Application of Multidisciplinary – Transdisciplinary Research to Improve Safety in Mining Industry

Abstract

Know-a-days trans-disciplinary utterance is observed to be more apt for more productive and successful application of multi-disciplinary research areas as a solution to any industrial problem than a simple multi-disciplinary axiom. This paper presents field experimental trial of wireless system for online monitoring of sub-surface movements, and blast performance monitoring in typical opencast mines in India. Innovative real time monitoring of ground deformation was accomplished with Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) to integrate coaxial cables. This study describes the integration of TDR directly with Arduino boards and XBee modules for real-time transmission of slope monitoring data as a part of Ministry of Mines, Government of India (GOI) sponsored project. The TDR system appears to be a reliable measuring system for estimation of the subsurface movements, and an experimental trial of system of Slope Stability Radar (SSR) for online surface movements combined with TDR may be more useful for complete understanding of the slope behaviour for improving safety in opencast mines.