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MVA staff have authored or co-authored numerous technical papers in their areas of expertise and won several industry awards.

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Heat Stress

3.1 MB Brake D J, 2002. The Deep Body Core Temperatures, Physical Fatigue and Fluid Status of Thermally Stressed Workers and the Development of Thermal Work Limit as an Index of Heat Stress, PhD thesis, School of Public Health, Curtin University, Perth
188 KB Brake DJ and Bates GP, 2002. Limiting work rate (Thermal Work Limit) as an index of thermal stress. Journal of Applied Occupational and Environmental Health (ACGIH). Vol 13(3):176-186, March. [The journal of the ACGIH, the American College of Government Industrial Hygienists]
320 KB Brake D J and Bates G P, 2002. Deep body core temperatures in industrial workers under thermal stress. J Occup Environ Med. Vol 44, No 2, pp 125-135. [The journal of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine]
263 KB Brake D J and Bates G P, 2002. A valid method for comparing rational and empirical heat stress indices. Annals of Occupational Hygiene. Vol 46, No 2 pp 165-174 [Journal of the British Occupational Hygiene Society]
485 KB Brake DJ and Bates GP, 2001. Fatigue in industrial workers under thermal stress on extended shift lengths. Occ Med (Society of Occ Med, UK). Vol 51, No 7, pp 456-463 [The journal of the British Society of Occupational Medicine]
177 KB Brake D J and Bates G P, 2003. Fluid Losses and Hydration Status of Industrial Workers under Thermal Stress Working Extended Shifts. British Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Vol 60, No 2 pp 90-96.
212 KB Brake D. 2001. Fluid consumption, sweat rates and hydration status of thermally-stressed underground miners and the implications for heat illness and shortened shifts. Proc 2001 Qld Mining Ind Occ Health and Safety Conf. Townsville, 2001, pp 275-287. Qld Mining Council, Brisbane (2001)
91 KB Brake, D J, Donoghue M and Bates G, 1998. Management Of Heat Stress In A Hot, Humid, Underground Environment. Paper presented to the 1998 International Safety Conference and Exposition. Melbourne. 25-28 February
77 KB Brake, D J, Donoghue, M D and Bates G P. A New Generation of Health and Safety Protocols for Working in Heat. Proc 1998 Qld Mining Ind Occ Health and Safety Conf. Yeppoon, 1998, pp. 91-100. Qld Mining Council, Brisbane (1998)
131 KB Brake, D.J.; Bates, G.P.: Occupational Heat Illness: An Interventional Study. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Physiological and Cognitive Performance in Extreme Environments, 2000, pp. 170-172. W.M.Lau, Ed. Defence Scientific and Technology Organisation, Australian Department of Defence, Canberra (2000)
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Brake, D J and Bates G P, 2000. Assessment of Underground Thermal Environments and the Prevention of Heat Illness. Intl Mine Safety Conf, Perth
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Brake D J, 2004. The Application of a Rational Heat Stress Index (Thermal Work Limit) to Sports Medicine. Sports Med Aust annual conf, Alice Springs, Oct (presentation)

Mine Ventilation

249 KB

Brake D J and Fulker R, 2000. The ventilation and refrigeration design for Australia’s deepest and hottest underground operation: the Enterprise mine. Proc MassMin 2000 611-621. Aust Inst Mining and Met. 2000
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Brake D J, 2001. Calculation of the natural (unventilated) wet bulb temperature, psychrometric dry bulb temperature and Wet Bulb Globe Temperature from standard psychrometric measurements. J Mine Vent Soc of Sth Africa. Vol 54, No 4, Oct-Dec 2001, pp 108-112
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Brake D J, 2002. Fan total pressure or fan static pressure: which is correct when solving ventilation problems? J. Mine Vent Soc of Sth Africa. Vol 55, No 1, Jan-Mar 2002
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Brake, D and Nixon, T. 2005. Current trends and future opportunities in underground hardrock ventilation practices. AusIMM Underground operator’s conference, Perth, pp403-408
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Brake, D and Nixon T, 2006. Design and operational aspects in the use of booster, circuit and auxiliary fan systems. Proc 11th US Mine Vent sym, Penn State, pp 543-553
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Brake D J and Nixon C A, 2008. Correctly estimating primary airflow requirements for underground metalliferous mines. Proc 10th AusIMM Underground op conf, Launceston, Apr. pp 199-204
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Brake D J, 2009. The growing use of hazardous primary ventilation systems in hardrock mines, 9th Int Mine Vent Cong (Panigrahi D, ed), Nov, New Delhi. pp 43-60
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Brake D J, 2010. The design of push-pull primary and secondary ventilation systems and a vertically-split intake-exhaust ventilation shaft. Proc 12th US-Nth Am Mine Vent sym (Hardcastle S & McKinnon D, eds), Sudbury. pp 181-191
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Brake D J and Jones C, 2011. The use of the main ramp as a mine exhaust at the Kencana mine, Indonesia, 11th AusIMM Underground Operators’ Conference 2011, Mar, Canberra. pp 13-18

Mine Ventilation Technical Training, Quality Standards and Professional Development

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Brake D J and Nixon T, 2004. The impact of changing employment and mining practices on the mine ventilation profession in Australia, in Mine Ventilation (Proc Tenth US Mine Vent Sym, Anchorage), pp 409-416
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Brake D J and Greenhill G, 2005. New integrated pathways for mine ventilation technical training in Australia. (Qld Mining Safety and Health Conf, Tvl, 15-17 Aug, pp 29-33
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Brake, D J, 2006. Developments in mine ventilation legislation, statutory qualifications and ventilation training in Australia. Proc 11th US Mine Vent sym, Penn State, pp 609-617
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Brake, D J, 2008. A protocol and standard for mine ventilation studies. Proc 12th US/North American Mine Vent Sym (Wallace K, ed), Jun. Reno. pp 3-11

Mine Cooling and Refrigeration

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Brake D, 2001. The application of refrigeration in mechanised mines. Proc AusIMM. 2001(1):1-10
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Brake D, 2001. Key engineering considerations in the specification and selection of mine refrigeration plants. Proc AusIMM. 2001(2):1-16
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Brake, D, 2002. Design of the world’s largest bulk air cooler for the Enterprise mine in northern Australia. 9th US mine ventilation symposium, Kingston, Canada, June. pp 381-390
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Brake D, 2005. Performance and acceptance testing of mine refrigeration plants. Proc 8th Intl Mine Vent Cong, Brisbane, pp 3-12

Egress and Entrapment

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Brake, D J, 1999. An integrated strategy for emergency egress from an underground metal mine. Proc 8th US Mine Ventilation Congress. Rolla, pp 649-657. (University of Missouri-Rolla)
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Brake, D. J. and Bates, G. P, 1999. Criteria for the design of emergency refuge stations for an underground metal mine. Proc AusIMM 304(2):1-8
51 KB Brake D J, 1999. Entrapment and escape from metal mines – a case study. Proc 1999 Qld Mining Ind Occ Health and Safety Conf. Yeppoon, 1999. Qld Mining Council, Brisbane (1999)