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  • ISEE
    Interior Explosive Model Evaluation for Application in Probabilistic Risk Assessment

    By Natalie Zeleznik, Brian Hawkins, David Bradley, Rachel Gooding, Patrick Wilson, Brian Somes, Kevin Wegman

    "To perform a probabilistic risk assessment (PRA), a method of quantifying the risks associated withinfrequent high consequence events, consequence models that generate representative estimates of hum

    Jan 1, 2017

  • ISEE
    Application of the NIOSH-Modified Holmberg-Persson Approach to Perimeter Blast Design

    By Chick Kerkering, Stephen Iverson

    Perimeter control blasting is common in civil construction projects but not as common in mining. A poorly designed and executed underground mine development blast design can result in unwanted wall ro

    Jan 1, 2008

  • ISEE
    A Study of the Impact of Explosive Quality on Blast Performance

    By Alastair Torrance

    The performance of commercial explosives is clearly influenced by the conditions under which they are used. Mining companies are supplied with Technical Data Sheets which provide details about explosi

    Jan 1, 2013

  • ISEE
    Underground Longhole Blasting near Large-diameter Booster Fans

    By Norm Disley, Kingsley Hortin, Gertjan Bekkers

    As part of the expansion of the Kidd Creek Mine to 2,682 meters (8800 feet) below surface, two largediameter 3000kW (4000HP) booster fans were installed at the 6000 level. Shortly after commissioning

    Jan 1, 2008

  • ISEE
    Predicting Tunnel Overbreak

    By P. R. Mohanty, Kaushik Dey

    Blast-induced tunnel overbreak prediction in the past has been based on peak particle velocity measured far from the blast site with necessary extrapolation. This has often resulted in suggesting high

    Jan 1, 2004

  • ISEE
    Optimized Blasting Methods for TBM Launching Shaft Construction Beneath the Panama Canal: A Case Study

    By Jose Pineda, Abraham Lindo

    The Panama Metro System’s Network expansion involves excavating a launching shaft for a tunnel boring machine (TBM) to traverse beneath the Panama Canal. The blasting needed for this shaft constructio

    Jan 21, 2025

  • ISEE
    Dynamic Response of a Fully Grouted Resin Roof Bolt to Blast Loading

    By Francis O. Otuonye

    A time series and system analysis modeling technique was applied to signals from strain egages mounted on a fully grouted resin roof bolt and signals from accelerometers mounted on the bolt head and r

    Jan 1, 1987

  • ISEE
    The Largest Rock Fill Dam in the United States

    By L. L. Oriard

    he Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) supplies water to some 16 million people in a semi-arid region. Most of this water is imported. Some of the supply lines cross over the San

    Jan 1, 2000

  • ISEE
    Penetration Analysis of a Shaped Charge Jet into a Concrete Target

    By Joseph Indeck, Seokbin Lim, Andrew Thompson

    In the design of explosively driven penetration devices, understanding the impact conditions between the explosively propelled penetrator and the target is one of the most important steps in optimizin

    Jan 1, 2011

  • ISEE
    Kanalku Falls Blasting for Fish Habitat Improvement in Alaska

    By Catherine T. Aimone-Martin, Kristen Kolden

    In August of 2013 the USDA Forest Service (USFS) blasted bedrock at the base of a waterfall in Kanalku Creek within the Kootznoowoo Wilderness Area on Admiralty Island in the Tongass National Forest l

    Jan 1, 2015

  • ISEE
    Digitization for Optimization: Easier and Cheaper

    By Benjamín Cebrián, David Flores, María Rocha Gil

    This document shows the evolution of drilling and blast digitization process, savings and trends in a mine, using new technologies that creates business opportunities and general improvement of D&B pr

    Feb 1, 2020

  • ISEE
    Reactivity and Spontaneous Detonation

    By Alastair Torrance, Italo Onederra, Do Sun Kim, Kush Patel, Gary Cavanough

    Reactivity of ammonium nitrate-based explosives is associated with the presence of sulphide in the ground reacting with explosive products and in some instances causing spontaneous reactions which can

    Jan 1, 2019

  • ISEE
    The Influence of Blast Fragmentation on Loadability in Sublevel Caving

    By Daniel Johansson, Markus Danielsson, Håkan Schunnesson

    In sublevel caving, blasted material flows gravitationally into the drawpoint from above in a periodical manner. This type of flow behavior entails muck pile conditions that are variable along the cou

    Jan 1, 2018

  • ISEE
    Improving Geologic Knowledge with IOT Sensors on Blasthole Drills

    By Steven Putt

    The paper presents new results from Datacloud during recent Seismic While Drilling trials in iron ore, metallurgical coal, and hard rock mines around the world. The measurements are compared with wire

    Feb 1, 2020

  • ISEE
    Application Electronic Initiation System in Hot and Reactive Ground Conditions

    By Muhammad Yamani, Marsell Riviera, Herry Saputra, Rizky Amin

    Drill and Blast processes in hot and reactive ground conditions are a severe challenge in mining, especially in the blasting process. Our main objective is safety issues without compromising the blast

    Feb 6, 2023

  • ISEE
    A Linear Interpolation of Vibration Waveforms for Varying Seed Waveform Vibration Modeling

    By Ruilin Yan, Kameron Ray

    This paper reports a simple approach to model the waveform change due to travel distances based on the field measurement. A linear interpolation is used to estimate the waveform at a distance from two

    Jan 1, 2014

  • ISEE
    Case Study - Pumpable Emulsion Trials in Tunneling and Stoping

    By Eduardo Berger

    This paper describes a mechanized loading system, the HYDRODOSE, which allows the use of pumpable emulsions in underground mining. It also describes a pumpable emulsion explosive for small diameter ho

    Jan 1, 1991

  • ISEE
    New Methodology in Measuring Experimental Results of Linear Shaped Charges Using Digital Software

    By Kevin Phelps, Jason Baird, Philip Mulligan, Dominique Nolan

    Determining the transitions from run-up to optimal cut length and optimal cut length to run down, without bias, from the penetration of a linear shaped charge (LSC) is difficult. The stresses applied

    Jan 1, 2013

  • ISEE
    Design of a Passive Underwater Pressure Gauge

    By S. Lim, G. Walsh, V. Romero

    The cable television show, Mythbusters, contacted the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology requesting a pressure gauge to be used in underwater testing. The requirements for the gauge were: i

    Jan 1, 2009

  • ISEE
    Unique Renewable Alternative Fuel for ANFO Applications

    By Mark Mammele, John Bowles

    With the continuing rise in the cost of petroleum products and the focus on the increasing use of renewable resources, a readily available, economical replacement for fuel oil in ANFO is the logical n

    Jan 1, 2008