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Mining engineering

a simple estimate of average pillar stress as the overburden load carried by each pillar over the area it supports divided by its own area.

In mining engineering, tributary area theory refers to a simple estimate of average pillar stress as the overburden load carried by each pillar over the area it supports divided by its own area. This meaning comes from Obert (1967) in Rock Mechanics and the Design of Structures in Rock.[1]

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Obert, L., & Duvall, W. I. (1967). Rock Mechanics and the Design of Structures in Rock. John Wiley & Sons Inc. ISBN 9780471652359

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