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  • ISEE
    Inco Limited Upper Blind Slot Raise 8M (25') to 12M (40') Longhole Carbide Drilling (L.C.D.) Method

    By Steven Richardson, E A. Cameron, Reza "Ray" Jambakhsh

    This paper outlines the design and implementation of a method to use Long hole Carbide drilling to blast an "Upper Blind Slot Raise" in the range of 12m (40 ft).

    Jan 1, 1992

  • ISEE
    Ore guiding in underground mining using MWD and machine learning

    By J. Sanchidrián, A. Fernández, P. Segarra

    The combination of chemical analysis techniques as XRF and measurement-while-drilling (MWD) technology in underground mining is a novel approach to gather comprehensive on-line information about physi

    Jan 1, 2024

  • ISEE
    The Testing of Structures and Structure-combinations to be Applied as Explosive-proof Enclosure

    By C. Heiss, A. Hofmann

    Due to an explosion in an Austrian steel works during the basic oxygen process, the Chair of Mining Engineering and Mineral Economics at the Montanuniversitaet Leoben was assigned with the set-up of a

    Jan 1, 2012

  • ISEE
    Hole Diameter: Does it Affect Vibration Attenuation?

    By Tyler Acorn, Paul Worsey, Nathan Rouse

    The effect of the hole diameter on vibration attenuation has not been incorporated in most vibration models in the blasting industry. In current vibration models, the charge weight and the distance fr

    Jan 1, 2013

  • ISEE
    Pipe Fragmentation Analysis to Determine Characteristics of Improvised Explosives

    By S. Geerts, J Davidson

    The purpose of the experiment was to determine detonation characteristics of various improvised explosives. The test consisted of detonating a pipe filled with an explosive compound inside of a plywoo

    Jan 1, 2011

  • ISEE
    Factors Governing the Muck Pile Characteristics

    By David Cheung, S. Paul Singh

    "The characteristics of a blasted muck pile can have a significant effect on the productivity and economyof loading and hauling operations. Poorly fragmented and tight muck piles, caused by insufficie

    Jan 1, 2017

  • ISEE
    Implosions as Mitigations for Offshore Oil Disasters: Risk Decision Matrices

    By Mohammed Alkazimi, Katie Grantham

    The purpose of this paper is to quantify the risk to both the environment and surrounding infrastructure from a pipe sealing implosion. Both accuracy and the precision in determining how a submerged i

    Jan 1, 2013

  • ISEE
    The Importance of the Explosive Confinement

    By Manuel Gutkrrez, Nasslo Gallardo, Arturo Cancec

    The study done in Dofia In&s de Collahuasi aims to improve the fragmentation in one of the most difficult rocks to deal with in an operation, It is the Ignimbrita. In order to avoid ejections and to i

    Jan 1, 2001

  • ISEE
    Vibration Data Analysis to Optimize the Blast Design and Improve Shovel Productivity

    By Luana Ferreira de Carvalho, Aurelio Manço Garcia, Gustavo Sampaio Lopes, Jose Silvio Corsini, Davi Bastos Martins de Oliveira

    The Enaex Mining Technical Solutions (EMTS) team, in partnership with the Anglo American Iron Ore Brazil drilling and blasting team, has developed a study aiming to optimize the blast design applied a

  • ISEE
    Vibration Data Analysis to Optimize the Blast Design and Improve Shovel Productivity

    By Luana Ferreira de Carvalho, Aurelio Manço Garcia, Gustavo Sampaio Lopes, Jose Silvio Corsini, Davi Bastos Martins de Oliveira

    The Enaex Mining Technical Solutions (EMTS) team, in partnership with the Anglo American Iron Ore Brazil drilling and blasting team, has developed a study aiming to optimize the blast design applied a

    Feb 1, 2020

  • ISEE
    JKVBOC Blast Movement Model Applications for Ore Control at Open Pit Mines

    By Constanza Bujes, Mark Jones, Graham Crook, Yansan Jamyanbaatar, Sedat Esen

    Tracking ore characteristics such as grade and hardness from its original position into the material handling and processing stages remains one of the key challenges in open pit mining of hard rock de

  • ISEE
    Explosives Control Legislation in the New Congress

    By Reynold N. Hoover

    The bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on April 19, 1995, has once again renewed public debate surrounding the availability and use of explosives in the United States.

    Jan 1, 1996

  • ISEE
    Energy and the Environment - the Nature of the Problem

    By Earl Cook

    With all our power and hope, we are part of the natural system and subject to its laws. As Francis Bacon pointed out long ago, we must understand those laws and "obey" them if we wish to "conquer natu

    Jan 1, 1979

  • ISEE
    Surgical Blasting for Paleontological Evidence, Dominion Range, Antarctica

    By Quentin L. Rhoton

    "The use of explosives in a surgical manner was approved to facilitate, due to time constraints, anextremely significant paleontological find in the Plunket Point area of the Dominion Range, Antarctic

    Jan 1, 1999

  • ISEE
    Development of Controlled Blasting Pattern for Rock Excavation to Create Foundation of an Industrial Establishment

    By Dipankar Gorain, A K. Vishwakarma, Vivek K. Himanshu, Murari P. Roy, Shubham Singh, R S. Yadav

    The industrial establishments of a power plant consist of many important structures viz. cooling tower, wagon tippler, track hopper, plants and offices. The leveled foundation is the utmost need for e

    Feb 6, 2023

  • ISEE
    Direct Calibration of the Heelan Model Using Vibration Data

    By Jonathan Zimmerling, Rob Alkins

    The model of waves emanating from a blast hole proposed by Heelan, and further developed by Blair and Minchinton, provides an approximation of particle motion in an isotropic, continuous and homogenou

    Jan 1, 2013

  • ISEE
    Application of Neural Networks to Prediction of Powder Factor and Peak Particle Velocity in Tunnel Blasting

    By Yonghun Jong, Chungin Lee

    The main purpose of this study was to apply the artificial neural network (ANN) models to determine optimal powder factors and predict peak particle velocities, based on a series of observations and i

    Jan 1, 2002

  • ISEE
    Difficulties and Suggestions when Drilling and Blasting in a Karst Environment

    By James T. Ludwiczak

    Drilling and blasting in a Karst (sinkholes and mud seams) environment has long been a problem for blasters, miners, quarry operators, contractors, and developers. While one cannot change the geologic

    Jan 1, 2005

  • ISEE
    High Profile Project in Historic Affluent Nashville Neighborhood Poses Challenges

    By Brent Coleman, Wade Hutchison

    The Montgomery Bell Academy project is a parking garage structure topped by a soccer field. This project included expanding parking and moving the present tennis courts. The project is located adjacen

    Jan 1, 2012

  • ISEE
    From Making Blasts to Making Images

    By Fred Drury

    I spent 38 years in the Industry in a variety of sales, technical and management positions. I started out with Hercules, then was one of the founders of ECONEX, a large regional Distributor, and final

    Jan 1, 2003