The main aim of the research is to build a model that can effectively predict type mineral rocks. Rocks be predicted by observing it colour, shape and chemical composition. On-site technicians need apply different techniques on rock sample in order type. Technicians samples, so time-consuming process, sometimes predictions may accurate, false. When are false, might show negative impact several ...

The Yucca Mountain Project is conducting a Single Heater Test (SHT) in the Exploratory Studies Facility at Yucca Mountain. This report describes the thermal and thermomechanical data collected for the SHT through the third quarter of heating (through 31 May 1997) and compares the data with numerical predictions in order to gain insight into the coupled Thermal-Mechanical-Hydrologic-Chemical pro...

Rock mass description and characterisation is a basic task for exploration, mining work-flows and ground-water studies. Rock analysis can be performed using borehole logs that are created using a televiewer. Planar discontinuities in the rock appear as sinusoidal curves in borehole logs. The aim of this project is to develop a fast algorithm to analyse borehole imagery using image processing te...

The paper is concerned with the hydrogeological appraisal of the proposed mining operations in theThar lignite field in Sindh, Pakistan. The Thar coalfield covers an area of approximately 9000km2 andcontains three lignite seams lying at depth of 130m to 250 m. In the Thar lignite field, the presence ofthree main aquifers induces pore pressure in the rock mass surrounding the lignite seams and m...

Recycled glass is a mixture of different coloured glass particles with debris. It is the result of crushing the waste glass collected from residential and industrial areas. Construction and Demolition (C&D) materials such as concrete, excavation stone (basalt) and brick make up a significant proportion of the waste materials present in landfills in Australia. Substituting the quarry produced cr...

An industrial rock classification system is constructed and studied. The local texture information in many image patches is extracted and classified. The decisions made at the local level are fused to form the high-level decision on the image/rock as a whole. The main difficulties of this application lay in significant variability and inhomogeneity of local textures caused by uneven rock surfac...

This paper describes a methodology for the documentation and analysis of historical buildings. Techniques of digital image processing give the possibility to detect damages, such as moisture or biological changes, on surfaces of monuments. Intensity data obtained from laser scanner equipment and colour information gathered with a digital camera were evaluated for damage identification that affe...

The global earthquake disaster happened frequently in recent years, how to guide the construction correctly in seismic area becoming a problem to be solved, while the study on the tunnel geological advanced prediction system in seismic area is limited. This paper established an integrated prediction system which was combined with engineering geology analysis and geophysical method combined with...