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Amoussou Coffi Adoko
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Surrounding rock instability mechanism for fault-crossing tunnels in water-rich soft rock
The stability assessment of a potential tunnel, especially a tunnel excavated under complicated geological conditions, is an essential task in tunnel design because it helps to determine the most suitable supp...
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Reliability Analysis of Rock Supports in Underground Mine Drifts: A Case Study
Support failures in mine drifts represent potential hazards that threaten underground mine safety and productivity. The aim of this study is to determine the reliability index associated with the rock supporti...
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Open AccessA Feasibility Study on The Implementation of Neural Network Classifiers for Open Stope Design
Assessing the stability of stopes is essential in open stope mine design as unstable hangingwalls and footwalls lead to sloughing, unplanned stope dilution, and safety concerns compromising the profitability o...
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Evaluation of rockburst occurrence and intensity in underground structures using decision tree approach
Based on reported statistics, rockburst phenomenon is the main cause of many casualties and accidents occurred during the construction of deep underground structures. Therefore, its prediction in initial stage...
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Fuzzy Inference System-Based for TBM Field Penetration Index Estimation in Rock Mass
Estimating the field penetration index (FPI) is an essential task in tunneling as the FPI is used to determine the tunnel boring machine (TBM) performance. In this study, fuzzy inference system (FIS) modelling...
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Multivariate Map** of Heavy Metals Spatial Contamination in a Cu–Ni Exploration Field (Botswana) Using Turning Bands Co-simulation Algorithm
With a mining-driven economy, Botswana has experienced increased geochemical exploration of minerals around existing mining towns. The mining and smelting of copper and nickel around Selibe-Phikwe in the Centr...
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Prediction of Rock Brittleness Using Genetic Algorithm and Particle Swarm Optimization Techniques
Determining the rock brittleness is often needed in a wide range of rock engineering projects; however, direct measurement of the brittleness are expensive, time consuming and also the test devices is not avai...
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An Illustration of Determining Quantitatively the Rock Mass Quality Parameters of the Hoek–Brown Failure Criterion
In tunneling, determining quantitatively the rock mass strength parameters of the Hoek–Brown (HB) failure criterion is useful since it can improve the reliability of the design of tunnel support systems. In th...
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Mechanism of the Mudstone Tunnel Failures Induced by Expansive Clay Minerals
Expansive clay minerals can be a serious threat to underground rock structure because of their swelling behavior when absorbing water. Roof and wall collapse as well as large deformation were observed in **aot...
