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  • ISEE
    Render-Safe Operations in an Urban Environment

    By Robert McClure, Carlton Lehman

    Rendering safe explosives in an urban environment presents a unique challenge due to the safety concerns and disruption to the general public. Potential damage to the surrounding homes, businesses, ut

    Feb 1, 2020

  • ISEE
    Paper or Electronic Records – Ways to Improve Blast Documentation and Recordkeeping

    By Travis A. Davidson, Ralph E. Burnham, Cathy Aimone-Martin, J. Kelly Ratliff

    Blasters face a long list of tasks to execute daily—from vehicle inspections to blast design and layout, hole loading and tie-in, securing the site, and finally, safely executing the blast. Good pract

    Jan 21, 2025

  • ISEE
    Design of Large-Scale Choked Destress Blasts in Mine Pillars Using the Empirical Destressability Index Methodology

    By Richard Brummer, John Hadjigeorgiou, Patrick Andrieux

    Some of the major challenges associated with underground mining at depth and/or under high extraction ratios are related to the resulting high stress levels, which can lead to the failure and collapse

    Jan 1, 2012

  • ISEE
    Using Vibration Prediction to Reduce Blasting Costs and Complaints (c2b05a63-1c96-45ce-a036-acc1a0a37215)

    By Thomas Leonard, Philip R. Berger, Bryan E. Papillon

    Bardon Trimount Inc., a large producer of aggregate, crushed stone, and concrete, was experiencing significant public opposition to its five quarries in the Boston area. It was believed by the authors

    Jan 1, 1996

  • ISEE
    Render-Safe Operations in an Urban Environment

    By Robert McClure, Carlton Lehman

    Rendering safe explosives in an urban environment presents a unique challenge due to the safety concerns and disruption to the general public. Potential damage to the surrounding homes, businesses, ut

  • ISEE
    Blasting Problems Facing the USA Quarry Industry

    By Victor C. Bryan

    "One of the more challenging issues facing operators of U.S. mines and quarries is blasting in an environmentally acceptable way. It is quite important that industry management understand and apply gu

    Jan 1, 1995

  • ISEE
    Blasting in the New Mellinnium: Planning for the Unexpected

    By Steve Dillingham

    The horrific events surrounding September 11th left Americans with a feeling of sudden helplessness...the shock of being unprepared and powerless. From this tragedy, we can understand the need to prep

    Jan 1, 2003

  • ISEE
    Micro Economic Forces in the Mining and Explosives Industries

    By David P. Reddick

    Economics is a social science dealing with the allocation of scarce resources. In modern times the “science” was identified by Adam Smith in his book, The Wealth of Nations, written in 1776. Mr.Smith,

    Jan 1, 1992

  • ISEE
    Energy Factor Based Selection of Site Mixed Slurry Explosives for Limestone Mines of India

    By Satish Kate

    Indian limestone mines which are highly mechanized in operation and supply limestone to the cement plants have been quite successful in devising ways and means to optimize blasting parameters, so as t

    Jan 1, 2006

  • ISEE
    Full-Scale Trials Involving the Open Detonation of Large Bombs Close to Structures.

    By Ambrose Buchanan, Rob Farnfield, Charles Adcock

    Beginning on 7th September 1940 the City of London was subjected to 57 consecutive days of bombing in what became known as the ‘London Blitz’. To commemorate the 70th anniversary of this event a telev

    Jan 1, 2011

  • ISEE
    Blasting at Dacotah Cement

    By Lyle Dennis

    Emphasis on increased production while maintaining rigid quality standards has necessitated a change in blasting technology at Dacotah Cement's limestone and gypsum quarries. The following three metho

    Jan 1, 1996

  • ISEE
    Transforming Underground Blasting Operations into Primary Crushing Operations

    By Christopher Jon Preston, Troy Williams, Daniel Roy

    There has been significant progress made with narrow vein gold mines in which a second option for crushing has begun to attract attention. To ensure the profitability of a mine that has based its econ

    Jan 1, 2019

  • ISEE
    A Technical Description of the Velocity of Detonation Recorder (VODR): a New Blast and Shock Wave Diagnostic Tool for Commercial Use

    By Gary Kahn

    In this document the VODR is discussed from a technical point of view and is intended to give the reader a feel for the design of the instrument, its technical specifications, and its limitations. It

    Jan 1, 1989

  • ISEE
    Mitigation Research of Covering Marine-bottom Ordnance

    By Gregory Hempen, Thomas Keevin, Russell Wilcox, William Wild

    The Department of Defense Strategic Environmental Research & Development Program (SERDP) awarded funding for evaluation of procedures to mitigate peak pressures and energy flux density in the water co

    Jan 1, 2011

  • ISEE
    Blasting Conditions Couldn't be Worse

    By John Atkinson, Steve Repola

    This paper will describe two blasting plans that have been developed for American Aggregates' Marble Cliff Quarry located near Columbus, Ohio. Two different limestone formations are mined on different

    Jan 1, 1993

  • ISEE
    O'Shaughnessy Dam Hydroelectric Project

    By Alan Hooper, James E. Mischler

    Construction began in 1984 for a 5 megawatt hydroelectric power retrofit at the O'Shaughnessy Dam for the City of Columbus, Ohio. The construction necessitated excavation of limestone bedrock up to 27

    Jan 1, 1986

  • ISEE
    Influence of the Interaction of Open Pit and Underground Mining Blasting

    By Darío Innamorati, Jorge Oliva

    Cerro Vanguardia is a known gold and silver deposit located in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina. The mine has been in operation since 1998 and is thought to be one of the most important mines in

    Jan 21, 2025

  • ISEE
    Investigative Blast Programme for Chek Lap Kok

    By Alastair Torrance, George Boucher

    The authors were involved in the Trial Blast work at Chek Lap Kok, the site of the new Hong Kong Airport. As part of that work a series of computer programs including 3x30, QFRAG, DESIGNER and 3DMUCK

    Jan 1, 1994

  • ISEE
    Back to School on Construction Blasting, Rules of Thumb Revisited

    By Jerry Wallace

    Construction of a new grammar school required blasting within three meters of the existing school. Due to changes not anticipated at time of bid opening, blasting had to take place while approximately

    Jan 1, 2001

  • ISEE
    Explosive Compaction of Saturated Soils

    By Wayne A. Charlie

    An experimental test program being conducted at Colorado State University and involves the study of the behavior of water saturated sands under shock and explosive loadings. The study is being conduct

    Jan 1, 1991