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Rock Engineering Design Properties and Applications of Sound Level

By Harsha Vardhan, Rajesh Kumar Bayar Copyright 2014

    Being knowledgeable about rock properties is vital to being effective in the design of blasts in mines, quarries and other construction projects. Without proper knowledge, the energy released during blasting can be underutilized, harm the environment, and may escalate costs. Rock Engineering Design: Properties and Applications of Sound Level aids s

    General about Noise. Application of Noise Monitoring for Mining Equipment. Rock Mechanics: Application of Sound Level. Application of Acoustic Emission and Equivalent Sound Levels in the Geotechnical Fields. Equipment for Drilling, Measurement of Sound and Physico-Mechanical Properties of Rocks. Measurement of Rock Properties and Sound Level. Regression Modeling. Application of Artificial Neural Networks. Case Study: Sound Level vis- is Rock Properties. Summary and Suggestions for Further Work. Appendices.

    Biography

    Dr. Harsha Vardhan completed his bachelor of technology in mining engineering from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka at Surathkal and a Ph.D. from the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. At present he is working on the faculty of the National Institute of Technology Karnataka at Surathkal as associate professor, Department of Mining Engineering. He has developed expertise in the area of mine environment, underground ventilation, and noise control of mining equipment. He has developed a special interest in the application of acoustics in rock mechanics. Dr. Vardhan has to his credit more than 86 research papers in international and national journals and conferences.

    Dr. Rajesh Kumar Bayar completed his bachelor of engineering degree in mechanical engineering from Mysore University, his master of Technology in advanced manufacturing engineering, and a Ph.D. from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka at Surathkal. Before joining the Technical Institute of Ministry of Manpower, Sultanate of Oman, he worked with the N.M.A.M Institute of Technology, Nitte. At present he is working on the faculty of the Department of Engineering, Mechanical Section, Higher College of Technology, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. Dr. Bayar has developed expertise in the area of CAD/CAM, finite element analysis, artificial neural network, and rock mechanics. He is actively involved in research and consultancy.