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Applications of Two Neuro-Based Metaheuristic Techniques in Evaluating Ground Vibration Resulting from Tunnel Blasting

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  • Danial Jahed Armaghani

    (Centre of Tropical Geoengineering (GEOTROPIK), Institute of Smart Infrastructure and Innovative Engineering (ISIIC), Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Malaysia
    Department of Urban Planning, Engineering Networks and Systems, Institute of Architecture and Construction, South Ural State University, 76, Lenin Prospect, Chelyabinsk 454080, Russia)

  • Biao He

    (Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia)

  • Edy Tonnizam Mohamad

    (Centre of Tropical Geoengineering (GEOTROPIK), Institute of Smart Infrastructure and Innovative Engineering (ISIIC), Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Malaysia)

  • Y.X Zhang

    (School of Engineering, Design and Built Environment, Western Sydney University, Kingswood, NSW 2751, Australia)

  • Sai Hin Lai

    (Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia)

  • Fei Ye

    (School of Highway, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, China)

Abstract

Peak particle velocity (PPV) caused by blasting is an unfavorable environmental issue that can damage neighboring structures or equipment. Hence, a reliable prediction and minimization of PPV are essential for a blasting site. To estimate PPV caused by tunnel blasting, this paper proposes two neuro-based metaheuristic models: neuro-imperialism and neuro-swarm. The prediction was made based on extensive observation and data collecting from a tunnelling project that was concerned about the presence of a temple near the blasting operations and tunnel site. A detailed modeling procedure was conducted to estimate PPV values using both empirical methods and intelligence techniques. As a fair comparison, a base model considered a benchmark in intelligent modeling, artificial neural network (ANN), was also built to predict the same output. The developed models were evaluated using several calculated statistical indices, such as variance account for (VAF) and a-20 index. The empirical equation findings revealed that there is still room for improvement by implementing other techniques. This paper demonstrated this improvement by proposing the neuro-swarm, neuro-imperialism, and ANN models. The neuro-swarm model outperforms the others in terms of accuracy. VAF values of 90.318% and 90.606% and a-20 index values of 0.374 and 0.355 for training and testing sets, respectively, were obtained for the neuro-swarm model to predict PPV induced by blasting. The proposed neuro-based metaheuristic models in this investigation can be utilized to predict PPV values with an acceptable level of accuracy within the site conditions and input ranges used in this study.

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  • Danial Jahed Armaghani & Biao He & Edy Tonnizam Mohamad & Y.X Zhang & Sai Hin Lai & Fei Ye, 2022. "Applications of Two Neuro-Based Metaheuristic Techniques in Evaluating Ground Vibration Resulting from Tunnel Blasting," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 11(1), pages 1-17, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jmathe:v:11:y:2022:i:1:p:106-:d:1015562
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