Ahmadi, A.R.,  Shahriar, K.,  Asadi, A. (2013) . Stability Analysis of Amir Kabir Water Conveyance Tunnel in Strain Softening Condition Using Self-Similarity Method and Convergence-Confinement Curves. Journal of Tunneling and Underground Space Engineering (TUSE) , Volume 2, issue 1, DOI: 10.22044/TUSE.2013.184

Anon. (2005). Tabas coal mine project basic design report-mining. Vol 1 of 5.

Cui, Z., Chanda, E., Zhao, J., & Wang, Z. (2018). Stress distribution characteristics in the vicinity of coal seam floor. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 108, No. 3, p. 032056). IOP Publishing.

Damghani, M. (2013). Evaluation Behavior of Longwall Face, Case Study Parvadeh Tabas coal mine. M. Sc Thesis, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman (in Persian).

Hartman., H. (1996). SME Handbook. Inc. Littleton Colorado. Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration.

Lu Luo J. (1997), Gateroad Design in Overlying Multi-Seam Mines. Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Mansoori, A. A. H., Gholamnezhad, J., and Najafi, M. (2017). 3D Numerical Modeling of Tunnel Floor Heave in Tabas Mechanized Coal Mine. Journal of Tunneling and Underground Space Engineering (TUSE), Volume 5, issue 2, Page 15-29, DOI: 10.22044/tuse.2017.3431.1236.

Martin, C.D., Maybee, W.G. (2000). The strength of hard-rock pillars. International Journal of Rock Mechanics & Mining Sciences 37, 1239-1246.

Murali, M.G., Sheorey, P.R., Kushwaha, A. (2001). Numerical estimation of pillar strength in coal mines. International Journal of Rock Mechanics & Mining Sciences 38, pp 1185–1192.

Najafi, M. (2009). Optimum Design of Longwall Chain Pillar in Tabas Coal Mine. Shahrood University of Technology, MSc Thesis (in Persian).

Najafi, M., Jalali, S. M., Sereshki, F., & Yarahmadi Bafghi, A. (2016). Probabilistic analysis of stability of chain pillars in Tabas coal mine in Iran using Monte Carlo simulation. Journal of Mining and Environment, 7(1), 25-35.

Najafi, M., Jalali, S., Sereshki, F., & Yarahmadi, B. A. (2010). Estimation of the load distribution on the chain pillars of the mechanized longwall panels in tabas coal mine using numerical method.  Iranian journal of mining engineering (irjme), volume 5, number 9; page (s) 47 to 58.

Najafi, M., Shishebori, A., and Gholamnejad, J. (2016). Numerical Estimation of Suitable Distance between Two Adjacent Panels’ Working Faces in Shortwall Mining. Int. J. Geomech. , 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000784 , 04016090.                             

Peng, S. S. (2006). Longwall mining. Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration. Inc.(SME): Englewood, CO, USA, 1-20.

Qiangling, Y., Jian, Z., Yanan, L., Yingming, T., & Zhigang, J. (2015). Distribution of side abutment stress in roadway subjected to dynamic pressure and its engineering application. Shock and Vibration, 2015.

Sakurai, S. (1997). Strength parameters of rocks determined from back analysis of measured displacements. In First Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium. ISRM, Seoul (pp. 95-99).

Sastry, V. R., & Nair, R. (2009). Stress distribution on longwall barrier pillar due to goaf formation during extraction. IE (I) J, 89, 19-24.

Shabanimashcool, M., & Li, C. C. (2013). A numerical study of stress changes in barrier pillars and a border area in a longwall coal mine. International Journal of Coal Geology, 106, 39-47.

Tabas Coal mine. (2014). Rock mechanics reports.Thecnical office.

Watson, j. (2004). The strength of coal pillars. 23nd  Int. Conf. on Ground Control in Mining.

Zhang, P., Gearhart, D., Van Dyke, M., Su, D., Esterhuizen, E., & Tulu, B. (2019). Ground response to high horizontal stresses during longwall retreat and its implications for longwall headgate support. International journal of mining science and technology, 29(1), 27-33.