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Effect of Blast Vibrations on Dump Slope Stability in Opencast Coal Mines

Authors
Sathish Kumar Mittapally1, E. Srinivas1, *, I. Satyanarayana2, K. Purushotham3
1Department of Mining Engineering, University College of Engineering, Osmania University, Telangana, India
2DGMS, Bangalore, India
3Department of Mining Engineering, Government Polytechnic, Bellampally, Telangana, India
*Corresponding author. Email: e.srinub4u@gmail.com
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E. Srinivas
Available Online 9 November 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-252-1_130How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Blast vibrations; Dump stability; Monitoring; Opencast Mines; Waste material
Abstract

Mining activities are synonymous with the standard of life as well as the state of any nation. It results in both economic and uneconomic materials being generated. The uneconomic materials (wastes) are stacked at different places known as waste dumps. The stability of these dumps has been a major concern over the years. The problem becomes increasingly difficult with the reduced availability of land areas for dumping. The mechanized opencast mining methods have been extensively adopted by Indian mines to meet the increasing demand of coal which results into major disposal problem of large volume of waste material generated from mining operations in open -pit mines. The stability of dump slopes is influenced by a multiple of factors, including blasting vibrations. This research aims to analyze the impact of blast vibration on dump slopes through field investigations and parametric study by using numerical modeling, utilizing the Flacslope software. Our findings indicate that, no explicit dump failures were observed in the study area, an increase in peak particle velocity leads to a reduction in the slope’s Factor of Safety, as evidenced by our parametric study.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering (ICETE 2023)
Series
Advances in Engineering Research
Publication Date
9 November 2023
ISBN
978-94-6463-252-1
ISSN
2352-5401
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-252-1_130How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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