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{"title":"RELIABILITY ANALYSIS OF FULL-FACE TUNNEL BORING MACHINES WITH THE MONTE CARLO SIMULATION TECHNIQUE","authors":"R. Mikaeil, Hasel Amini Khoshalan, Mohammad Hossein Nasrollahi, A. Esmaeilzadeh","doi":"10.17794/rgn.2022.3.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17794/rgn.2022.3.12","url":null,"abstract":"The high boring capability of full-face tunnel boring machines, especially in urban tunnels, has led to their increased use in tunnel excavation in various and unfavourable geological conditions. Therefore, many efforts have been made to predict and improve the performance of these machines. In this regard, most of the previous studies have focused on the effect of geological and mechanical properties of rock or soil. However, delays due to the maintenance and repair of these machines, which contribute to a major share of unwanted and unpredicted stops at work, have not been considered. Reliability analysis is a practical method based on studying the behaviour of breakdowns and maintenance of machines and systems. This approach can be suggested as part of the appropriate planning for machine maintenance and consequently reducing downtime and costs. In this way, it is possible to identify weaknesses and critical points of a machine or system of the boring process. In the present study, the reliability of the full-face tunnelling machine was analysed with the Monte Carlo simulation method. The studied machine is divided into 5 subsystems including mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, water and compressed air subsystems. Using breakdown data of about 24 months of boring operation, the reliability of each subsystem was simulated and evaluated. Eventually, the reliability of the boring machine was simulated using the Kamat-Riley (K-R) method. The results showed that if no maintenance operation is performed on the subsystems, the overall reliability of the boring machine will decline to zero after about 38 hours of continuous boring operation. Finally, to improve the overall reliability of the boring machine, based on accomplished reliability analysis, we suggest an effective preventive maintenance and repair system for keeping the machine in optimal operating conditions for a longer period.","PeriodicalId":44536,"journal":{"name":"Rudarsko-Geolosko-Naftni Zbornik","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68151856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A STUDY OF BUILDING PERFORMANCE INSPECTION BASED ON A COMBINATION OF SITE-SPECIFIC RESPONSE ANALYSIS AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS (A CASE STUDY OF THE LIGHTHOUSE VIEW TOWER IN BENGKULU CITY, INDONESIA)","authors":"L. Z. Mase, Recky Yundrismein, Muhammad Ali Nursalam, Surya Manggala Putra, Aza Shelina, Sahrul Hari Nugroho","doi":"10.17794/rgn.2022.3.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17794/rgn.2022.3.14","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the implementation of site-specific analysis in observing the performance of a monumental building in Bengkulu City, Indonesia that is called the Lighthouse View Tower. This building was inaugurated in 2012. So far, it is still necessary to present the issue related to the performance of the building after 10 years. The objective of this study is to observe the performance of the building after the strong earthquake occurred. This study is first conducted by performing a site investigation. The information related to the soil profile; ground motion of the strong earthquake that occurred in Bengkulu City is collected. Furthermore, the site-specific response analysis is conducted on the site where the building stands. The results from site-specific response analysis, i.e. the actual spectral acceleration is obtained. The spectral acceleration is then used as the input parameter for finite element analysis to observe the performance of the building. The main goal of this study is to observe the structure health condition. The results show that during the strong earthquake, the structure of the view tower is still reliable and in good condition. Concern regarding the building maintenance should be emphasized. In general, the method implemented in this study could be used as the method to assess the performance of structures in other areas.","PeriodicalId":44536,"journal":{"name":"Rudarsko-Geolosko-Naftni Zbornik","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68152118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"PREDICTION OF SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY AND MODIFICATION OF CASTAGNA AND CARROLL RELATIONSHIPS IN ONE OF THE IRANIAN OIL FIELDS","authors":"M. Mahmoudian, Y. Shiri, A. Vaezian","doi":"10.17794/rgn.2022.4.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17794/rgn.2022.4.11","url":null,"abstract":"Shear wave velocity is one of the essential parameters for describing hydrocarbon reservoirs that have several applications in petrophysical, geophysical, and geomechanical studies. Shear wave velocity usually does not exist in all wells, especially in old oil fields. In the current study, two equations of Carroll and Castagna have been modified, and linear and nonlinear multi-regressions were used to estimate shear wave velocity in an oil reservoir in southwestern Iran. Initially, compressional wave velocity and porosity were determined as the most effective wire-line logs on shear wave velocity by comparing their correlations. Then, two equations of Carroll and Castagna were modified. In addition, new equations based on porosity and compressional wave velocity for estimating the shear wave velocity were obtained. Shear wave velocity was estimated by new exponential equations in the wells of the current oil field with excellent goodness of fit by determination coefficients of 0.80 in the whole well, 0.72 in the Ghar-Shale-1, and 0.78 in Ghar-Shale-3 in X-07 well.","PeriodicalId":44536,"journal":{"name":"Rudarsko-Geolosko-Naftni Zbornik","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68153069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"INTRODUCING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND REVIEWING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN THE MINING INDUSTRY","authors":"A. N. Qarahasanlou, Dina Khanzadeh, R. Shahabi, M. Basiri","doi":"10.17794/rgn.2022.4.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17794/rgn.2022.4.8","url":null,"abstract":"A comprehensive systemic approach is needed to make effective decisions for global sustainability. The system’s points of view introduced sustainable development (S.D.) and sustainability in prior years. Sustainable development is expressed as a desire followed by humanity to live in a better condition considering all the limits that nature could have. Social, environmental, and economic responsibilities are the wide-ranging developmental characteristics that form sustainability. In this paper, with the help of search engines like Scopus and Web of Science, several documents related to environmental sustainability in the mining industry were studied. The principal investigated problems were tailings dam failure, forestland use in mining operations, social and environmental issues in crushed stone mining industries, landfill mining challenges, climatic problems, economic problems, and fatalities in artisanal and small-scale mines. Also, a table was designed to categorise these problems and determine the solution and primary goal. This study investigates the severity of mining operation conditions and environmental issues in this industry. The common environmental problems in the mining industry include soil degradation, deforestation, land subsidence, acid mine drainage, waste production, natural landscape destruction, coal production, carbon footprint, dust pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and climatic problems. To have a more sustainable mining industry, all the mining stages, from the exploration to the post-closure stages, must minimise resource and energy consumption and waste products.","PeriodicalId":44536,"journal":{"name":"Rudarsko-Geolosko-Naftni Zbornik","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68153991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prediction of the Height of Fracturing via Gene Expression Programming in Australian Longwall Panels: A Comparative Study","authors":"H. Rasouli, K. Shahriar, S. H. Madani","doi":"10.17794/rgn.2022.1.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17794/rgn.2022.1.9","url":null,"abstract":"The caving and subsidence developments above a longwall panel usually result in fractures of the overburden, which decrease the strength of the rock mass and its function. The height of fracturing (HoF) includes the caved and continuous fractured zones affected by a high degree of bending. Among the various empirical models, Ditton’s geometry and geology models are widely used in Australian coalfields. The application of genetic programming (GP) and gene expression programming (GEP) in longwall mining is entirely new and original. This work uses a GEP method in order to predict HoF. The model variables, including the panel width (W), cover depth (H), mining height (T), unit thickness (t), and its distance from the extracted seam (y), are selected via the dimensional analysis and Buckingham’s P-theorem. A dataset involving 31 longwall panels is used to present a new nonlinear regression function. The statistical estimators, including the coefficient of determination (R2), the average error (AE), the mean absolute percentage error (MAPE), and the root mean square error (RMSE), are used to compare the performance of the discussed models. The R2 value for the GEP model (99%) is considerably higher than the corresponding values of Ditton’s geometry (61%) and geology (81%) models. Moreover, the maximum values of the statistical error estimators (AE, MAPE, and RMSE) for the GEP model are 12%, 14%, and 16%, respectively, of the corresponding values of Ditton’s models.","PeriodicalId":44536,"journal":{"name":"Rudarsko-Geolosko-Naftni Zbornik","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68148465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An investigation of the effect of initial bubble diameter on the bubble trajectory in the flotation column cell using CFD simulation","authors":"N. Khorasanizadeh, M. Karamoozian, H. Nouri-Bidgoli","doi":"10.17794/rgn.2022.2.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17794/rgn.2022.2.5","url":null,"abstract":"The effect of initial bubble diameter on the bubble motion pattern in a flotation column has been studied by the twophase computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method. The two-phase simulations have been done using the volume of a fluid (VOF) model in ANSYS® Fluent® software. The computational field was a square cross-section column with a width of 0.1 m and a height of 1 m into which air was interred as a single bubble from the lower part of the column by an internal sparger. An experimental test has been also performed and the simulated results have been validated using the values obtained for the bubble rise velocity. A comparison of the simulation and the experimental results has confirmed that CFD can predict the bubble rise velocity profile and its value in the flotation column less than 5% relative to the experimental values. Then the simulations have been repeated with a 20% decrease and increase in the initial bubble diameter to investigate the effect of bubble diameter on the bubble flow pattern. The investigations have shown that as the bubble diameter increases, the velocity decreases and the bubble rises in a more zigzag direction as a result of two counter-rotating trailing vortices behind the bubble increasing.","PeriodicalId":44536,"journal":{"name":"Rudarsko-Geolosko-Naftni Zbornik","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68149703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"CONTROLLING GRINDING PROCESS PARAMETERS USING CENTRAL COMPOSITE DESIGN TO REDUCE SLIMES IN PHOSPHATE ORE BENEFICIATION","authors":"G. S. Abdelhaffez, M. S. Abd-Elwahed, M. Hefni","doi":"10.17794/rgn.2022.3.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17794/rgn.2022.3.11","url":null,"abstract":"Ultrafine particles resulting from the grinding operations of phosphate ore cause problems of air pollution, and of the beneficiation plants particularly, flotation cells and filtration units. Particles of less than 38 μm are one of the undesirable consequences of the phosphate ore beneficiation stage, where fine or ultrafine powder accounts for 10–30 percent of phosphate quantities and is regarded as a loss. Furthermore, maintaining additional amounts of phosphate by reducing these particles will provide several benefits, including minimizing the environmental implications of slime disposal and enhancing the economic impact of the phosphate ore beneficiation process. This paper aims to maximize the useful phosphate particles and reduce the slime instead of doing even more work with traditional techniques. This goal might be attained by increasing the percent of particles of the desired size of the phosphate (Target) during the grinding process by determining the optimal operational conditions, that will reduce the amount of slime. The central composite design (CCD) is used to identify the number of experiments to be evaluated and to create a predictive model to be used for determining the optimal operation parameters. As a result of the optimization process, a maximum Target of 87.6% was obtained at grinding conditions t (5.1 min), v (42.6%), s (81.2%), and c (50.7%). Where t, v, s, and c stand for grinding time, occupied volume of ball, rotational speed percent from critical speed (%) and solid concentration by volume (%) respectively.","PeriodicalId":44536,"journal":{"name":"Rudarsko-Geolosko-Naftni Zbornik","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68151730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"MIDDLE-LATE PERMIAN AND EARLY TRIASSIC FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES IN THE WESTERN SALT RANGE, PAKISTAN","authors":"N. Rahman, Haijun Song, B. Xian, Saif-ur- Rehman, Gohar Rehman, Abdul Majid, Javed Iqbal, Gulfam Hussain","doi":"10.17794/rgn.2022.3.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17794/rgn.2022.3.13","url":null,"abstract":"A newly obtained foraminiferal assemblage from the Guadalupian−Lopingian, and Induan of the Western Salt Range (Pakistan) comprises 47 species (including 7 species of fusulinoideans) of 24 genera and 71 species (including 9 species of fusulinoideans) of 41 genera, in Nammal and Zaluch sections, respectively. Our results show that only 4 species went extinct during the Guadalupian−Lopingian mass extinction (GLME), suggesting the GLME was minor for smaller foraminifers in the Salt Range. Most species went extinct during the Permian-Triassic mass extinction (PTME), except the two survivor genera, Nodosinelloides and Planiinvoluta. During the end-Permian mass extinction, majorities of the species became extinct in lower part of Chhidru Formation, beacuse they are not tolerant to the terigenious-clastic input in the upper part of Chhidru Formation. The extinction process of foraminifers in the Nammal and Zaluch sections has been documented for the first time. Five foraminiferal assemblages are established in the shallow marine shelf deposits of Western Salt Range, i.e., Wordian Geinitzina araxensis assemblage in tide-influenced subaqueous delta to middle shelf environment, Capitanian Baisalina pulchra assemblage and Wuchiapingian Codonofusiella schubertellinoides assemblage in inner-outer shelf carbonate deposits, Changhsingian Colaniella pseudolepida assemblage and Induan Nodosinelloides-Planiinvoluta assemblage in mixed siliciclastic–carbonate shelf setting. The Baisalina pulchra and Codonofusiella schubertellinoides assemblages have wide geographic distribution and have been found in Transcaucasus, China, Turkey, Crimea and Oman. The other three assemblages (i.e., Geinitzina araxensis, Colaniella pseudolepida, and Nodosinelloides-Planiinvoluta assemblages) found in this study are likely local/regional assemblages. The foraminifers were observed with the standard microscopic system Leica-DM500. A total of 681 specimens of foraminifers are reported in the Zaluch Group and Mianwali Formation of Nammal and Zaluch sections. Five hundred ninety-nine smaller foraminifers specimens were recovered. Among the smaller foraminifera, Nodosinelloides, Pachyphloia, Geinitzina, Colaniella, Hemigordius, Tuberitina, and Langella are the most dominant genera. Larger foraminifera genera include Nankinella, Codonofusiella, Reichelina, Necdetina and Pisolina, represented by 82 specimens. A total of 3 classes (e.g., Nodosariata, Fusulinata, and Tubothalamea) and seven orders (i.e., Miliolida, Spirillinida, Lagenida, Parathuramminida, Endothyrida, Fusulinida, and Earlandiida) are identified in the current study. Among them, Lagenida becomes the most dominant by diversity and abundance. Shannon diversity and other indices rise progressively from Wordian to Changhsingian in the shallow marine sediments before dropping to zero in the Early Triassic mixed siliciclastic–carbonate shelf deposits.","PeriodicalId":44536,"journal":{"name":"Rudarsko-Geolosko-Naftni Zbornik","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68152046","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE K-NEAREST-NEIGHBOUR METHOD AND K-MEANS CLUSTER ANALYSIS FOR LITHOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF WELL LOGS OF THE SHUSHUFINDI OILFIELD, ECUADOR","authors":"Franklin Gómez, Yetzabbel G. Flores, M. Vadászi","doi":"10.17794/rgn.2022.4.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17794/rgn.2022.4.13","url":null,"abstract":"The lithological interpretation of well logs is a fundamental task in Earth science that can be accomplished with the application of various machine learning algorithms. The current investigation attempts to evaluate the performance of the K-nearest-neighbour Density Estimate (KNN) and K-means cluster analysis methods for predicting lithology in a dataset of logs measured in the siliciclastic reservoir of the Shushufindi Oilfield of Ecuador. The comparison of lithological interpretation is assembled using classical methods, such as qualitative interpretation and density-neutron cross plot. The lithological interpretation results showed that the supervised method KNN has a higher fitting level with the comparison interpretation data (87.3%, 1145 m predicted of 1311.1 m interpreted) than the results of the K-means method (71.6%, 939.7 m predicted of 1311.1 m interpreted). The geological nature of the reservoir creates a level of a discrepancy because of the near geophysical responses between limestone and intermedia grain size rocks. The possibility of controlling this in the KNN algorithm makes it preferable for usage in these types of reservoir lithological interpretation.","PeriodicalId":44536,"journal":{"name":"Rudarsko-Geolosko-Naftni Zbornik","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68153310","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"SORPTION OF OIL BY MECHANOCHEMICALY ACTIVATED SHUNGITE","authors":"Y. Ongarbayev, Moldir Baigulbayeva, Y. Tileuberdi, K. Zhumakhan","doi":"10.17794/rgn.2022.4.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17794/rgn.2022.4.2","url":null,"abstract":"In the paper the sorption capacity of shungite rocks of the Koksu field (Kazakhstan) in relation to the oil from the Karazhanbas and Tengiz fields (Kazakhstan) were studied. Oil spills occurring during production, gathering, transportation, storage and refining, and repair work on wells are an urgent environmental problem. There are effective methods of soil purification, including particular interests addressed to sorption process. The aim of this research is to study oil sorption by shungite rocks of the Koksu deposit after mechanochemical activation. The mechanochemical activation of shungite rock samples was carried out in a planetary ball mill at different speeds of rotation and ratios of ball mass to the sample. The developed sorbents based on shungite rocks of the Koksu deposit were tested for cleaning samples of oil-contaminated soils and their sorption capacities under dynamic and static conditions were determined. For the sorption of oil, the sorbent based on shungite of shale grade (TS) after mechanochemical activation is recommended, which sorption capacity under dynamic conditions is 2.57-2.85 g/g. Sorption of oil from 10 % of oil contaminated soil samples with the sorbents based on shungite after mechanochemical activation showed sorption capacity of 0.44-0.45 g/g in 60 days under static conditions. The practical significance of the research lies in the prospects of using shungite rocks to clean up oil spills.","PeriodicalId":44536,"journal":{"name":"Rudarsko-Geolosko-Naftni Zbornik","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68153492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}