Journal
JOURNAL OF ROCK MECHANICS AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
Volume 13, Issue 6, Pages 1413-1427Publisher
SCIENCE PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2021.08.005
Keywords
Flyrock; Harris hawks optimization (HHO); Multi-layer perceptron (MLP); Random forest (RF); Support vector machine (SVM); Whale optimization algorithm (WOA)
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- Center for Mining, ElectroMechanical Research of Hanoi University of Mining and Geology (HUMG), Hanoi, Vietnam
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This study examined and estimated the flyrock distance induced by blasting using five artificial intelligent algorithms, with the Harris Hawks optimization-based MLP (HHO-MLP) showing the best performance among all models. Data was collected from 152 blasting events in three open-pit granite mines in Johor, Malaysia.
In mining or construction projects, for exploitation of hard rock with high strength properties, blasting is frequently applied to breaking or moving them using high explosive energy. However, use of explosives may lead to the flyrock phenomenon. Flyrock can damage structures or nearby equipment in the surrounding areas and inflict harm to humans, especially workers in the working sites. Thus, prediction of flyrock is of high importance. In this investigation, examination and estimation/forecast of flyrock distance induced by blasting through the application of five artificial intelligent algorithms were carried out. One hundred and fifty-two blasting events in three open-pit granite mines in Johor, Malaysia, were monitored to collect field data. The collected data include blasting parameters and rock mass properties. Site-specific weathering index (WI), geological strength index (GSI) and rock quality designation (RQD) are rock mass properties. Multi-layer perceptron (MLP), random forest (RF), support vector machine (SVM), and hybrid models including Harris Hawks optimization-based MLP (known as HHO-MLP) and whale optimization algorithm-based MLP (known as WOA-MLP) were developed. The performance of various models was assessed through various performance indices, including a10-index, coefficient of determination (R-2), root mean squared error (RMSE), mean absolute percentage error (MAPE), variance accounted for (VAF), and root squared error (RSE). The a10-index values for MLP, RF, SVM, HHO-MLP and WOA-MLP are 0.953, 0.933, 0.937, 0.991 and 0.972, respectively. R-2 of HHO-MLP is 0.998, which achieved the best performance among all five machine learning (ML) models. (C) 2021 Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V.
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