D.F. Malan

1.0k total citations
58 papers, 834 citations indexed

About

D.F. Malan is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Civil and Structural Engineering and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. According to data from OpenAlex, D.F. Malan has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 834 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 20 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 10 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Recurrent topics in D.F. Malan's work include Rock Mechanics and Modeling (34 papers), Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering (22 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (9 papers). D.F. Malan is often cited by papers focused on Rock Mechanics and Modeling (34 papers), Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering (22 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (9 papers). D.F. Malan collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Netherlands and United States. D.F. Malan's co-authors include Johnathan A. Napier, Ömer Aydan, Tetsuji Okada, Takashi Ito, U. Ozbay, M. Kwaśniewski, Tatsusada Okuno, E.R. Valstar, Rob G. H. H. Nelissen and Charl P. Botha and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Tectonophysics and International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences.

In The Last Decade

D.F. Malan

54 papers receiving 803 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
D.F. Malan South Africa 14 706 325 262 251 164 58 834
Bre‐Anne Sainsbury Australia 12 651 0.9× 260 0.8× 300 1.1× 176 0.7× 199 1.2× 51 802
Ben‐Guo He China 16 494 0.7× 371 1.1× 205 0.8× 223 0.9× 162 1.0× 91 853
Tai Cheng China 14 816 1.2× 294 0.9× 325 1.2× 146 0.6× 291 1.8× 33 909
Chunde Ma China 18 1.1k 1.6× 520 1.6× 456 1.7× 172 0.7× 386 2.4× 56 1.3k
Ewan Sellers Australia 14 609 0.9× 317 1.0× 195 0.7× 120 0.5× 188 1.1× 34 780
Samir Maghous Brazil 21 583 0.8× 854 2.6× 128 0.5× 492 2.0× 188 1.1× 78 1.2k
Weiya Xu China 16 551 0.8× 419 1.3× 381 1.5× 266 1.1× 148 0.9× 39 857
Chengzhi Qi China 19 799 1.1× 581 1.8× 329 1.3× 216 0.9× 224 1.4× 90 1.2k
Yingguo Hu China 17 649 0.9× 449 1.4× 287 1.1× 148 0.6× 145 0.9× 28 805

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D.F. Malan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Malan, D.F., et al.. (2024). Back analysis of LG6/LG6A chromitite pillar strength using displacement discontinuity modelling. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. 124(11). 605–616. 1 indexed citations
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Malan, D.F., et al.. (2024). Pillar design and the associated mining engineering constraints in hard rock bord-and-pillar mines. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. 124(11). 631–644. 1 indexed citations
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Malan, D.F., et al.. (2023). Calibration of the limit equilibrium pillar failure model using physical models. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. 123(5). 253–263.
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Malan, D.F., et al.. (2023). Bord-and-pillar design for the UG2 Reef containing weak alteration layers. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. 123(5). 245–251. 2 indexed citations
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Malan, D.F., et al.. (2023). A study of backfill confinement to reinforce pillars in bord-and-pillar layouts. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. 123(5). 223–233. 3 indexed citations
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Malan, D.F., et al.. (2023). A study of UG2 pillar strength using a new pillar database. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. 123(5). 265–273. 2 indexed citations
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Malan, D.F., et al.. (2023). A study of the effect of pillar shape on pillar strength. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. 123(5). 235–244. 6 indexed citations
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Malan, D.F., et al.. (2023). A Limit Equilibrium Model to Simulate Time-Dependent Pillar Scaling in Hard Rock Bord and Pillar Mines. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 56(5). 3773–3786. 6 indexed citations
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Malan, D.F., et al.. (2020). Numerical Assessment of the Perimeter Rule for Pillar Strength Calculations. 1 indexed citations
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Malan, D.F., et al.. (2015). Crush pillar support - designing for controlled pillar failure. UpSpace Institutional Repository (University of Pretoria). 115(6). 481–488. 2 indexed citations
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Napier, Johnathan A. & D.F. Malan. (2014). A Simplified Model of Local Fracture Processes to Investigate The Structural Stability and Design of Large-Scale Tabular Mine Layouts. 9 indexed citations
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Malan, D.F.. (2012). Pillar Design in the Hard Rock Mines of South Africa. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Malan, D.F., Charl P. Botha, & E.R. Valstar. (2012). Voxel classification and graph cuts for automated segmentation of pathological periprosthetic hip anatomy. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 8(1). 63–74. 6 indexed citations
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Malan, D.F. & Johnathan A. Napier. (2011). The design of stable pillars in the Bushveld Complex mines: a problem solved?. UpSpace Institutional Repository (University of Pretoria). 111(12). 821–836. 19 indexed citations
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Malan, D.F., et al.. (2011). Evaluation of a limit equilibrium model to simulate crush pillar behaviour. UpSpace Institutional Repository (University of Pretoria). 111(12). 875–885. 4 indexed citations
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Napier, Johnathan A. & D.F. Malan. (2011). Numerical computation of average pillar stress and implications for pillar design. UpSpace Institutional Repository (University of Pretoria). 111(12). 837–846. 10 indexed citations
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Malan, D.F., et al.. (2007). The computational analysis of shallow depth tabular mining problems. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. 107(11). 725–742. 21 indexed citations
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Malan, D.F., et al.. (2007). Stope deformation measurements as a diagnostic measure of rock behaviour : a decade of research. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. 107(11). 743–765. 8 indexed citations
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Malan, D.F., et al.. (2000). Modeling the Post-Failure Relaxation Behaviour of Hard Rock. 1 indexed citations
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Malan, D.F. & Johnathan A. Napier. (1999). The effect of geotechnical conditions on the time-dependent behaviour of hard rock in deep mines. 4 indexed citations

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