Artificial intelligence in tunnel construction: A comprehensive review of hotspots and frontier topics
March 2024
Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in tunnel construction has the potential to transform the industry by improving efficiency, safety, and cost-effectiveness. This paper presents a comprehensive...
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Roof bolting and underground roof falls
March 2023
Roof bolting has been used in underground entry (roadway) support in U.S. coal mines since the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 (US Congress, 1977) recognized roof bolting as the only means of...
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Enhancing disaster management effectiveness: An integrated analysis of key factors and practical strategies through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and scopus data text mining
June 2024
In the 21st century, the surge in natural and human-induced disasters necessitates robust disaster management frameworks. This research addresses a critical gap, exploring dynamics in the successful...
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Analysis of coal mine safety accident features in China, 2017–2022
June 2024
Coal-related accidents are prevalent in China, often attributed to the intricate geology and challenging working conditions of mines. This study seeks to determine the patterns of these accidents by...
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An assessment of earthquake vulnerability by multi-criteria decision-making method
March 2023
Earthquake is one of the most destructive catastrophes in Bangladesh and the evaluation of vulnerability is a prerequisite for the earthquake risk estimation. As a result, determining vulnerability...
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Instability prevention and control of waste dump slopes with different consolidation degrees under the influence of rainfall
March 2025
The stability and management of waste dump slopes are pivotal research topics in geotechnical engineering and have long posed central challenges in coal mine ecological restoration. Controlling the...
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Leveraging artificial neural networks for robust landslide susceptibility mapping: A geospatial modeling approach in the ecologically sensitive Nilgiri District, Tamil Nadu
December 2024
Landslides pose a significant threat to the lives and livelihoods of marginalised communities residing in rural areas and the delicate ecological balance of the environment. Implementing advanced technologies...
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Optimization design method of 2D+3D slope shape for landslide prevention in open-pit coal mine
December 2024
In order to improve the stability of the slope and prevent the occurrence of landslide disaster, this study took the east slope of the first mining area of Zhundong Open-pit Coal Mine as the engineering...
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Indirect evaluation of the influence of rock boulders in blasting to the geohazard: Unearthing geologic insights fused with tree seed based LSTM algorithm
December 2024
Effective control of blasting outcomes depends on a thorough understanding of rock geology and the integration of geological characteristics with blast design parameters. This study underscores the...
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Attenuation of blast-induced vibration on tunnel structures
September 2024
The blast-induced vibration during excavation by drilling and blasting method has an important impact on the surrounding structures. In particular, with the development of tunnel engineering, the impact...
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Technical management practice of rock burst prevention and control: A case study of Yankuang Energy Group Co., Ltd.
December 2024
To ensure the on-site implementation of regulations and technical measures for rock burst prevention and control, this study takes Yankuang Energy Group Co., Ltd. as an example, establishes an on-site...
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Indirect hazard evaluation by the prediction of backbreak distance in the open pit mine using support vector regression and chicken swarm optimization
March 2025
Backbreak is one of the undesirable phenomena in open-pit mines and causes several adverse hazards, such as lanslide, rock falling off and bench instability. Backbreak is influenced by many factors,...
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Development laws of geological hazards along urban highway in Southwest China and countermeasures for prevention and control
March 2024
China is a mountainous country with highly developed road geologic hazards, which pose a great threat to the construction and operation of highways, bridges, and tunnels and to the safety of people...
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Tunnel SAM adapter: Adapting segment anything model for tunnel water leakage inspection
March 2024
Water leakage inspection in the tunnels is a critical engineering job that has attracted increasing concerns. Leakage area detection via manual inspection techniques is time-consuming and might produce...
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Development of geomechanics of highly compressed rocks and rock masses in Russia
March 2025
A brief overview of the basic principles of geomechanics of highly compressed rocks and masses is presented. The historical path of formation of this new scientific branch of the classical geomechanics...
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Prediction of coal and gas outburst hazard using kernel principal component analysis and an enhanced extreme learning machine approach
December 2024
In order to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of coal and gas outburst prediction, a novel approach combining Kernel Principal Component Analysis (KPCA) with an Improved Whale Optimization Algorithm...
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Fluid-driven fault nucleation, rupture processes, and permeability evolution in oshima granite — Preliminary results and acoustic emission datasets
September 2024
This study investigated the fault nucleation and rupture processes driven by stress and fluid pressure in fine-grained granite by monitoring acoustic emissions (AEs). Through detailed analysis of the...
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Review of the experimental studies of the cracking behaviors of fractured rocks under compression
June 2024
In recent years, many useful experimental results on the cracking behaviors of fractured rocks have been obtained via uniaxial, biaxial, triaxial, and Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB) tests. In this...
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Kinetic characterisation of sandstone exposed to high temperature-water cooling cycle treatments under impact loading: from the perspective of geohazard
Available online 30 December 2024
Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) improve geothermal energy extraction but can cause rapid cooling of high-temperature rocks, leading to internal fractures that weaken mechanical properties and pose...
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Evaluation of ground motion parameters and seismic response of reinforced concrete buildings from the Mw 6.9, 2011 Sikkim earthquake
June 2023
The continuous collision of the Eurasian plate and the Indian plate has resulted in several earthquakes in the Himalayan region. The 6.9 Mw 2011 Sikkim earthquake, which caused immense damage to the...
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Bayesian optimization-enhanced ensemble learning for the uniaxial compressive strength prediction of natural rock and its application
September 2024
Engineering disasters, such as rockburst and collapse, are closely related to structural instability caused by insufficient bearing capacity of geological materials. Uniaxial compressive strength (UCS)...
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Theoretical framework for stress relief-support reinforcement cooperative control of rock bursts in deep coal mining
March 2024
With the increasing depth of coal mining each year, rock burst has emerged as one of the most severe dynamic disasters in deep mining. The research status of rock burst prevention and control theory...
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Preliminary study on the determination of the Weibull modulus of strength distribution in quasi-brittle materials
June 2023
In this paper, how to determine the Weibull modulus of a fracture strength distribution is discussed with its physical implications for quasi-brittle materials. Based on the Markov chain assumption,...
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Assessment of seismic retrofitting interventions in reinforced concrete structures
June 2023
Destruction of reinforced concrete (RC) structures, particularly non-ductile RC structures, in recent earthquakes demonstrate their vulnerability under lateral forces generated in an earthquake. Despite...
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Disturbance response instability theory of rock bursts in coal mines and its application
March 2023
Aiming at the rock burst prevention in coal mines, this study argue that a rock burst is the instability of the coal mass deformation system with the infinite deformation response subjected to a small...
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