The worldwide mining industry consumes a vast amount of energy in reduction of fragment
size from mining to mineral processing with an extremely low-energy efficiency, particularly …

As drilling and blasting technique is applied in deep mining, its practical performance with
respect to rock fragmentation becomes a serious concern because high in-situ stress …

Blasting using decoupled charge is extensively applied in rock excavation and rock
fragmentation. In this study, the rock fragmentation induced by blasting using decoupled …

Overbreak and underbreak are the crucial problems during the blasting excavation of
underground tunnels owing to their effects on the construction costs and operational safety …

Understanding the behavior of rock under blast-and shock-induced loadings requires a high-
fidelity constitutive model. The present paper provides a detailed comparison study of three …

As a proactive mine safety measure against the occurrence of rockburst, destress blasting
has been applied to numerous mining conditions to precondition highly stressed rock mass …

Controlling rock damage induced by lateral blasting excavation is a source of concern. In
underground mines, large-diameter-hole lateral blasting excavation often causes …

Rock fragmentation by blasting is the most efficient way of rock breakage in hard rock mining
applications. Fragmentation, as well as the properties of the fragments generated by the …

This study investigates the propagation and attenuation characteristics of shock waves
produced by drilling and blasting. The focus is on a novel method for calculating the …

The decoupled charge structure is often used in controlled blasting. However, in actual
engineering scenarios, boreholes are typically horizontal or inclined. The explosive is close …