Advanced Blasting Techniques in Engineering
A special issue of Infrastructures (ISSN 2412-3811).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2026 | Viewed by 351
Editors
Interests: rock blasting; crack propagation; blast waves; dynamic fracture
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Interests: rock blasting; crack propagation; blast waves; dynamic fracture
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on the latest scientific research and pioneering industrial applications of advanced blasting technologies. It aims to bridge the gap between theoretical innovation and practical implementation, addressing the growing demands for precision, safety, efficiency, and environmental sustainability in engineering blasting operations across mining, civil construction, and quarrying.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Precision Control and Energy Direction
- To the Millimeter: High-precision delay initiation, shaped charge, and linear cutting blast techniques for millimeter-level fracture control and contour shaping.
- Sculptors of Energy: Technologies for the directional guidance and modulation of shock waves and stress waves, and their applications in specialized demolition and precision manufacturing (e.g., explosive welding and synthesis).
- Intelligence and Digital Integration
- The Blasting Brain: Blasting parameter optimization, outcome prediction, and intelligent decision-making systems based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML).
- Digital Twins: Full-cycle digital blasting simulation and management systems, from 3D geological modeling to real-time post-blast feedback.
- Unmanned Operations: Automated solutions such as intelligent drilling, robotic charging, and remote safe initiation.
- Green and Environmentally Sensitive Blasting
- Low-Impact Techniques: Vibration, noise, dust, and flyrock control technologies for urban complexes, ecological reserves, and near historical structures.
- Eco-Friendly Materials and Processes: Research on explosives with low detonation products, biodegradable or water-based explosives, and post-blast hazardous material treatment.
- Energy and Resource Synergy: The role of blasting in new energy models and novel mining methods like shale gas extraction, geothermal development, and in situ fracturing and leaching.
- Extreme Conditions and Frontier Applications
- Deep-Sea and Space Blasting: Special blasting challenges and technological concepts for underwater resource extraction and planetary surface modification (e.g., lunar mining).
- Blast-Resistant and Protective Engineering: Novel blast-resistant materials and structural design, along with active protection and emergency response technologies for explosion hazards.
- Cross-Disciplinary Inspiration: Engineering feedback from blasting-derived technologies in fields like medicine (lithotripsy) and materials science (explosive synthesis of nanomaterials).
Dr. Peng Xu
Dr. Hongchao Li
Dr. Fei Xue
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- rock blasting
- crack propagation
- blast wave
- blast energy
- blast control technique
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