Application of artificial intelligence in three aspects of landslide risk assessment: A comprehensive review
October 2024
Landslides are one of the geological disasters with wide distribution, high impact and serious damage around the world. Landslide risk assessment can help us know the risk of landslides occurring, which...
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A review of previous studies on the applications of fiber optic sensing technologies in geotechnical monitoring
January 2023
Geotechnical engineering is characterized by many uncertainties, including soil material properties, environmental effects, and engineering design and construction, which bring a significant challenge...
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Prediction of uniaxial compressive strength of rock based on lithology using stacking models
October 2023
Uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) of rock is an essential parameter in geotechnical engineering. Point load strength (PLS), P-wave velocity, and Schmidt hammer rebound number (SH) are more easily...
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Intelligent early-warning platform for open-pit mining: Current status and prospects
January 2024
As the profundity of open-pit mining operations has increased, so has the frequency of geological disasters. The complex interaction of factors causing these disasters presents technical challenges...
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Shear behavior and dilatancy of an artificial hard-matrix bimrock: An experimental study focusing on the role of blocky structure
October 2024
Bimrocks are characterized by their geotechnically significant blocky structure, presenting complex shear behavior. This study investigates the shear behavior and dilatancy of bimrocks featuring a rock-like...
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Data-driven machine learning approaches for simultaneous prediction of peak particle velocity and frequency induced by rock blasting in mining
Available online 11 October 2024
The vibrations generated by rock blasting are a serious and hazardous outcome of these activities, causing harmful effects on the surrounding environment as well as the nearby residents. Both the local...
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Compaction and seepage characteristics of broken coal and rock masses in coal mining: A review in laboratory tests
April 2024
Broken coal and rock (BCR) are an important component medium of the caving zone in the goaf (or gob), as well as the main filling material of fault fracture zone and collapse column. The compaction...
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Geomechanical risk and mechanism analysis of CO2 sequestration in unconventional coal seams and shale gas reservoirs
October 2023
With global greenhouse gas emissions hitting record highs in 2021, CO2 geological sequestration (CGS) is the most realistic and feasible technology to ensure large-scale carbon reduction to achieve...
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Cross-fault Newton force measurement for Earthquake prediction
October 2022
Earthquake prediction is a common scientific challenge for academics worldwide. This dilemma originates from the lack of precursory indicators that meet the sufficient and necessary conditions of earthquake...
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Rockburst prediction using artificial intelligence techniques: A review
July 2024
Rockburst is a phenomenon where sudden, catastrophic failure of the rock mass occurs in underground deep regions or areas with high tectonic stress during the excavation process. Rockburst disasters...
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Disposal of high-level radioactive waste in crystalline rock: On coupled processes and site development
July 2023
Safe disposal of high-level radioactive nuclear waste (HLW) is crucial for human health and the environment, as well as for sustainable development. Deep geological disposal in sparsely fractured crystalline...
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Exploring Machine Learning Techniques for Open Stope Stability Prediction: A Comparative Study and Feature Importance Analysis
Available online 31 August 2024
The stability of underground excavations is essential for ensuring the safety of mining operations. Classical stability assessment methods, established in empirical formulas and rock mass classification...
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Continuous-discontinuous analysis of bench blasting in open-pit mining: Influences of hole packing and caving holes
October 2024
Bench blasting is commonly used in open-pit mining. Some design parameters such as positions of hole packing and caving holes have great influences on the blasting effects. In this work, with a hybrid...
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The effects of staggered and non-staggered joints on the ultimate bearing capacity, load settlement behavior, and failure mechanism with the change of excavation depths
Available online 5 September 2024
Extensive research is available on excavation walls in soils. However, very few studies address their performance in rocks and jointed rock masses. This study aimed to investigate the effect of staggered...
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A review on experimental techniques and their applications in the effects of mineral content on geomechanical properties of reservoir shale rock
April 2024
Understanding the effects of mineral composition on geomechanical characteristics is critical in order to design and optimize the hydraulic fracturing necessary for shale gas reservoir production. Fundamental...
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Study on damage characteristics of iron ore under variable line density charge structure blasting
October 2024
Blasting test research was conducted on iron ore specimens with variable line density charging structures. Computer tomography (CT), digital image processing, and three-dimensional model reconstruction...
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Rapid intelligent evaluation method and technology for determining engineering rock mass quality
April 2023
The evaluation of engineering rock mass quality is fundamental work for the engineering activities of rock mass. The increasing scale of rock mass engineering necessitates higher intelligence, timeliness,...
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Experimental behavior and fracture prediction of a novel high-strength and high-toughness steel subjected to tension and shear loading tests
October 2024
In this study, laboratory testing and numerical simulation methods are used to investigate the mechanical behavior and perform fracture prediction of a novel high-strength and high-toughness steel with...
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Experimental study on failure mechanism of soft rock-coal bodies in abandoned mines under cyclic dynamic loading
October 2024
During the construction and operation of a pumped storage power station in an abandoned mine, the soft rock-coal body structure, comprising the roof and the residual coal pillars, encounters a complex...
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Experimental investigation on acoustic emission precursor of rockburst based on unsupervised machine learning method
April 2024
The key to achieving rockburst warning lies in the understanding of rockburst precursors. Considering the correlation characteristics of rockburst acoustic emission (AE) parameters, a self-organizing...
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Effect of temperature-dependent rock thermal conductivity and specific heat capacity on heat recovery in an enhanced geothermal system
April 2023
The modeling of heat recovery from an enhanced geothermal system (EGS) requires rock thermal parameters as inputs such as thermal conductivity and specific heat capacity. These parameters may encounter...
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Assessment of nano-to-micro-scale geomechanical properties and their time-dependent behavior: Current status and progressive perspectives
January 2024
Rocks can deform at varying scales (nano-, micro- and macro-scale) under different temperatures, pressures, stresses, and time conditions. Sub-core scale (nano-to micro-scale) changes in rock properties...
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Viscoelastic plastic interaction of tunnel support and strain-softening rock mass considering longitudinal effect
October 2024
A simplified two-stage method was employed to provide an explicit solution for the time-dependent tunnel-rock interaction, considering the generalized Zhang-Zhu strength criterion. Additionally, a simplified...
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Current status of the geological disposal programme and an overview of the safety case at the pre-siting stage in Japan
July 2023
In Japan, high-level radioactive waste and specific low-level radioactive waste which includes long-lived radionuclides are planned to be disposed of in the geological formations at depths greater than...
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Enhancing production rates at El Teniente’s black cave mine through optimizing HF hole distribution with spatio-statistical methods
Available online 26 September 2024
This study at the Esmeralda Mine, part of the El Teniente Division of CODELCO, investigates optimizing hydraulic fracturing (HF) holes’ spatial distribution to improve rock material production in one...
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