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  • ISEE
    Problem Boulders, Big and Bigger

    By Jerry Wallace

    Two recent-release boulders posed serious threats to public transportation and utilities in Washington State. Both required challenging drilling and blasting solutions.

    Jan 1, 1997

  • ISEE
    Journal: Haz Mat 101, PART 1 - Hazardous Materials Shipping Papers and Emergency Response Information for Public Highway Transportation

    By Tom Snyder, John Brulia

    Part I is the first of a series of articles by the authors on hazardous materials (HM) transportation safety and compliance for shippers and carriers who offer and transport commercial explosives in c

    Jan 1, 2014

  • ISEE
    An Analysis of Recent Accidents During Use of Commercial Explosives

    By Lon Santis

    This paper analyzes 110 serious accidents that occurred during the use of commercial explosives in mining, construction, and other industries since 1992. Data from the Mine Safety and Health Administr

    Jan 1, 2003

  • ISEE
    Improved Blasting Economics at an Uzbekistan Copper Mine

    By Viktor Aranovich, Thomas E. Brown

    The Almalyk Integrated Mining and Metallurgical Plant is located near Tashkant in Uzbekistan and is one of the former Soviet Union's largest copper producers. Almalyk consumes about 10,000 metric tonn

    Jan 1, 1998

  • ISEE
    Low Cost Raw Materials for Emulsion Explosives Applications

    By John Manka

    Emulsion explosives consist of an aqueous oxidizer phase, a fuel phase, and an emulsifier. The ability to use lower-cost sources for any of these raw materials presents an obvious economic advantage t

    Jan 1, 2003

  • ISEE
    Experimental Studies to Investigate Pressure Loading on Target Plates

    By T Duff

    This paper describes results from small scale tests conducted to determine the distribution of pressure on target plates when subjected to loading due to the detonation of a buried mine in various med

    Jan 1, 2014

  • ISEE
    Load Transfer of Polycarbonate Blast Resistant Glazing Systems

    By Joshua Calnan, Braden Lusk, Kyle Perry

    This paper presents detailed information and data regarding the load transfer characteristics of Blast Resistant Glazing Systems utilizing two different thicknesses of polycarbonate. A series of triax

    Jan 1, 2014

  • ISEE
    Powder Factor Analysis of Quarry Blasts Through the Fragmentation-Energy Fan Concept

    By Ian Bell

    This paper investigates fragmentation in an aggregate quarry using the fragmentation-energy fan concept. Six blasts were monitored, located one behind the other in the same quarry area. The rock struc

    Jan 1, 2019

  • ISEE
    GEM (Geologic Element Motion) Blast Heave Modeling Sensitivity Studies of Explosive Formulations and Energy Partitioning

    By D. S. Preece, S. Silling, A. Bhuiyan, C. M. Lownds

    GEM (Geologic Element Motion) is a Discrete Element Method (DEM) capability for blast-induced heave simulation with a very fast computational algorithm that can efficiently treat many different elemen

    Jan 1, 2024

  • ISEE
    Analysis of Air Blast Overpressures within a Negative Pressure Boundary

    By Frederick B. Kuhnow

    Harmonic energetic delamination of T2 building is being considered for demolition at a formerly known atomic lab. The T2 building is within a containment structure that is under a negative pressure of

    Jan 1, 2017

  • ISEE
    Comparison of Compliance Measures for Blasting near an Industrial Structure Vibration Monitoring Standards Connected to the use of Explosives in Different Countries, Part III

    By C. Aimone-Martin, C. Dowding, M. Jern, J. Gjødvad

    This article compares percentages of compliance for six national standards to demonstrate how these standards vary on-site in a real project. This, to the best of the authors' knowledge, has not been

    Jan 1, 2024

  • ISEE
    Advantages in Using Real-Time Blasting Simulation in Surface Blast Planning and Grade Control

    By Peter Dare-Bryan, Will Hunt, Lee Julian

    It is well-known that blasting has an economic effect on grade control activities. However, until recently, methods did not exist for measuring the grade control value change caused by the blast. Rule

    Feb 6, 2023

  • ISEE
    Fragmentation from Pattern Expansion with Electronic Detonators at the Red Dog Mine

    By Norman Paley

    A blasting project was undertaken at the Teck Alaska Red Dog Mine in 2005 to 2007 to determine the extent that using electronic detonators could increase Semi-Autogenous Grinding (SAG) mill throughput

    Jan 1, 2012

  • ISEE
    Dust Control in Surface Mines

    By John W. Brown

    "Adequate dust control in and around rock drills is a problem that must be solvedfor the health and safety of workers running the drill as well as those working around thedrilling operation This paper

    Jan 1, 1999

  • ISEE
    Blast Design and Mill Performance – A Case History

    By Raj K. Rajamani, Solomon A. Tucker, Michael K. McCarter

    "In a study aimed at exploring possible improvements in operating performance at an Open Pit Copper (OPC) mine in the western U.S., the impact of blast energy changes on crushing performance was evalu

    Jan 1, 2017

  • ISEE
    Integration of Mine Resources in the Optimization of Shot Documentation

    By Kyle Apple

    The following is a case study of how LuckStone Corporation improved their blast monitoring and documentation program. A number of resources already at their disposal have been utilized to improve the

    Jan 1, 2001

  • ISEE
    Solving Blasting Safety Hazards with Advanced Technology

    By Ronald W. Roberts

    For years, blasters have experienced near-misses, injuries, and yes, even fatalities as a result of the dangerous nature of our business. Yet, some blasters continue to portray the immortal attitude:

    Jan 1, 1996

  • ISEE
    Violence Factor – The New Tool for Blast Performance Analysis

    By Dr. Calvin J. Konya, Anthony Konya

    Blast violence has always been a criteria that has been analyzed without a quantitative approach relying on opinions of those viewing the blast and oftentimes does not transfer between open-pit mines,

    Feb 1, 2020

  • ISEE
    AN Railcar Derailed Debris Collection – Data Analysis Update

    By Brandon Fryman, Josh Hoffman, Rhys Baker

    A post-detonation debris collection project was led in conjunction with a large ammonium nitrate (AN) railcar detonation conducted by the Department of Homeland Security-Transportation Security Admini

    Feb 1, 2020

  • ISEE
    Surplus Military Propellants as Ingredients in Commercial Explosives

    By Kevin Tallent

    The use of military-type energetic materials in commercial explosive products is not a new concept. In the United States, the techniques for utilizing significant quantities of surplus military explos

    Jan 1, 2000