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  • ISEE
    Predicting the Envelope of Damage Resulting from the Detonation of a Confined Charge (f7227bf9-6568-4211-b2c2-9f028c1f10ec)

    By T Michael LeBlanc

    Drill trajectory deviation is a recurring problem in vertical retreat stoping operations. As a result of this deviation, 60 kilogram (165 millimetre diameter) and 103 kilogram (302 millimetre diameter

    Jan 1, 1996

  • ISEE
    Vibration Control and Seismic Analysis of the Kneeling Nun Rock Pinnacle Adjacent to the Santa Rita Pit, New Mexico

    By Mike Wheat, Catherine Aimone-Martin, Brandon Pease

    The Kneeling Nun rock pinnacle is a prominent landmark, 90 ft in height and 35 ft in width, that resides on a bluff overlooking the Santa Rita pit at the Chino Mines Co. operations near Silver City, N

    Jan 1, 2000

  • ISEE
    Analysis of Measurements Results of the Ground Vibration Induced By Blasting During the Tunneling for Istanbul Subway in Turkey

    By Gungor Tuncer, Ali Kahriman, Abdulkadir Karadogan, Simav Bargu, Savas Gorgun, Derya Kucukbrtem, Esat Tansev

    Although many research studies had been carried out in the past in order to eliminate environmental issues produced from blasting unfortunately a general approach or formula has not been established y

    Jan 1, 2002

  • ISEE
    Electronic Detonators: Delivering the Advance in Hong Kong

    By Ashlin Pillay, Osamu Iwata

    Hong Kong is ranked as the world’s third most important international financial hub and attracts significant growth and development annually. The city is also known as the world's most vertical city,

    Jan 1, 2015

  • ISEE
    The Importance of Internships for Explosives Engineering Students

    By Paul Worsey, Gillian Worsey

    The explosives industry is about to reach a critical turning point in human resources. The average age of employees of the largest US explosives company is over 50 and an estimated 5,000 engineers are

    Jan 1, 2014

  • ISEE
    The Electronic Detonator, Security, Handling, Effectiveness and Geophysics

    By Detlef Sulzer, Winfried Rosenstock

    "At the end of this century a great breakthrough in the field of blasting technology is finally going tobecome reality. That, in the true sense of the word, is the long expected and desired “HighTechn

    Jan 1, 1999

  • ISEE
    The Desensitization and Malfunction of Coal-Mine Explosives

    By Michael S. Wieland

    Underground coal-mine explosives (permissibles) can be substantially degraded by the underground stress waves from the explosion of neighboring borehole charges. This cross-borehole interaction genera

    Jan 1, 1987

  • ISEE
    Explosive Demolition of Coolign Towers in the Netherlands

    By B de Raadt

    After discussing mechanisms of collapse for the explosive demolition of towers in general and cooling towers in particular, author comments upon a blasting operation in which four cooling towers were

    Jan 1, 1978

  • ISEE
    The Effects of Confinement on Fragmentation and Movement

    By Les W. Armstrong, Stephen B. Richardson, Neville T. Moxon

    A study was carried out to determine how different degrees of stemming confinement, that is the retention of the explosives gases, effects fragmentation and movement during blasting.

    Jan 1, 1993

  • ISEE
    State-of-the-Art Explosive Void Measurement System

    By J P. F Warkentin, A W. Bauer

    Recently, significant improvements have been made in both blast design methods and blasting accessories. The introduction of extremely accurate blast delays now allows proper implementation of advance

    Jan 1, 1991

  • ISEE
    Exploring the effectiveness of explosives for avalanche control

    By Josephine Bones, Robb Larson, Daniel Miler

    Avalanches are commonly mitigated through the use of explosives at ski resorts and above transportation corridors. Surprisingly, very little research has been conducted on snowpack response to explosi

    Jan 1, 2012

  • ISEE
    Controlled Blasting at the Tom Kite Golf Course

    By Mark Odell, Bruce Northrup

    In the hill country of Austin, Texas, Tom Kite has designed a golf course to be built in conjunction with a housing development entitled "Riverplace". The topography in this area is almost solid limes

    Jan 1, 1985

  • ISEE
    Preparation - The Key to a Good Legal Defense

    By G Alan Foster

    The presence of approximately 600,000 attorneys in the U.S.A. and the determination by the courts that blasting is considered an 'ultra hazardous' activity makes every practical blaster aware that at

    Jan 1, 1982

  • ISEE
    Oil & Gas Well Perforating the Other Explosive Industry

    By Richard Arsenault

    The production of oil & gas from wells requires method of flow from the producing formation into the well bore. Once the well is drilled it will have casing pipe installed to protect the integrity of

    Jan 1, 2007

  • ISEE
    The Effect of Available Energy on Blast Design

    By Lyall Workman, P D. Katsabanis

    Energy released by the explosive is typically partitioned in brisance, heave and losses. The fact that energy released in the P-V expansion curve below a certain point is lost has resulted in the conc

    Jan 1, 1998

  • ISEE
    The Measurement of Detonation Waves in Composite Explosives

    By C De La Cruz

    The use of a thin-film piezoelectric stress gauge to determine the pressure profile in a detonating explosive has been demonstrated. These PVDF gauges have measured, in the borehole, the Chapman-Jouge

    Jan 1, 1997

  • ISEE
    The Use of Air-decks in Production Blasting

    By S B. Richardson, R E. Danell, D Mead, N T. Moxon

    Explosives provide a very concentrated source of energy which is often well in excess of that required to adequately fragment the surrounding material. Blast design, environmental requirements, produc

    Jan 1, 1993

  • ISEE
    Geologic Data for Blasting at the Minntac Mine

    By John Eloranta

    This paper is a case study showing the assembly of available rock property parameters for the purpose of blast design. Blast optimization now includes subsequent milling and requires a full knowledge

    Jan 1, 1996

  • ISEE
    The Role of Blast Operations in Metal Mining

    By Jack Elorenta

    A recent forum of mine operators revealed a continuing strong interest in alternative methods of freeing rock. A Rand Corporation report lists a continuous mechanical machine that would replace drilli

    Jan 1, 2002

  • ISEE
    The Efficiencies of Cast Blasting in Wide Pits

    By Marlyn G. King, Robert L. Martin

    Blasting activities in all four pits at Thunder Basin Coal's Black Thunder Mine are focused on cast blasting. With widths varying from 190 feet to 265 feet and bench heights varying from 90 feet to 17

    Jan 1, 1995