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A Risk-Based Technique to Analyze Flyrock Results Through Rock Engineering System

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Flyrock is an adverse effect produced by blasting in open-pit mines and tunneling projects. So, it seems that the precise estimations and risk level assessment of flyrock are essential in minimizing environmental effects induced by blasting. The first aim of this research is to model the risk level associated with flyrock through rock engineering systems (RES) methodology. In this regard, 62 blasting were investigated in Ulu Tiram quarry, Malaysia, and the most effective parameters of flyrock were measured. Using the most influential parameters on flyrock, the overall risk of flyrock was obtained as 32.95 which is considered as low to medium degree of vulnerability. Moreover, the second aim of this research is to estimate flyrock based on RES and multiple linear regression (MLR). To evaluate performance prediction of the models, some statistical criteria such as coefficient of determination (R2) were computed. Comparing the values predicted by the models demonstrated that the RES has more suitable performance than MLR for predicting the flyrock and it could be introduced as a powerful technique in this field.

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  1. Department of Mining Engineering, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran

    Mahdi Hasanipanah

  2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, 15914, Iran

    Danial Jahed Armaghani

  3. School of Mining, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, 11155-4563, Iran

    Hassan Bakhshandeh Amnieh

  4. Faculty of Mining and Metallurgy, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

    Mohammadreza Koopialipoor

  5. Young Researchers and Elite Club, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran

    Hossein Arab

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Hasanipanah, M., Jahed Armaghani, D., Bakhshandeh Amnieh, H. et al. A Risk-Based Technique to Analyze Flyrock Results Through Rock Engineering System. Geotech Geol Eng 36, 2247–2260 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-018-0459-1

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