Fuzzy classification of roof fall predictors in microseismic monitoring
Microseismic monitoring involves placing geophones on the rock surfaces of a mine to record seismic activity. Classification of microseismic mine data can be used to predict seismic events in a mine to mitigate mining hazards, such as roof falls, where properly bolting and bracing the roof is often...
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Published in | Measurement : journal of the International Measurement Confederation Vol. 43; no. 10; pp. 1690 - 1701 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Elsevier Ltd
01.12.2010
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Summary: | Microseismic monitoring involves placing geophones on the rock surfaces of a mine to record seismic activity. Classification of microseismic mine data can be used to predict seismic events in a mine to mitigate mining hazards, such as roof falls, where properly bolting and bracing the roof is often an insufficient method of preventing weak roofs from destabilizing. In this study, six months of recorded acoustic waveforms from microseismic monitoring in a Pennsylvania limestone mine were analyzed using classification techniques to predict roof falls. Fuzzy classification using features selected for computational ease was applied on the mine data. Both large roof fall events could be predicted using a Roof Fall Index (RFI) metric calculated from the results of the fuzzy classification. RFI was successfully used to resolve the two significant roof fall events and predicted both events by at least 15
h before visual signs of the roof falls were evident. |
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ISSN: | 0263-2241 1873-412X |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.measurement.2010.09.015 |