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Theoretical basis for calculation of pontoons used in open pit mines

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The author studies buoyancy of pontoons used in open pit coal mines based on the fundamental principles of the ship theory and finds safe height of pontoon upperworks. The derived formulas for metacentric heights are used in the analysis of pontoon stability.

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Correspondence to S. V. Cherdantsev.

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Original Russian Text © S.V. Cherdantsev, 2013, published in Fiziko-Tekhnicheskie Problemy Razrabotki Poleznykh Iskopaemykh, 2013, No. 1, pp. 61–69.

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Cherdantsev, S.V. Theoretical basis for calculation of pontoons used in open pit mines. J Min Sci 49, 52–59 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062739149010073

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