Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
School of Engineering
Department of Mining Engineering
van der Merwe, JN
BSc(Ing)Mynbou(Pret) BSc(Hons) PhD(Witwatersrand) - Professor and Head
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 2443
Fax number: 012 420 4242
E-mail address: nielen@postino.up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Coal mining
Mine design
Mine Closure
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
van der Merwe JN: 2003. A laboratory investigation into the effect of specimen size on the strength of coal samples from different areas. Journal of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 103 (5) / Jun, pp 273-280.
van der Merwe JN: 2003. New pillar strength formula for South African coal. Journal of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 103 (5) / Jun, pp 281-292.
van der Merwe JN: 2003. Predicting coal pillar life in South Africa. Journal of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 103 (5) / Jun, pp 293-302.
Papers in refereed, published conference proceedings:
van der Merwe JN, Canbulat I, Roberts DP: 2003. Coal pillar loading systems. In Proceedings of the Tenth Congress of the ISRM: Technology Road Map for Rock Mechanics, The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, pp 1269-1274.
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