Desired rock fragmentation is the main goal of the blasting operation in surface mines, civil
and tunneling works. Therefore, precise prediction of rock fragmentation is very important to …

The two most frequently heard terms in the mining industry are safety and production. These
two terms put a lot of pressure on blasting engineers and crew to give more while …

Ground vibrations caused by blasting operations in cement canisters is among the main
mining issues that cause significant disruptions to nearby buildings and infrastructure. This …

The prediction of tunnel boring machine (TBM) performance in a specified rock mass
condition is crucial for any mechanical tunneling project. TBM performance prediction in …

This research examines the feasibility of hybridizing boosted Chi-Squared Automatic
Interaction Detection (CHAID) with different kernels of support vector machine (SVM) …

Rock fragmentation in mining and construction industries is widely achieved using drilling
and blasting technique. The technique remains the most effective and efficient means of …

Mine blasting has adopted machine learning (ML) into its practices with the aims of
performance optimization, better decision-making process, and work safety. This study is …

In this paper, a novel hybrid approach is proposed for predicting peak particle velocity (PPV)
due to bench blasting in open pit mines. The proposed approach is based on the …

Blasting is a widely used technique for rock fragmentation in surface mines and tunneling
projects. The ground vibrations produced by blasting operations are the main concern for …

Blasting has been widely recognized as an economical and viable method in geo-
engineering projects. However, the induced ground vibration in terms of peak particle …