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  • ISEE
    Ground Vibration Attenuation Rate due to Blasting in South Florida

    By W. Sharkey Bowers

    This study was undertaken in order to determine a conservative estimate of the attenuation rate of vibrations through the shallow limestone in South Florida due to quarry blasting.

    Feb 1, 2020

  • ISEE
    Impacts of Alternative Hydrocarbon Fuels on Ammonium Nitrate-Based Explosives

    By Jeffrey W. Lin, Larry B. Weston, Jonathan D. Abbott, Jordan L. Arthur

    Hydrocarbon fuel oils are one of the main components of ammonium nitrate-based explosives, including ANFO (Ammonium Nitrate-Fuel Oil) and emulsions. While a wide variety of fuels can, and have, been u

    Jan 21, 2025

  • ISEE
    The Science of Blasting

    By Andrew Ritter, Victor I. Montenyohl, Stephen R. Winzer

    Thirty-seven open pit production blasting operations have been monitored using high-speed cameras running between 500 and 7000 frames per second. Analysis of the resulting films reveals irregularities

    Jan 1, 1979

  • ISEE
    Vibration and Ground Rupture Criteria for Buried Pipelines

    By Lewis L. Oriard

    This paper describes the process of developing blasting specifications for 850 miles of new pipe trench running parallel to an existing high-pressure gas pipeline, often with as little as 14 ft to the

    Jan 1, 1994

  • ISEE
    A study of the ground vibration response to controlled blasts

    By J. -P. Tshibangu, E. Lefebvre

    ABSTRACT : The Tournai’s region in Belgium is characterized by outcrops of limestone that were mined out long ago by different companies for cement and crushed materials. The region is densely populat

    Jan 1, 2008

  • ISEE
    Trench Blasting - Modern Technology for an Old Headache

    By L D. Lawrence, W B. Sudweeks, J Bailey

    Modern era urbanization is presenting at least one category of explosive consumers with a growing concern for ecological and environmental problems associated with their blasting processes. The constr

    Jan 1, 1988

  • ISEE
    Predictive Modelling for Equipment Blast Exclusion Zone Reduction

    By Kim Henley, Chris Batten

    This paper discusses the use of the Orica WildFireTM flyrock model to help mining operations in Australia and Asia minimise blast exclusion zones for equipment, increasing utilisation and productivity

    Feb 1, 2020

  • ISEE
    Industrial Risk Assessment and its Applications to Commercial Explosives

    By David Leidel

    A major characteristic that distinguishes modern society from its predecessors is the understanding that events are not driven by the whims of the gods, pre-ordained fate or nature, but are controlled

    Jan 1, 2007

  • ISEE
    A Method for Calculating the Weight of Charge to Use in Large Hole Pre-Splitting for Cast Blasting Operations

    By J Lyall Workman, Peter N. Calder

    Operations using draglines to remove the overburden above coal seams have increasingly turned to cast blasting to improve productivity and reduce costs. Many such operations also employ active highwal

    Jan 1, 1991

  • ISEE
    New Dimensions for Drilling and Blasting In Surface Mining of Precious Metals

    By Tom Short, Paul Kunze

    In this paper, the authors describe major changes in drilling and blasting methods instituted at the Zortman And Landusky Mining Company Properties to maintain the viability of these north central Mon

    Jan 1, 1986

  • ISEE
    Anfo Versus 100% Emulsion: Quantitative Assessment of Performance With Constant Drilling and Blasting Costs

    By Neal Lee, Braden Lusk, John Silva Castro

    One of the most common assumptions regarding the use of ANFO versus utilizing 100% sensitized emulsion is that ANFO “turns over” the muck-pile better, due to the “higher gas volume” supposedly inheren

    Jan 1, 2012

  • ISEE
    Innovations for Improving Safety in the Mining Environment

    By Andre Pienaar, Larry Wilson

    Destruction of waste emulsion by blasting has been proven to be risky and disastrous incidents have been seen when using this practice. Our R&D department in conjunction with Lake International has de

    Jan 1, 2010

  • ISEE
    The Use of Blast Modeling Software for Educational Purposes

    By Andrea Brickey, Ethan Marcoux

    The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SD Mines), located in Rapid City, South Dakota, is one of only a few universities in the United States that offer a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engin

    Jan 1, 2019

  • ISEE
    Blast Design Analysis for Reduction of Boulders Production

    By Michael Karmis, Syed Muhammad Tariq, Zeshan Hyder

    This paper analyzes the blast design for lime stone quarries of two major cement plants in Pakistan. The production blast of these quarries was resulting in excessive boulders production. At some inst

    Jan 1, 2012

  • ISEE
    Multivariate Scaling Approach for Laboratory Scaled Rock Blasting

    By Dr. Kyle Perry, Ryan Sibley

    Rock blasting is an inherently difficult field to quantify independent & dependent variables and the specifics of how the energy interacts with the material for a number of reasons. Independent variab

    Jan 21, 2025

  • ISEE
    An Engineering Model for Predicting Rubble Motion During Blasting

    By J T. Schamaun

    Recent applications of explosives and blasting agents to rubble rock have led to requirements for more elaborate design and analysis methods. In most blasting uses, it is necessary not only to fractur

    Jan 1, 1983

  • ISEE
    New Burden and Spacing Formulae for Optimum Blasting

    By Sri R. B Singh

    Based on CMRI investigations in nearly 50 mines, the authors have developed two empirical formulae for the effective determination of burden and spacing in any kind of rock deposit. Along with charge

    Jan 1, 1998

  • ISEE
    Tigerwin - a Windows PC Code from Computing Explosives Performance and Thermodynamic Properties

    By Per-Anders Persson

    TIGERWIN, now on CD, is a user-friendly personal computer code (running under Windows) which determines the detonation and expansion state of an explosive from its known chemical composition. TIGERWIN

    Jan 1, 2000

  • ISEE
    A New Method for Blasting Seismic Signals Processing

    By Yu Yalun, He Jun

    Wavelet Analysis is very effective for processing the high-varying signals by its good localization properties. We studied its feasibility of application in the field of blasting seismic signals proce

    Jan 1, 1997

  • ISEE
    Construction Blasting in Central Oregon

    By Paul Schmiesing, Matt Higgins

    Central Oregon is a fast growing resort community centered in Bend, Oregon. Bend is bordered by the Cascade Mountains to the west and the high dessert to the east. Central Oregon is blanketed with lav

    Jan 1, 2000