Optimising roadheader performance based on laboratory and field work

This thesis covers in detail a study of the excavation of rock salt by roadheader, the factors affecting performance and finally a specification with operational results of a new production machine to suit the South African Coal Mining Industry. Dosco Overseas Engineering Ltd. the author's...

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Main Author: Gollick, Michael John
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 1999
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30934/