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Theory And Practice Gap Closes In Rock MechanicsBy R. K. Agarwal
Transforming from a mere novelty field of science to a well-recognized branch of engineering, the scientific discipline of rock mechanics continues to mature. The past decade has witnessed an unpreced
Jan 1, 1970
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Steady-State Creep Of Rock Salt In GeoengineeringBy Tom W. Pfeifle, Paul E. Senseny
INTRODUCTION Engineered structures such as mines, shafts and tunnels, and storage caverns for hydrocarbons, chemical s and brine are being built in natural rock salt formations in increasing numbe
Jan 1, 1982
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Mexican Paper - A Crystalline Sulphide in Pig-IronBy Andrew A. Blair
It is now well known that certain pig-irons give a considerably smaller percentage of sulphur when determined by evolution-methods than when determined by oxidation-methods. The most striking examplcs
Jan 1, 1902
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The Distribution Of The Elements In Igneous RocksBy Henry S. Washington
I. INTRODUCTION. DURING the last twenty years or so the chemical investigation of rocks has made great advances, and it is now generally recognized that a knowledge of the chemical composition is a
Jan 1, 1913
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Fresh-water Diatomite in the Pacific Coast RegionBy Henry Mulryan
DIATOMS are microscopic aquatic plants of the order Bacillariaceae. They are unicellular plants with skeletons made up of amorphous opaline silica. The skeletons show highly ornate, complicated geomet
Jan 1, 1939
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Technical Notes - Lineage Structure in Aluminum Single CrystalsBy C. T. Wei, A. Kelly
USING a recently developed X-ray method, reported by Schulz,2 it is possible to make a rapid survey of the perfection of a single crystal at a particular surface. This technique has the advantage of a
Jan 1, 1956
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Requirements For Complete Face Mechanization In Coal MiningBy R. Y. Williams
IN the United States, fully 98 per cent. of the anthracite and bituminous coal tonnage obtained from underground operations is mined by the room-and-pillar system. Under this system, the total cost of
Jan 1, 1928
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Engineering Problems in Atomic Energy for Industrial ApplicationBy J. A. Hutcheson
NO one questions that it is technically possible to achieve the controlled release of atomic energy in a form that can be converted into heat or electricity. However, before this is actually an accomp
Jan 1, 1948
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Deterioration of Nickel Spark-plug Terminals in ServiceFRANCIS B. SILSBE,* Washington, D. C. (written discussion?). ?This paper is an interesting example of the -solution by the methods of metallography of what seemed at first a purely chemical problem. T
Jan 11, 1919
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Economics of Wood Preservation in Underground Coal MiningBy Reamy Joyce
CONDITIONS in underground mining are so variable that in approach-ing the problem of the economies effected by the use of pressure-treated mine ties and mine timbers, it is necessary to secure specifi
Jan 1, 1939
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Seventy-Five Years Of Progress In Ore DressingBy Arthur F. Taggart
PROGRESS in a technical art is of several kinds. It springs .from many diverse sources. It comprises invention, mechanical improvement, operating advance, analytical study, education. Invention is, by
Jan 1, 1947
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Absolute Reaction Rate Theory For Diffusion In MetalsBy D. Turnbull, J. H. Hollomon, J. C. Fisher
UNDERSTANDING of the diffusion problem has recently been furthered by the analysis of Birchenall and Mehl.1 They pursued the problem of the variation of the diffusion coefficient with composition for
Jan 1, 1948
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Problems In Supplying Scrap For Electric-Furnace RequirementsBy Stanley M. Kaplan
As we all know, the electric-furnace operation consumes practically 100 pct cold steel scrap. This is in contrast to the operation of the open-hearth furnace, in which 40 pct or more of the charge may
Jan 1, 1947
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Milling Operations At The Santander Mine In PeruBy Octavio G. Echavarria
HISTORY The Santander Mine is located on the western flank of the Central Andes of Peru, about 100 miles northeast of Lima, at an elevation of 15,000 ft. This complex sulphide orebody, whose p
Jan 1, 1970
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News – Inco Places New Saw Mill In OperationThe new saw mill at Cache Bay of the Geo. Gordon & Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of International Nickel Co., of Canada, is equipped with the first fully electric saw carriage drives in Ontario. It has a c
Jan 1, 1952
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Deep Coal Mining In Springhill No. 2 MineBy William F. Campbell
One of the deepest coal operations today is the Springhill No. 2 mine of Cumberland Railway & Coal Co., subsidiary of Dominion Coal Co. Ltd. Mining is now conducted at a slope distance of 14,000 ft, w
Jan 9, 1958
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Cincinnati Paper - Improvements in Methods for Physical TestsBy Arthur V. Abbott
TO rightly use materials, two kinds of knowledge are essential: first, the actual strength of the substance; and secondly, the forces to which, in the structure, it may be subjected. Nearly all of the
Jan 1, 1884
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Reservoir Engineering–General - Temperature Profiles in Underground CombustionBy P. E. Baker
Approximate solutions are presented for the heat-flow equations in a loss-free linear system with a moving source and with heat transfer by convection and conduction, representing in situ combustion i
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Losses of Zinc in Mining, Milling and SmeltingBy A. Dorsey Lyon
INTRODUCTION A GREAT DEAL of attention has recently been given to the metallurgy of zinc, and much of that which has been said and written on this subject has been in the nature of a criticism. For i
Jan 7, 1914
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Research Requirements in Surface Mine Stability and PlanningBy G. Herget, O. Garg
Trends will continue towards more automated, and sometimes larger mining and haulage equipment to reduce pit development and haulage costs. To save labour costs, larger capitalization of open pits is
Jan 1, 1983