Mining Product: S-Pillar - Software for Stone Mine Pillar Design
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Original creation date: January 2011
The S-Pillar software is used for stone mine pillar design.
It was written to assist in the design of stable pillars for room-and-pillar workings in underground stone mines. The calculation methods used in S-Pillar are based on observation of actual pillar performance in 34 different underground operations in the eastern and midwestern United States.
New to version 1.02:
- Windows 7 printing bug fixed
- Correction to reference link for the weak band paper
- Installer updated
Download the ZIP archive, unpack into a temporary folder and run setup.exe.
Authors: G Esterhuizen, MM Murphy
Audience: Engineers/designers who are responsible for mine layout design in stone mines
Software (Windows) - May 2015
Version: 1.02
Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2011 Jan
See Also
- Analysis of Multiple Seam Stability
- Analysis of Pillar Design Practices and Techniques for U.S. Limestone Mines
- A Computer Software Program that Estimates Air Quantity Requirements in Large Opening Stone Mines
- Effects of Weak Bands on Pillar Stability in Stone Mines: Field Observations and Numerical Model Assessment
- Pillar and Roof Span Design Guidelines for Underground Stone Mines
- Pillar and Roof Span Design in Stone Mines
- Pillar Design Issues for Underground Stone Mines
- Pillar Stability Issues Based on a Survey of Pillar Performance in Underground Limestone Mines
- Pillar Strength and Design Methodology for Stone Mines
- Pillar Strength in Underground Stone Mines in the United States
- Roof Span Design for Underground Stone Mines
- Technology News 516 - ARMPS-HWM: New Software for Sizing Pillars for Highwall Mining
- Underground Stone Mine Pillar Design in Challenging Conditions
- Page last reviewed: 10/22/2016
- Page last updated: 5/29/2015
- Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program