Study on the Propagation of Blast-Induced Ground Vibration and Its Control Measure in Open Pit Mine

Abstract

In modern mining industry, the blasting technique is one of the most adopted techniques for rock excavation and fragmentation due to its economical and efficient aspects. However, compared with other methods, the use of explosives in blasting is limited by law as it may have a severe impact on the surrounding environment such as vibration, noise and dust. Especially, a ground vibration induced by blasting has to be paid much attention in the mining operation as it may give an obvious impact on the surrounding facilities and buildings and In many established safe level blasting criteria, the ground vibration level is characterized by using three parameters; duration, amplitude (peak particle velocity :PPV) and frequency. Current studies on the blast-induced ground vibration focus on two parameters amplitude and frequency that suggested by USBM when the concerned subject is structure, i.e.. Hence, the control of PPV and dominant frequency are very important in order to design an appropriate blasting standard and minimize its environmental impacts.