Influence of geological conditions on the powder factor for tunnel blasting

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Jong, Yong Hun ^a   Lee, Chung In ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cosine amplitude method; Fractional factorial design; Neural network; Powder factor; Relative strength effect; Tunnel blasting

Indexed keywords

BLASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TUNNELS;

GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; OPTIMAL POWDER FACTORS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BLASTING; EXPLOSIVE; OPTIMIZATION; TUNNEL;

EID: 3042784151     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2004.03.095     Document Type: Article

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