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  • ISEE
    Improving Fragmentation During Ring-Hole Blasting in Coal in Blasting Gallery Panels

    By Sri Sawmliana, P. Pal Roy

    Blasting Gallery (BG) method was introduced in India for higher production and low cost of excavation to substitute conventional hand section and stowing methods for thick coal seam. The Singareni Col

    Jan 1, 2003

  • ISEE
    Journal: 100 Years / FIG. 2. Bridge wrecked by material from blast near Chattanooga, Tenn

    By Robert Hopler

    A blast caused the destruction of a bridge and loaded freight train and the death of three men, near Chattanooga, Tenn., on May 16, 1907. The blast and its disastrous effect has been described by Mr.

    Jan 1, 2008

  • ISEE
    Signature Hole Analysis and Vibration Modeling: An Indonesian Case Study

    By Wawa Jaka Sungkawa, Slamet Rachman Jaka, Tom Dermody

    Nowadays, with such a focus on environmental protection, surface mining activities have come under pressure to ensure their activities do not adversely affect the local surroundings. As part of the ex

  • ISEE
    Concepts and Case Study for Regular Rhythmic Timing and Sequence

    By Neal Lee, Braden T. Lusk, Jhon Silva-Castro, Patrick J. Jenks

    "Timing and charge sequence are very important for optimized blast design. Traditional nonelectricinitiation systems have moved the industry toward a system of delays consisting of hole-to-hole androw

    Jan 1, 2016

  • ISEE
    Crater Blasting Techniques and Designs in Compacted Soils

    By Patrick D. McLaughlin

    Crater blasting techniques have had relatively little application in the surface mining industry. This is not surprising, considering the geometry required to efficiently use cratering. The more widel

    Jan 1, 1992

  • ISEE
    Non-Electric Shock Tube Initiation Systems Applications and Hookups

    By John Watson, Tom Treleaven

    This guide presents nur-nerous patterns that provide 8 millisecond separations between initiated charges. The guide is tabulated in seven sections to provide Quick reference by number of decks or bunc

    Jan 1, 1995

  • ISEE
    Christmas Day 2020 VBIED Blast Investigation Findings and Damage Assessment of Nearby Historic Buildings in Nashville, Tennessee, USA

    By J. Mikhael Erekson, Connie Campbell Brashear, Brent Meins

    Christmas morning 2020, an IED in an RV was detonated along an evacuated section of downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The blast damaged over 40 buildings, including AT&T’s Main Central Office and caused

    Feb 6, 2023

  • ISEE
    Applied to a High Risk Case History

    By C Agreda

    The Cushion Blasting Technique applied to solve the high risk case history represented by a 10,704 TM rock locate at 120 M from the hydroelectrical plants of 350 KV each, is described, analyzed and di

    Jan 1, 2005

  • ISEE
    Advanced Blast Modeling for Mining Steeply Dipping Coal Seams

    By Dan L'Heureux, Joe Haid, Stephen H. Chung

    Most coal deposits in Western Canada involve steeply dipping multiple seams. An efficient way to recover coal seams would be to drill through the seams and blast both the overlying and underlying wast

    Jan 1, 1998

  • ISEE
    A Model for Near and Farfield Blast Vibration Based on Multiple Seed Waveforms and Transfer Functions

    By D. Scott Scovira, Ruilin Yang

    Blast vibration in the highwall from a cast blast in open pit mines or in the hanging walls from a stope blast in underground mines is a common concern. Vibration in such cases is a typical near-field

    Jan 1, 2010

  • ISEE
    Logistical Processes in the Explosives Industry Using Examples from Daily Work

    By Frank Hirthammer

    Productivity, customer relations, and effectiveness of work depend to an ever-increasing extent on a functioning logistics system tailored to the needs of the user. Of course, it is not possible to co

    Jan 1, 2019

  • ISEE
    The Safety of Explosives Handling and Blasting in the Mining Industry

    By Kerina Taylor

    Due to their high amount of stored energy, explosives have been the cause of many serious injuries and fatalities over the last centuries. Despite safety advances and awareness in the last decades, in

    Jan 1, 2011

  • ISEE
    Thermodynamic Work Principal Overture — Not Just Rock n’Roll

    By Michael Wieland

    The resolving capacity of the thermodynamic work-principal model has been seriously refined over its twelve year history, so a review of the innovations, wrong turns and their rectification is warrant

    Jan 1, 2009

  • ISEE
    Measuring and Analysing Percussive Pulses to Extend Depth in Top-hole Percussion Drilling

    By Gary Cavanough, Stuart Addinell, Hector Parra

    Drilling deep, straight, accurate holes in hard rock to achieve efficient blasting is a challenge for the mining/quarrying industries with short holes normally drilled using “top hole hammer” (THH) an

    Jan 1, 2013

  • ISEE
    Overburden Blast Cast Designs, Factors Affecting Results and Economics

    By Connie Postupack

    The purpose of the workshop is to show the effect of various blasting factors on the overall results.

    Jan 1, 1994

  • ISEE
    Blasting 1 Million Tons, 205 Meters from a Town

    By Thierry Bernard, Guy Gagnon

    Blasting at very close proximity to urban areas is typically a situation where both local communities and mining stakeholders get nervous. The context becomes logically even more tensed when the blast

    Jan 1, 2014

  • ISEE
    Blast Assessment and Optimization with Respect to the Control of Environmental Effects

    By Frank Sames

    The control of the environmental effects, especially blast vibration and airblast, has become a dominating planning criterion for most surface blasting operations. Compliance with existing regulations

    Jan 1, 1997

  • ISEE
    Accurate, Secure Internet Explosives Silo Weight Database using Bolt-on Sensors

    By Robin Shepherdson

    Security concerns have prompted the Department of Homeland Security to investigate the use of recording systems on all vessels holding materials used for blasting; a new regulation is expected in the

    Jan 1, 2015

  • ISEE
    The Effects of Underground Blasting on Nearby Pre-existing Structures

    By Scott Rosenthal, Logan Connolly

    Butte, Montana holds a prestigious place in the history of mining, deemed “The Richest Hill on Earth,” containing a plethora of underground mines. The Orphan Boy/Orphan Girl underground mines, on the

    Jan 1, 2018

  • ISEE
    Initial Selection of Explosive Materials for the Explosives Terrorism Risk Assessment

    By Rachel E. Gooding, George C. Emmett, David R. Bradley

    The United States (U.S.) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T) is using a probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) approach to evaluate the risks from terrorist

    Jan 1, 2017