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An Overview of Blasting Operations and Possible Techniques to Solve Environmental Issues of Blasting

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Environmental Issues of Blasting

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Invention of dynamite by Alberd Nobel during 1867, experience gained through various accidental explosions of ANFO during the last century, blasting is found the most popular and economical technique for breaking rock mass. Even though well-fragmented rock is favorable outcome of blasting, the negative environmental effects such as air over pressure (AOp), ground vibration, and flyrock have remained the matter of concern. AOp is caused by shock wave produced by explosion. Ground vibration is caused due to instantaneous release of explosives energy. Flyrock is produced by blasting when rock material is thrown beyond anticipated distance and likely to cause serious bodily injury, fatality, or damage to the property. This study presents and discusses the most effective parameters for each environmental issue of blasting. The proposed models for solving these environmental issues will be described. Machine learning (ML) techniques are considered as the most efficient approaches for solving the mentioned environmental issues and they can be used as alternative techniques for solving blasting problems with a high level of accuracy.

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  1. Department of Mining Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India

    Ramesh M. Bhatawdekar

  2. Geotropik, Centre of Tropical Geoengineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

    Ramesh M. Bhatawdekar

  3. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Sydney, Australia

    Danial Jahed Armaghani

  4. Department of Urban Planning, Engineering Networks and Systems, Institute of Architecture and Construction, South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk, Russia

    Danial Jahed Armaghani

  5. School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK

    Aydin Azizi

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Bhatawdekar, R.M., Armaghani, D.J., Azizi, A. (2021). An Overview of Blasting Operations and Possible Techniques to Solve Environmental Issues of Blasting. In: Environmental Issues of Blasting. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8237-7_1

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