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  • ISEE
    Shock Physics Theory of Air-Deck Behavior during Rock Blasting

    By Dale S. Preece, Ruilin Yang

    "Air-decking has been used frequently in blasting for many decades. It has been asserted that an air-deckcan alleviate excessive shock pressure from the detonation of a charge thereby producing better

    Jan 1, 2017

  • ISEE
    Electronic Detonators on Crazy Horse Mountain: A Pre-Split Study

    By Douglas Bartley, Kevin Hachmeister, Rich Barry

    The use of explosive energy as a tool in mining and construction is the most effective way to move large amounts of rock that is otherwise unable to be efficiently excavated. Since the early days of e

    Jan 1, 2004

  • ISEE
    Slope stability’s control for designing and execution of massive open pit blasting

    By P. Ravanal, J. Blazquez, F. Ortega, P. Couceiro, J. Navarro

    Massive blasting technique is an interesting alternative to optimize mining’s performance by enhancing digging rates and overall operation’s activities, especially when a reduced operational bench wid

    Jan 1, 2024

  • ISEE
    Case Study: Technology Application for a Hardness Model in Minera Caserones

    By Hernan Navea, Carlos Alvarado, Exequiel Nuñez, Matías Suarez, Jhon Silva, Bryan Townsend, Bryan Caceres, Felipe Pontanilla

    Nowadays, technology dominates all aspects of human activities, and drilling and Blasting (D&B) is no exception. In most cases, the use of technology in D&B is focused on controlling individual activi

    Jan 21, 2025

  • ISEE
    Non-Ideal Detonation Modelling of Ammonium Nitrate-Based Explosives

    By Paulo Couceiro

    Highly non-ideal explosives usually tend to react expressively below their ideal detonation velocities. In these cases, dimensional effects and product heterogeneities become important to proper model

  • ISEE
    Digitized, Integrated and Optimized Drill and Blast

    By Sushil Bhandari, Amit Bhandari

    In this paper, a case study is presented of a large global cement company using a cloud and mobile based platform across 17 of their mines consistently over a large number of users over a period of ov

    Feb 1, 2020

  • ISEE
    Non-Ideal Detonation Modelling of Ammonium Nitrate-Based Explosives Paulo Couceiro

    By Paulo Couceiro

    Highly non-ideal explosives usually tend to react expressively below their ideal detonation velocities. In these cases, dimensional effects and product heterogeneities become important to proper model

    Feb 1, 2020

  • ISEE
    "High Fidelity Computer Modeling of Air-Deck Behavior during RockBlasting"

    By Dale S. Preece, Ruilin Yang

    "Air-decks are often employed for presplitting along the final highwall of a blast and are sometimes also included at the bottom or in the middle of explosive columns in the production portion of a bl

    Jan 1, 2017

  • ISEE
    OPEX Improvement From Migrating to GPS Guidance and Digital Drill Patterns

    By Jose A. Sanchidrián, Ricardo Castedo, Pablo Segarra, Juan Navarro

    A study conducted at a mine site that used traditional field surveying and physical hole spot markings bench marked their combined drill and blast performance. The analysis of the operational expendit

    Jan 1, 2019

  • ISEE
    Fugitive Carbon Based Gases Blasting Related or Not

    By Fred Baldassare, Marcia Harris, Kenneth K. Eltschlager

    Surface mine blasting was recently investigated as a potential source of high concentrations of stray gases found in nearby residences of western Pennsylvania. In one incident carbon monoxide was dete

    Jan 1, 2004

  • ISEE
    Flyrock Model Validation and Application

    By C. K. McKenzie

    Presents outline of flyrock model and a field procedure to validate predictions of maximum projection distance. Field results are presented from 13 field tests with two different hole diameters.

    Feb 1, 2020

  • ISEE
    Contribution of Up-to-date Modeling and Blast Surveying Technologies to the Improvement of Semi-empirical Flyrock Models

    By Ricardo Chavex, Adrien Letellier

    Flyrock remains one of the most critical issues in open-pit blasting. Despite the significant improvements made with modern surveying methods, the necessity remains to define sensible danger zones aro

    Jan 21, 2025

  • ISEE
    Numerical Simulation of FRP Strengthened Reinforced Concrete Slabs under Blast Loads

    By M. K. Ameen, R. El-Hacha

    This paper presents the analytical results obtained from numerical simulation of reinforced concrete slabs strengthened with various FRP systems and subjected to blast loading. A three-dimensional fin

    Jan 1, 2010

  • ISEE
    Effect of Impact on Pre-Squibbed Fireworks

    By Paul Worsey, Yasutaka Dote

    The choreography of large fireworks displays dictates electric initiation for precise timing. It has been common practice to pre-squib products before transportation for reducing set up time. A number

    Jan 1, 2009

  • ISEE
    Blast Vibration Monitoring & Calibration in the 21st Century

    By W. J. Birch, R. Farnfield

    Nuisance caused by perceived high vibration levels as a result of blasting on quarries and opencast coal mine is now the number one environmental concern of residents living adjacent to such operation

    Jan 1, 2014

  • ISEE
    Journal: Kaiser Plant Demolition / Smokestack Demolition at port of Tacoma, Washington

    By Walt Meglasson

    The Kaiser Aluminum Company Smelter, one of several in the Pacific Northwest, was built in 1942 and operated by the Olin Company during World War II and then purchased by Kaiser Aluminum after the war

    Jan 1, 2008

  • ISEE
    Using Artificial Intelligence and 3D Imaging to Provide Real-time Particle Size Analysis on Haul Trucks

    By Saeed Karimifard, Saman Nouranian, Shahram Tafazoli, Bahram Sameti, Frank Chu, Caitlin McKinnon, Tetiana Konstantynivska, Glen Turner

    Continuing blast optimization is the cornerstone of any mine-to-mill approach, and particle size analysis is a key metric for meeting blast targets to reduce overall energy consumption and operating c

  • ISEE
    Journal:Security Matters / Procedures to Follow When Explosives Are Missing From Inventory (e.g., Disposition Unrecorded/Unknown)

    Prepare ATF Report of Theft or Loss (ATF Form 5400.5). A Report of Theft or Loss - Explosives Materials must be prepared when it is discovered that explosive materials are missing from inventory. Subm

    Jan 1, 2008

  • ISEE
    Full Wall Control Blasting Optimization

    By John Floyd, Maria Rocha, Benjamin Cebrian

    Wall control blasting is needed in most metal mining operations in terms of increasing mineral reserves and assuring the safety of the operation. This type of blasting has the goal to achieve a clean,

    Jan 1, 2018

  • 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