Improvement of Blast-induced Fragmentation Using Artificial Neural Network and BlastFrag© Optimizer Software
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rmzmag-2021-0010 | Journal eISSN: 1854-7400
Language: English, Slovenian
Page range: 47 - 59
Submitted on: Oct 16, 2021
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