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  • ISEE
    Slope stability through the application of low-energy explosives technology

    By Jorge Cárdenas, Diego Gamarra

    In previous phases of the mine, a landslide resulted in several losses in production delays. The stability of slopes in a mining operation is critical for the sustainability of the operation, as they

    Jan 21, 2025

  • ISEE
    Limestone Fragmentation Case Study Using Regular Rhythmic Timing

    By Tristan Worsey, Jhon Silva

    The paper discusses a limestone quarry case study that looks at change in fragmentation due to using different charge sequences when using the regular rhythmic timing method.

    Feb 1, 2020

  • ISEE
    Aquarium Tests to Study the Detonation Behaviour of a Non-ideal Explosive.

    By M. Araos

    Non-ideal explosives can be characterised by different methods like velocity of detonation measurement, double pipe tests, underwater tests, aquarium tests, etc., to name a few. Both aquarium and velo

    Jan 1, 2024

  • ISEE
    Additive Manufacturing of Liners for Conical Shaped Charges: Practicality and Performance

    By Phillip R. Mulligan, Catherine Johnson, Edward Kinzel, Cody Lough, Jason Ho

    A shaped charge is an explosive device used to focus detonation energy in a desired direction. Shaped charges have numerous applications in several industries such as oil extraction, weaponry and demo

    Jan 1, 2019

  • ISEE
    Underground Blast Monitoring and Rock Mass Anisotropy

    By Jody Todd, Ernesto Villaescusa, Ronald Lachenicht, Kelly Fleetwood

    In the underground environment, characterisation of a rock mass during the mining cycle becomes increasingly difficult due to a lack of rock mass exposure for measurement or observation. In most cases

    Jan 1, 2008

  • ISEE
    Prototype gauges for measuring detonation temperature and pressure of commercial explosives

    By A. Torrance

    A better understanding of the detonation performance of an explosive charge can be gained by directly measuring pressure, temperature and velocity of detonation (VOD). This is particularly important w

    Jan 1, 2011

  • ISEE
    Seismic Monitoring of Production Blasts

    By Klaus G. Hinzen

    Seismic observations offer the only possibility for remote sensing of physical processes like shock-front spreading, material crushing and ground movement. A better understanding of these processes wi

    Jan 1, 1989

  • ISEE
    Vibration Criteria for Surface Mine Blasting: Ten Years after Bureau of Mines R1 8507

    By David E. Siskind

    In the early 1980's, the Bureau of Mines published four reports of structural response and damage from surface mine blasting, vibration monitoring, and analysis methods. These findings replaced simple

    Jan 1, 1991

  • ISEE
    A Blasting Efficiency Descriptor "Bed" (for surface blasting)

    By Evan Jannoulakis, Wilfrid Comeau

    Using the Scaled Distance (SD) and the vector sum Peak Particle Velocity (PPVvs) from a single delay, preferably single blasthole, in a shot, a number is derived which has shown itself to be consisten

    Jan 1, 1998

  • ISEE
    Underwater Blast Pressures from Confined Rock Removal Shots The Kill Van Kull Deepening Project

    By Thomas M. Keevin, Gregory L. Hempen

    A study was conducted to measure underwater pressures associated with confined borehole shooting used to remove rock for The Kill Van Kull Deepening Project, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York Dis

    Jan 1, 2005

  • ISEE
    Journal: USDA’s Wildlife Services Explosive Safety Program “Managing Wildlife Damage”

    By Alton Dunaway, Kevin Sullivan, Charles Gray, Doug Hall, Kevin Grant, Kelly Thiel, John Paulson, Bruce Leland, Cole Boyd

    Beaver (Castor canadensis) are responsible for economic losses exceeding $4 billion over the last 4 decades in the southeastern United States alone. A large portion of these damages occurs to public r

    Jan 1, 2007

  • ISEE
    Advanced Analysis of Airblast and Vibration Signals for Optimizing Blast Design

    By Frank Sames

    Blast vibration and airblast overpressure signals are generally rated and compared only by their maximum amplitude and the principal frequency associated with the peak pulse. The scaled distance conce

    Jan 1, 1997

  • ISEE
    Journal: Anhydrous Ammonia and Ammonium Nitrate Production Raw Materials for Blasting

    By Ken Tunnel

    In the spring of 2005, the Lake Superior Chapter of the ISEE invited me to speak about raw materials used for blasting, anhydrous ammonia and the effect of this important feedstock on the cost of ammo

    Jan 1, 2007

  • ISEE
    The Effect of Prill Specifications on Emulsion-ANFO Blends (dfcf65b3-c26f-475a-ba27-2ec8841d710f)

    By Greg S. Williams, David L. McDorman, Richard W. Givens

    This paper examines the effect of prill size consistency, internal particle density, and oil absorbency on Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil (ANFO)-emulsion blends. By analyzing these physical properties of p

    Jan 1, 1990

  • ISEE
    Blasting Databases: A Unique Method for Saving and Retrieving Blasting Data

    By Calvin J. Konya

    Precision Blasting has designed easy to use, yet, highly powerful databases for storage and retrieval of blasting data. Three different Databases are available for blasting data management. The Vibrat

    Jan 1, 1991

  • ISEE
    P-Wave and S-Wave Velocity Measurement for Stress-Strain Analysis

    By Karl E. Burger

    Recently an experiment was completed at the Golden Sunlight Mine, a property owned by Placer Dome Inc. of Vancouver, British Columbia, to measure the Body Waves entering their highwall created by blas

    Jan 1, 1989

  • ISEE
    Improved Drill and Blast Designs Free $3.6M of Ore for Surface Copper Mine Tacio Ferreira, Dyno Nobel

    By Tacio Ferreira

    A surface copper mine in the Western United States faced challenges in recovering rock and ore from final walls because of geotechnical constraints that require restrictions on methods for loading bla

    Jan 21, 2025

  • ISEE
    Improvements to Blast Performance by Use of a Low-Density Emulsion at Barrick Goldstrike's Meikle Mine

    By Tony Francelj, D. Scott Scovira, Remi Proulx

    The Meikle Mine is a high-grade, underground gold mine that utilizes a primary and secondary stoping method with delayed backfill. The newly developed Rodeo Mine will start production using similar mi

    Jan 1, 2002

  • ISEE
    Distribution of Specific Impulse on Vehicles Subjected to IED's

    By Alexander Hauck, Dimitri Jung, Uli Leiste

    This paper describes results from small scale tests conducted to determine the distribution of impulse on target plates when subjected to loading due to the detonation of a buried mine. The tests were

    Jan 1, 2010

  • ISEE
    Advanced techniques using microscopy to quickly assess emulsion quality and stability.

    By G. Cavanough, A. Torrance

    Emulsions have been developed for over forty years to become the most common water-resistant explosives used in the mining industry. An emulsion is a common commodity, with many examples in our day to

    Jan 1, 2024