The detection of rock particle motion information is the basis for revealing particle motion laws and quantitative analysis. Such a task is crucial in guiding engineering construction, preventing geological disasters, and verifying numerical models o...
As global demand for rare earth elements (REEs) increases, maintaining the production and supply chain is critical. Technologies capable of being used in the field and in situ in the subsurface for rapid REE detection and quantification facilitates t...
In respect of rock-mass engineering, the detection of planar structures from the rock-mass point clouds plays a crucial role in the construction of a lightweight numerical model, while the establishment of high-quality models relies on the accurate r...
Advances in machine learning algorithms have allowed object detection and classification to become booming areas. The detection of objects, such as rocks, in mining operations is affected by fog, snow, suspended particles, and high lighting. These en...
Earth and rock dams are an important part of the flood control system, and hidden dangers in such dams are a serious threat to project safety. The application of a single geophysical exploration technology is associated with multiple solutions and li...
The main aim of this work is to define the limits of detection (LOD) and quantification (LOQ) for polyethylene (PE) particles using a pyrolysis and oxidation-based method, the thermal Rock-Eval® device, combined with a mathematical extrapolation...
A coal-rock dynamic disaster is a rapid instability and failure process with dynamic effects and huge disastrous consequences that occurs in coal-rock mass under mining disturbance. Disasters lead to catastrophic consequences, such as mine collapse,...
Underground roadway support is a critical component for ensuring safety in mining operations. In recent years, with the rapid advancement of intelligent technologies, computer vision-based automatic rock bolt detection methods have emerged as a promi...
To address the challenge of detecting debonding damage in glass-fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) rock bolt anchorage structures, this study proposes a time reversal detection method based on piezoelectric sensing and a Convolutional Neural Network&nda...
The paper describes the original results of a comparative study of the standard seismic station vs. a novel interferometric sensor for civil engineering needs. The presented results showed that to implement seismic measurements using standard seismic...
The Cave of Altamira (Spain), a UNESCO World Heritage site, contains one of the most fragile and inaccessible Paleolithic rock-art environments in Europe, where geomatics documentation is constrained not only by severe spatial, lighting and safety li...
Elastic wave tomography is a non-destructive technique used to obtain velocity images of internal structures. Wave velocity tomography has been used to quantitatively describe abnormal structures and identify boundaries in different media and shapes....
To address the high-dilution issues arising from efficient mining methods such as medium-deep drilling for underground thin veins of precious metals, detecting raw rock fragments after blasting for subsequent sorting has become a cutting-edge researc...
Excluding rough areas with surface rocks and craters is critical for the safety of landing missions, such as China’s Chang’e-7 mission, in the permanently shadowed region (PSR) of the lunar south pole. Binned digital elevation model (DEM)...
Geologic interpretation results from conventional ground-penetrating radar (GPR) detection methods tend to have a certain degree of uncertainty. In order to improve the reliability of ground-penetrating radars in the detection of rock mass fissures i...
Characterizing the surface deformation during the inter-survey period could assist in understanding rock mass progressive failure processes. Moreover, 3D reconstruction of rock mass surface is a crucial step in surface deformation detection. This stu...
The seismic beacon is a new instrument that allows for the measurement of changes in a rock massif with high sensitivity. It is based on effects, which affect the propagation of harmonic seismic waves generated continuously with stable and precise fr...
Coal mine safety may be able to be ensured via the real-time identification of cracks in rock and coal surfaces. Traditional crack identification methods have the disadvantages of slow speed and low precision. This work suggests an improved You Only...
To address the challenges posed by rock bolt corrosion to engineering safety and service life, this study focuses on corrosion detection through integrated image processing, deep learning, and feature extraction methods. An automatic corrosion identi...
Rock burst is a worldwide prevention and control problem, and the main reason for its occurrence is the concentration of stress in the surrounding rock of the coal roadway. Therefore, it is of great significance to realize the rapid and accurate dete...
During production, copper mining could generate substantial waste rock that impacts land use and the environment. Advances in deep learning have enabled efficient, cost-effective intelligent sorting, where vision sensor performance critically determi...
Discontinuity is a key element used by geoscientists and civil engineers to characterize rock masses. The traditional approach to detecting and measuring rock discontinuity relies on fieldwork, which poses dangers to human life. Photogrammetric patte...
The adverse geological conditions of soil cave, karst cave and goaf in deep foundation directly affect the safety and economy of geotechnical engineering construction. It is a difficult problem in geotechnical engineering detection to detect the dist...
Special regulations have been laid down to establish the principles and requirements for the safety and serviceability of old mining workings which are adapted for tourism. To comply with these regulations the measurements were taken in the Bochnia S...
In this paper, various methods have been used to control and evaluate engineering difficulties in mining accurately. Different unstable scenarios occurring at the surfaces of underground mine walls, have been identified by comparing 3D terrestrial la...
Rock grade is a key indicator guiding tunnel construction. In order to ensure the efficiency and safety of construction, it is necessary to accurately predict the rock grade of the unexcavated part of a tunnel. Currently, geological sketches and geop...
Currently, the use of microseismic detection technology for crack detection and localization in rock masses has great potential in detecting structural damage. As engineering safety has always been a very important issue, this study investigated the...
The recognition of coal–rock interface is very crucial for research in the intelligent production of coal mines. To this end, the study investigated the application of terahertz time-domain spectroscopy in the recognition of coal–rock int...
Rock-fall is a natural threat resulting in many annual economic costs and human casualties. Constructive measures including detection or prediction of rock-fall and warning road users at the appropriate time are required to prevent or reduce the risk...
Rock lithology recognition plays a fundamental role in geological survey research, mineral resource exploration, mining engineering, etc. However, the objectivity of researchers, rock variable natures, and tedious experimental processes make it diffi...
Grotto rock structure detection is precondition of the grotto protection and restoration. As a stable and non-destructive geophysical method, electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) is extensively used to detect the geological structure of the grotto...
Rock-carved cultural heritage sites are often developed in slopes formed by weak rocks, which due to their peculiar lithological, geotechnical, and morpho-structural features are characterized by excellent carvability, which at the same time makes th...
Base metal smelting activities can produce acidic rain that promotes vegetation loss and the development of black coatings on bedrock. Such coatings can form over large areas and are among the most prominent long-term vestiges of past smelting activi...
Research on high-temporal-resolution rock slope monitoring has tended to focus on scenarios where spatial resolution is also high. Accordingly, there is a lack of understanding of the implications for rock slope monitoring results in cases with high...
In recent years, detecting credit card fraud transactions has been a difficult task due to the high dimensions and imbalanced datasets. Selecting a subset of important features from a high-dimensional dataset has proven to be the most prominent appro...
Accurate and efficient rock mass characterization is essential in geotechnical engineering, yet traditional tunnel face mapping remains time consuming, subjective, and potentially hazardous. Recent advances in digital technologies and AI offer automa...
Taiwan, frequently affected by extreme weather causing phenomena such as earthquakes and typhoons, faces a high incidence of rockfall disasters due to its largely mountainous terrain. These disasters have led to numerous casualties, government compen...
Accurate characterization of fluid distribution in offshore waterflooded oilfields has been challenging due to complex heterogeneity and the limitations of traditional interpretation tools, which often cannot integrate multi-scale datasets such as co...
Groundwater seepage plays a critical role in the long-term safety of high-level radioactive waste (HLW) disposal, yet its characterization remains challenging due to the complexity of fractured rock media. This study introduces the Double-Layered Sei...
The detection and quantification of fractures in rocks, as well as the detection of lithological changes, are of particular interest in scientific fields, such as construction materials, geotechnics, reservoirs and the diagnostics of dielectric compo...
Global vibration-based methods in the field of structural health monitoring are intended to capture structural stiffness changes of buildings or other civil engineering structures. Natural frequencies of buildings or bridges are commonly used paramet...
Rock glaciers represent typical periglacial landscapes and are distributed widely in alpine mountain environments. Rock glacier activity represents a critical indicator of water reserves state, permafrost distribution, and landslide disaster suscepti...
Body-rocking is an undesired stereotypical motor movement performed by some individuals, and its detection is essential for self-awareness and habit change. We envision a pipeline that includes inertial wearable sensors and a real-time detection syst...
In transportation at open-pit mines, rocks dropped as a mining truck is driven will wear out the tires of the vehicle, thus increasing the mining cost. In the case of autonomous vehicles, the vehicle must automatically detect rocks on the transportat...
The assessment of slope stability plays a critical role in the prevention and management of slope disasters. Evaluating the condition and stability of hazardous rock masses is essential for predicting potential collapses and assessing treatment effec...
Rock glaciers are widespread periglacial landforms in mountain regions like the European Alps. Depending on their ice content, they are characterized by slow downslope displacement due to permafrost creep. These landforms are usually mapped within in...
Detecting anomalous areas (such as caves, faults, and weathered layers) in rocks is essential for the safety of facilities and personnel in subsurface engineering. Seismic tomography has been proved to be an effective exploration technology in engine...
Acoustic emission (AE), recorded during uniaxial compressive loading with constantly increasing stress and stepped stress increments until the fracture of prismatic marble specimens, were analyzed in terms of non-extensive statistical mechanics (NESM...
The operator of Chimney Rock Dam observed the emergence of increasing seepage at the toe of the dam when the water level in the reservoir exceeded a particular elevation. However, the source and the pathways of the seepage were not identified. To add...
Coal-hosted gallium-rich ores are mainly explored with geochemical analyses, and their elasticities lack research. This paper incorporated core testing, rock-physics modeling, and Monte Carlo simulations to characterize the elastic parameters of gall...
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