An RES-based model for risk assessment and prediction of backbreak in bench blasting

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 877-887

  Faramarzi, F ^a   Ebrahimi Farsangi, M A ^a   Mansouri, H ^a  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Backbreak; RES; Risk assessment; Sungun copper mine

Indexed keywords

BACKBREAK; BLASTING OPERATIONS; COEFFICIENT OF CORRELATION; EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS; RES; ROCK ENGINEERING SYSTEM; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; VULNERABILITY INDEX;

BLASTING; COPPER MINES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PILE FOUNDATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FORECASTING;

BLASTING; CORRELATION; MINE; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIBRATION;

IRAN;

EID: 84879204666     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-012-0298-y     Document Type: Article

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