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INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL FOR
NUMERICAL AND
ANALYTICAL
METHODS IN
GEOMECHANICS
Int. J. Numer. Anal.
Meth. Geomech.
2011; 35:1318–1333
Published online 24
August 2010 in Wiley
Online Library
(wileyonlinelibrary.co
m). DOI:
10.1002/nag.957
Prediction
of blast
fragmentatio
n using
multivariate
analysis
procedures
T. Hudaverdi
1,2, ∗, †, ‡
, P. H. S. W.
Kulatilake
2, §
and C. Kuzu
3, §
1
Department of Mining
Engineering, Istanbul
Technical University,
Maslak, Istanbul
34469, Turkey
2
Geological
Engineering Program,
University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ 85721,
U.S.A.
3
Department of Mining
Engineering, Istanbul
Technical University,
Maslak, Istanbul
34469, Turkey
INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL FOR
NUMERICAL AND
ANALYTICAL
METHODS IN
GEOMECHANICS
Int. J. Numer. Anal.
Meth. Geomech.
2011; 35:1318–1333
Published online 24
August 2010 in Wiley
Online Library
(wileyonlinelibrary.co
m). DOI:
10.1002/nag.957
Prediction
of blast
fragmentatio
n using
multivariate
analysis
procedures
T. Hudaverdi
1,2, ∗, †, ‡
, P. H. S. W.
Kulatilake
2, §
and C. Kuzu
3, §
1
Department of Mining
Engineering, Istanbul
Technical University,
Maslak, Istanbul
34469, Turkey
2
Geological
Engineering Program,
University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ 85721,
U.S.A.
3
Department of Mining
Engineering, Istanbul
Technical University,
Maslak, Istanbul
34469, Turkey