Ground vibration and air-blast over pressure are two significant undesirables, among many environmental risks, in open-pit mining . Gaining control over the ground vibrations generated by rock blasts had been difficult ...

Cavity formation within the rocks result in ground subsidence in the regions where carbonate rocks are predominantly present. Identification of ground subsidence potential areas and the probability of such incidents is a ...

The concept of using biological process in soil improvement which is known as biomediated soil improvement technique has shown greater potential in engineering applications in terms of performance and environmental ...

The research w o r k aims to assess the feasibility of i n t r o d u c i n g the microbial induced carbonate p r e c i p i t a t i on (MICP) as an alternative technique for surface stabilization of the cut slopes by ...

Soil nailing is one of the common slope stabilization techniques which has been used in Sri Lanka during the past decade. Due to the advantages of this method, its applications are growing rapidly around the landslide ...

In liquid form, natural rubber is also known as latex (raw rubber) and the purified form of natural rubber is the polyisoprene, which can be used i n many applications and products through the process of vulcanization. ...

The largest open pit limestone mine in Sri Lanka operated by Siam City Cement Lanka Limited is located at Aruwakkalu, Puttalam. The red soil overburden is directly excavated and low grade and high grade limestone layers ...

Microbial Induced Carbonate Precipitation (MICP) is a widely explored technique that involves utilizing bacterially produced carbonate biominerals for improving the engineering properties of soils. When this novel approach ...

In hard rock excavation, drilling and blasting is commonly used for loosening rock. Optimum rock fragmentation due to blasting is desirable for downstream operation productuivity. Environmental impacts due to blasting ...