The dynamic response characteristics of stress redistribution in roadway surrounding rock and the distribution patterns of plastic zones during different stages are pivotal to controlling rock mass stability. Addressing the vulnerability of retained roadways to repeated mining impacts from adjacent working faces under dual- or multi-roadway layouts, this study examines the 22,104 auxiliary transp…
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Two Penn State faculty members have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Members of the class of 2026 include Barbara J. Arnold, chair and professor of practice of mining engineering in the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, and Qiming Zhang, Harvey F. Brush Chair and Professor of Electrical Engineering.
“Academy…
