Continuous Rating for Diggability Assessment in Surface Mines

World Multidisciplinary Earth Sciences Symposium 2016

Iphar, Melih^1

Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Mining Engineering Department, Meselik Campus, Eskisehir, Turkey^1

关键词: Blasting operations;    Excavation methods;    Geological structures;    Ground conditions;    Mining machines;    Open-cast mining;    Rock mass properties;    Sharp transition;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/44/5/052056/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/44/5/052056

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The rocks can be loosened either by drilling-blasting or direct excavation using powerful machines in opencast mining operations. The economics of rock excavation is considered for each method to be applied. If blasting operation is not preferred and also the geological structures and rock mass properties in site are convenient (favourable ground conditions) for ripping or direct excavation method by mining machines, the next step is to determine which machine or excavator should be selected for the excavation purposes. Many researchers have proposed several diggability or excavatability assessment methods for deciding on excavator type to be used in the field. Most of these systems are generally based on assigning a rating for the parameters having importance in rock excavation process. However, the sharp transitions between the two adjacent classes for a given parameter can lead to some uncertainties. In this paper, it has been proposed that varying rating should be assigned for a given parameter called as "continuous rating" instead of giving constant rating for a given class.