429327933
,2019, 'A parametric study of fault-slip in longwall mining', in Rock Dynamics Summit - Proceedings of the 2019 Rock Dynamics Summit, RDS 2019, pp. 741 - 744, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780429327933-120
,2019, 'An overview of research into understanding coal burst', in Rock Dynamics Summit - Proceedings of the 2019 Rock Dynamics Summit, RDS 2019, pp. 21 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780429327933-3
,2018, 'A Numerical Study of the Behaviour of Fully Grouted Cable Bolts Under Static and Dynamic Loading', in 10th Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium, Singapore, presented at The ISRM International Symposium for 2018, Singapore, 29 October 2018 - 03 November 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/27216
,2018, 'DEM analysis of the effect of discontinuities on coal mass brittleness', in Li CC; Li X; Zhang Z (eds.), Rock Dynamics : Experiments, Theories and Applications - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Rock Dynamics and Applications, ROCDYN-3 2018, CRC Press, Trondheim, Norway, pp. 239 - 244, presented at Third International Conference on Rock Dynamics and Applications, Trondheim, Norway, 26 June 2018 - 27 June 2018, https://www.crcpress.com/Rock-Dynamics-and-Applications-3-Proceedings-of-the-3rd-International-Confrence/Li-Li-Zhang/p/book/9780815396673
,2018, 'Effects of the joint density and joint dip angle on the fracture energy in coal mass', in Li CC; Li X; Zhang Z-X (eds.), Rock Dynamics : Experiments, Theories and Applications - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Rock Dynamics and Applications, ROCDYN-3 2018, Taylor & Francis Group (CRC Press), Trondheim, Norway, pp. 317 - 322, presented at 3rd International Confrence on Rock Dynamics and Applications (RocDyn-3), Trondheim, Norway, 26 June 2018 - 27 June 2018, https://www.crcpress.com/Rock-Dynamics-and-Applications-3-Proceedings-of-the-3rd-International-Confrence/Li-Li-Zhang/p/book/9780815396673
,2018, 'A validation of current rock mass property determination methods for coal measure rocks', in 52th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, American Rock Mechanics Association, Seattle, presented at 52th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Seattle, 17 June 2018 - 20 June 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/27217
,2018, 'GEOTECHNICAL REVIEW OF AN OPEN CUT COAL MINE SLOPE USING 3D LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM MODELLING AND NEW EMPIRICAL RUN OUT PREDICTION CHARTS', in Slope Stability Symposium 2018, Seville, Spain, presented at Slope Stability Symposium 2018, Seville, Spain, 10 April 2018 - 13 April 2018, http://www.congresomineriasevilla2018.org/INGLES/welcome.html
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