ABSTRACT
LAMODEL 1.0 is a PC-based, boundary-element program for calculating the stresses and displacements in coal mines or other thin, tabular seams or veins. This type of mine modeling software can be used by mine design engineers in the industry to investigate and optimize the pillar sizes and pillar layouts in relation to pillar stress, multi-seam stress and/or bump potential (energy release). This paper introduces the latest version of the LAMODEL program and highlights the new windows-based, pre- and post-processors.
