Cook, Patrick Michael.2017-07-062017-07-061992http://hdl.handle.net/10539/22947A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in EngineeringRegulation 10.24 of the Minerals Act (1991) of the Republic of South Africa is applied for the purpose of preventing the development and propagation of coal-dust explosions in underground coal mines. ( Abbreviation abstract )enCOAL MINES AND MINING--DUST CONTROL--RESEARCH.COAL MINES AND MINING--SOUTH AFRICA.MINE EXPLOSIONS--MODELS.MINE SAFETY--SOUTH AFRICA.MINE EXPLOSIONS--SOUTH AFRICA.MINE DUSTS--RESEARCH.DUST--PREVENTIONThesis