Development of novel applications of fragmentation processes in drilling

新技术对采矿业越来越重要，采矿业面临着更高的性能要求，同时必须应对新的挑战。开发和实施新技术需要来自各个科学领域的贡献。维持我国采矿业所需的研究和发展必须是多学科的。申请人正在与他的部门以及其他部门的同事密切合作，探索采矿应用的新技术和发展。他与采矿、冶金等行业的同事一起工作，并积极参与NSERC支持的机械工程系极端环境麦吉尔设计主席项目。申请人的研究活动建立在他过去在矿山回填、现场仪器和各种现场钻探和取样研究项目领域的专门知识基础上。他与来自微波、机器人和机械工程领域的同事一起发起了团队研究工作，探索在钻孔、掘进机机械破碎和隧道掘进系统中具有潜在应用的创新技术。为此，在回填和岩石力学领域工作中获得的知识和经验将作出贡献。由申请人发起的研究计划涉及电磁能和机械能的组合，以用于钻孔或岩石钻孔应用中涉及的破碎过程。这项正在进行的研究已经产生了一个M。五篇科学论文和五篇科学论文。

New technologies are more and more crucial to the mining industry faced with greater demands on performance all the while having to meet new challenges. It needs contributions form various scientific fields to develop and implement new technologies. The research and development needed to sustain our mining industry must be multidisciplinary. The applicant is developing close collaborations with his colleagues form his departments as well as other departments to explore new technologies and developments for mining applications. He is working with colleagues from mining, metallurgy and is also participating actively in the NSERC supported McGill Design Chair for Extreme Environment in the department of mechanical engineering. The applicant research activities build upon his past expertise in the field of mine backfill, field instrumentation and various in situ drilling and sampling research projects. He has initiated team research work with colleagues from the field of microwaves, robotics and mechanical engineering to explore innovative technologies with potential applications in drilling, mechanical breakage for road headers and tunnelling systems. To this effect knowledge and experience gained from working in the field of backfill and rock mechanics is put to contribution. The research program initiated by the applicant involves the combination of electromagnetic energies and mechanical energies to the breakage processes involved in drilling or rock boring applications. This ongoing research has produced already one M. Eng. thesis and five scientific papers.