Artificial intelligence in tunnel construction: A comprehensive review of hotspots and frontier topics
March 2024
Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in tunnel construction has the potential to transform the industry by improving efficiency, safety, and cost-effectiveness. This paper presents a comprehensive...
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Roof bolting and underground roof falls
March 2023
Roof bolting has been used in underground entry (roadway) support in U.S. coal mines since the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 (US Congress, 1977) recognized roof bolting as the only means of...
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Analysis of coal mine safety accident features in China, 2017–2022
June 2024
Coal-related accidents are prevalent in China, often attributed to the intricate geology and challenging working conditions of mines. This study seeks to determine the patterns of these accidents by...
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Enhancing disaster management effectiveness: An integrated analysis of key factors and practical strategies through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and scopus data text mining
June 2024
In the 21st century, the surge in natural and human-induced disasters necessitates robust disaster management frameworks. This research addresses a critical gap, exploring dynamics in the successful...
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Application of the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) for flood susceptibility mapping using GIS techniques in lower reach of Keleghai River Basin, West Bengal, India
June 2025
Flooding is one of the most devastating quasi-natural hazards in Southeast Asian monsoon region. The recent study aims to define the flood risk zones (FRZ) by using the multi criteria evaluation (MCE)...
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Instability prevention and control of waste dump slopes with different consolidation degrees under the influence of rainfall
March 2025
The stability and management of waste dump slopes are pivotal research topics in geotechnical engineering and have long posed central challenges in coal mine ecological restoration. Controlling the...
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An assessment of earthquake vulnerability by multi-criteria decision-making method
March 2023
Earthquake is one of the most destructive catastrophes in Bangladesh and the evaluation of vulnerability is a prerequisite for the earthquake risk estimation. As a result, determining vulnerability...
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Indirect hazard evaluation by the prediction of backbreak distance in the open pit mine using support vector regression and chicken swarm optimization
March 2025
Backbreak is one of the undesirable phenomena in open-pit mines and causes several adverse hazards, such as lanslide, rock falling off and bench instability. Backbreak is influenced by many factors,...
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Attenuation of blast-induced vibration on tunnel structures
September 2024
The blast-induced vibration during excavation by drilling and blasting method has an important impact on the surrounding structures. In particular, with the development of tunnel engineering, the impact...
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Tunnel SAM adapter: Adapting segment anything model for tunnel water leakage inspection
March 2024
Water leakage inspection in the tunnels is a critical engineering job that has attracted increasing concerns. Leakage area detection via manual inspection techniques is time-consuming and might produce...
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Assessment of ultra-high tensile-strength polyurea for underground roof fall support: Insights from work of adhesion
March 2025
Underground mining often faces the threat of roof fall disaster. As a new type of supporting technology, thin spray-on liner (TSL) has gained an increasing attention in underground mining due to its...
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Evaluation of ground motion parameters and seismic response of reinforced concrete buildings from the Mw 6.9, 2011 Sikkim earthquake
June 2023
The continuous collision of the Eurasian plate and the Indian plate has resulted in several earthquakes in the Himalayan region. The 6.9 Mw 2011 Sikkim earthquake, which caused immense damage to the...
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Induced mechanism of tunnel rockbursts based on dynamic buckling of rock plates
March 2025
Rockburst, characterized by a sudden and violent rock failure resulting in the expulsion of rock from its surroundings, poses a significant threat to the safety of tunnel excavation operations, often...
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Investigation on the damage accumulation mechanisms of landslides in earthquake-prone area: Role of loading-unloading cycles
March 2025
Investigating rock damage behavior is crucial for understanding the formation mechanisms of fractured slopes in earthquake-prone areas. However, the current understanding of the nonlinear damage processes...
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Bayesian optimization-enhanced ensemble learning for the uniaxial compressive strength prediction of natural rock and its application
September 2024
Engineering disasters, such as rockburst and collapse, are closely related to structural instability caused by insufficient bearing capacity of geological materials. Uniaxial compressive strength (UCS)...
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Development of geomechanics of highly compressed rocks and rock masses in Russia
March 2025
A brief overview of the basic principles of geomechanics of highly compressed rocks and masses is presented. The historical path of formation of this new scientific branch of the classical geomechanics...
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Disturbance response instability theory of rock bursts in coal mines and its application
March 2023
Aiming at the rock burst prevention in coal mines, this study argue that a rock burst is the instability of the coal mass deformation system with the infinite deformation response subjected to a small...
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Leveraging artificial neural networks for robust landslide susceptibility mapping: A geospatial modeling approach in the ecologically sensitive Nilgiri District, Tamil Nadu
December 2024
Landslides pose a significant threat to the lives and livelihoods of marginalised communities residing in rural areas and the delicate ecological balance of the environment. Implementing advanced technologies...
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Review of the experimental studies of the cracking behaviors of fractured rocks under compression
June 2024
In recent years, many useful experimental results on the cracking behaviors of fractured rocks have been obtained via uniaxial, biaxial, triaxial, and Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB) tests. In this...
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Hydration-induced fractures in shale with silt layers: A perspective on slope stability
June 2025
This study investigates the phenomenon of slope failure in shale, particularly in the context of heavy rainfall events. Despite the critical role that water plays in influencing the stability of shale...
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Application of artificial neural networks for stress state analysis based on the photoelastic method
June 2023
The present article proposes an evolutionary development of the photoelasticity method for measuring stresses based on annular photoelastic sensors application along with stress pattern recording with...
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Assessment of seismic retrofitting interventions in reinforced concrete structures
June 2023
Destruction of reinforced concrete (RC) structures, particularly non-ductile RC structures, in recent earthquakes demonstrate their vulnerability under lateral forces generated in an earthquake. Despite...
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Development laws of geological hazards along urban highway in Southwest China and countermeasures for prevention and control
March 2024
China is a mountainous country with highly developed road geologic hazards, which pose a great threat to the construction and operation of highways, bridges, and tunnels and to the safety of people...
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Macro-micro investigation of catastrophic damage and durability degradation in anchorage structures under corrosion
June 2025
To thoroughly investigate the damage evolution of anchorage structures under corrosive conditions, laboratory simulations of corrosive environments were conducted, including corrosion tests and mechanical...
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Optimization design method of 2D+3D slope shape for landslide prevention in open-pit coal mine
December 2024
In order to improve the stability of the slope and prevent the occurrence of landslide disaster, this study took the east slope of the first mining area of Zhundong Open-pit Coal Mine as the engineering...
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