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  • ISEE
    SCB Technology for New Electronic and Fiber-Optic Based Detonators and Initiation Systems

    By W Barry Gregg

    The rock blasting and mining industries use a system of detonators and explosives for mining operations. Many detonators use small metal bridgewires, which are heated by passing a current through the

    Jan 1, 1992

  • ISEE
    Reduction of Airblast and Prevention of Flyrock

    By Rufus Flinchum

    Two of the most critical concerns a blaster faces today are airblast and flyrock. Airblast, sometimes called noise or overpressure, can cause damage to neighboring structures, especially windows. It a

    Jan 1, 1992

  • ISEE
    Journal: 100 Years / SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN New York November 24, 1906 / BLASTING OUT A REEF IN NEW YORK HARBOR.

    By Robert Hopler

    Some few years ago, when the cruiser “Brooklyn” was passing through the fairway to the southwest of the Battery, the ship being fully equipped with stores, etc., and therefore at her maximum draft, sh

    Jan 1, 2007

  • ISEE
    Blast Optimization of Hard Ores at Phu Kham Open Pit

    By Wayne Rogers, Kell Monro, Arthur Pacunana

    The Phu Kham Copper-Gold Operation (PKM) is a large-scale open pit mine located in northern Laos. It was developed and is operated by Phu Bia Mining Limited (PBM) a Lao-registered subsidiary company o

    Jan 1, 2018

  • ISEE
    Borehole Inspection with the HRS-1 Video System

    By Tom Palangio, Ralph M. Olmstead

    Video inspection of boreholes with cameras developed specifically for the mining industry is now possible. These designs are reliable, cost effective, and have the flexibility to be used in other appl

    Jan 1, 1998

  • ISEE
    A Student’s Path to the Explosives Industry

    By Brandon Axelrod

    This paper follows a student’s interest in explosives which began at an early age after watching a television program highlighting explosives engineering. The use of explosives in those programs led t

    Jan 1, 2015

  • ISEE
    Mining Industry and US Government Cooperative Research: Lessons Learned and Benefits to the Mining Industry

    By Robert Martin, Brian W. Stump, David P. Anderson, W Scott Philips

    Since 1994, various mines in the US have cooperated with research scientists at the Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories to address issues related to verification of the Comprehensi

    Jan 1, 1997

  • ISEE
    Full-Field Deformation Measurements Under Explosive Loading Conditions Using Multi-Image Pattern Analysis

    By Xing Zhao, Michael A. Sutton, Vikrant Tiwari, Damien Bretall, Xiaomin Deng, William L. Fourney, Uli Leiste

    The dynamic response of a thin aluminum plate subjected to both shallow and deeper buried blast loading was studied. Using a combination of high speed stereo-vision and three dimensional digital image

    Jan 1, 2010

  • ISEE
    Effect of Ingredients on the Minimum Burning Pressure of Ammonium Nitrate Emulsions

    By S. K. Chan, C. Badeen, S. Goldthorp, H. Feng, I. Alilovic, R. Turcotte

    Over the last few decades, water-based explosives and their precursors, despite their apparent insensitivity, have been involved in a number of accidents around the world. A large proportion of these

    Jan 1, 2014

  • ISEE
    Choosing the Correct Bulk Loading Equipment Can Help Optimize Your Blasting Program

    By R Tom Watts

    The blasting industry has changed more in the last five years than in any period to date. The equipment utilized to load boreholes has changed in response to more precise blasting products and program

    Jan 1, 2000

  • ISEE
    Fluvial Geomorphology-Stream Relocation for the Mining Industry

    By Gerald W. Longenecker

    For decades, traditional hydraulic engineering approaches have been used for sizing stream channels when stream relocation efforts have been necessary to allow for the advancement of quarry and other

    Jan 1, 1998

  • ISEE
    The Use of Computer Based Blasting Models in Mine Feasibility Analyses (d77e0f44-d5f8-4a76-8875-d772b7b19692)

    By George Boucher, Simon Williams, Neil McBride

    "The aim of these analyses was to utilise the latest available production information for the Wandoooperation to determine the optimal blasting parameters, costing’information and predicted results(fr

    Jan 1, 1998

  • ISEE
    Expan - Ammonium Nitrate Prill for Blasting, Technical Aspects and Applications

    By Tjaar A. Louw, Albert P. Van Niekerk, Johannes J. Louw, Attie J. Goosen

    Unlike molecular high explosives, commercial explosives based on ammonium nitrate do not detonate ideally according to the theoretical model for steady state, one-dimensional detonation. One of the re

    Jan 1, 1997

  • ISEE
    Qualitir Software Suite, Computer Aided Blast Design

    By M Thierry Bernart

    The software QUALITIR is a software developed by CNSIDCI, framework on five research and experimentation years. This conceived tool by specialists for professionals is a decision aided design tool con

    Jan 1, 1997

  • ISEE
    The Challenge of Precise Measurement of Precision

    By John Watson, Jay Rodgers

    The world of blasting and explosive use continues to evolve into one which relies heavily on measurement, quantification, process control, and information feedback as a means of contributing to operat

    Jan 1, 1998

  • ISEE
    Development of a Wireless Sensor Network for Blast Monitoring and Slope Stability

    By Johnny Lyons-Baral, John Kemeny, Don Kraemer

    Ground vibrations from blasting can result in the degradation and failure of rock and soil exposures, as well as damaging neighboring houses and buildings. At the same time, vibration provides an oppo

    Jan 1, 2014

  • ISEE
    Impact of Blasting on Downstream Process to Maximize the Profitability of Mining Industries

    By Kyle Wagner, William Joa, Colter Angell, Catherine Johnson, Marty Langenderfer, David Doucet

    The goal of any business is to seek the maximum profitability for the organization through optimization the use of resources, processes and the application of new technologies. An analysis of various

    Jan 1, 2019

  • ISEE
    Reduction in Total Blasting Cost of Mine Using Electronic Detonators

    By Narendra Gupta, Gaurav Srivastava, Abhinav Sharma

    From the days when plain detonators and safety fuse were used for initiation of commercial explosives, the commercial blasting and mining industries have made rapid strides. With the advent of electro

    Jan 1, 2015

  • ISEE
    Journal: Evaluating and Managing Blasting Risk Part I

    By Gordon Revey

    Over ten million pounds of explosives are used daily to blast rock in mines, quarries and construction projects throughout the United States. Despite the immense volume of explosives used, serious inc

    Jan 1, 2001

  • ISEE
    Expanded Rock Blast Modeling Capabilities of DMC_Blast, Including Buffer Blasting

    By Dale S. Preece, J Paul Tidman, Stephen H. Chung

    "A discrete element computer program named DMC-BLAST (Distinct Motion code) has been under. development since 1987 for modeling rock blasting (Preece & Taylor, 1989). This program employsexplicit time

    Jan 1, 1997