This book gives a rigorous and up-to-date study of the various AI and machine learning algorithms for resolving environmental challenges associated with blasting. Blasting is a critical activity in any mining or civil engineering project for breaking down hard rock masses. A small amount of explosive energy is only used during blasting to fracture rock in order to achieve the appropriate fragmentation, throw, and development of muck pile. The surplus energy is transformed into unfavourable environmental effects such as back-break, flyrock, air overpressure, and ground vibration. The advancement of artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques has increased the accuracy of predicting these environmental impacts of blasting. This book discusses the effective application of these strategies in forecasting, mitigating, and regulating the aforementioned blasting environmental hazards.
Ramesh M. Bhatawdekar
Blasting Operations Environmental Issues of Blasting Rock Fragmentations Flyrock Distance in Blasting Back-Break Prediction Artificial Intelligence Techniques Blast Induced Ground Vibrations Soft Computing Techniques Blast Induced Air Vibrations