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  • 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
    Comparison of Structure Response to Hard and Soft Rock Blasting

    By C. T. Aimone-Martin, V. L. Rosenhaim

    The response of two structures to blast-induced ground vibrations were evaluated and compared in order to quantify the impact of different blasting operations, hard rock and soft rock blasting, upon t

    Jan 1, 2015

  • ISEE
    Hoover Dam Project

    By Joe Strobbe, Kevin Joe

    The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded PCL Civil Constructors the project to build a new visitor's center and parking lot structure at the Hoover Dam. The excavations for these structures present many

    Jan 1, 1993

  • ISEE
    Screen Analysis of Full-Scale Production Blasts

    By R E. Otterness, M S. Stagg

    The U. S. Bureau of Mines conducted 22 full-scale blasts to determine the effects of delay and explosive type on fragmentation. The shots were conducted over a period of 7 years in three limestone qua

    Jan 1, 1995

  • ISEE
    Implementation of Blast Vibration Frequency Control Technology at R & F Coal Company

    By Doug Johnson

    This paper reviews the field implementation of R & F Coal's blasting optimization work concerning analysis, prediction, and control of overburden blasting vibrations using site specific measurements a

    Jan 1, 1988

  • ISEE
    ANFO’S Behavior in Height-To-Detonation and other Thermal Stimulus Tests

    By E. Contestabile, B. von Rosen, P. Lightfoot

    As part of an accident investigation ANFO was subjected to various abusive tests. A tractor-trailer carrying 18,000 kg of blasting explosives, caught fire, burned for approximately 30 minutes, and the

    Jan 1, 2001

  • ISEE
    The Effect of Prill Specifications on Emulsion-ANFO Blends (dfcf65b3-c26f-475a-ba27-2ec8841d710f)

    By Greg S. Williams, David L. McDorman, Richard W. Givens

    This paper examines the effect of prill size consistency, internal particle density, and oil absorbency on Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil (ANFO)-emulsion blends. By analyzing these physical properties of p

    Jan 1, 1990

  • ISEE
    Statistical Methods Applied to the Analysis of Blasting Vibrations in a Diabase Quarry in the City of Campinas, (SP) - Brazil

    By Milton Barbosa Landim, Denise de La Corte Bacci

    Statistical methods of multiple regression analysis, trend surface analysis and principal components analysis were applied to seismographic data recorded during production blasting at a diabase quarry

    Jan 1, 2002

  • ISEE
    Potential Impact of Blast Layout, Sequence and Detonator Timings on Air Overpressure from Blasting

    By Shazad Hosein, Bill Birch, Catherine Johnson, Toby White, Liam Bermingham

    Air overpressure (AOP) from blasting can give rise to a significant number of blasting complaints from residents living adjacent to blasting operations from mines, quarries or civil engineering projec

    Jan 1, 2018

  • ISEE
    GEM (Geologic Element Motion) Blast Heave Modeling with More Element Shapes and Energy Partitioning

    By Stewart A. Silling, C. Mick Lownds, Dale S. Preece, Ali Bhuiyan

    GEM (Geologic Element Motion) is a Distinct Element Method (DEM) for modeling blast-induced heave. It was developed with a very fast computational algorithm that efficiently treats many different elem

    Feb 6, 2023

  • ISEE
    Crack Displacement and Vibration Measurement of an Underground Portal

    By Douglas Rudenko PG, Jay Elkin, Siavash Mahvelati Ph. D.

    Very little studies have investigated the behavior of cracks in unlined tunnels over long periods of time, especially when such flaws are subjected to blast-induced vibrations. Using a pool of 30+ bla

    Feb 1, 2020

  • ISEE
    Bench Blasting Design Based on Analysis of Blast-Induced Ground Vibrations at an Open Pit Coal Mine in Turkey

    By Gungor Tuncer, Ali Kahriman, Abdulkadir Karadogan, Alper Celtikci, Serdar Celik, Yucel Karakus

    This paper presents bench blasting designs based on results of vibrations analysis on test shots organized in an open pit coal mine located near to Soma district at Manisa province in Turkey. There ar

    Jan 1, 2012

  • ISEE
    Shock Impedance Method Applied to Detonation Pressure Measurements

    By Santiago Gómez, Pablo Segarra, José A. Sanchidrián

    In-hole detonation pressure measurements are unusual in the production environment of a mining operation, partly owing to the hostile conditions to which recording equipment and pertinent probes must

    Feb 6, 2023

  • ISEE
    Fragmentation Mill Throughput Improvement Through a Dual-Salt Sodium Nitrate Emulsion Product

    By Khushaal Popli, Vanessa Roeland, Brian Hall, Carl Diederichs

    Highland Valley Copper (HVC) has embraced an integrated Mine to Mill approach to comminution since the late 1990s. Previous blasting optimization was carried out through adjustments to blast pattern g

    Feb 6, 2023

  • ISEE
    Explosion Hazards and Quantity-Distance Regulations – A Review of their Physical Basis

    Currently there exist several explosive quantity-distance (Q-D) rules variously exercised by most countries to protect personnel and property against the effects of accidental explosions. These regula

    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
    Safety Talk - Training If It's Worth The Time, It's Worht Documenting

    By Ann Barron, Paul Downing

    Those employed in the explosives industry must have a keen familiarity of the explosives products they handle, the safety pro c e d u res they must follow, and the increasing number of laws and regula

    Jan 1, 2004

  • ISEE
    Blasting 1.5 T of Dynamite, Hang up on a Cliff, 125 m Above a Hydroelectric Power Plant

    By Thierry Bernard, Philippe Dozohne

    May 13th, in the back country of Nice @arice) collapsed a complete piece of mountain, cutting the RN 2085 and destroying a part of Valabfre’s viaduct. The fist inspections of the site showed that mate

    Jan 1, 2001

  • ISEE
    Distribution of Specific Impulse on Vehicles Subjected to IED's

    By Alexander Hauck, Dimitri Jung, Uli Leiste

    This paper describes results from small scale tests conducted to determine the distribution of impulse on target plates when subjected to loading due to the detonation of a buried mine. The tests were

    Jan 1, 2010

  • ISEE
    Reducing eyebrow break caused by rock blasting in Malmberget mine

    By Zong-Xian Zhang

    In sublevel caving mines, serious eyebrow break usually gives rise to lower ore recovery, higher dilution, and worse safety for the people working in the field. For example, chargers must go near the

    Jan 1, 2011