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  • ISEE
    Quarry Blasting Management in Urban and Suburban Environment

    By Alain Blanchier, Gilles Gomez

    Neighborhood pressure on quarries has become urgent to deal with quarry managers and operators must apply the most recent technologies and communicate it for long shelf life time exploitation, the qua

    Jan 1, 2009

  • ISEE
    Expansion of the Panama Canal

    By Tom Treleaven

    The widening of the Panama Canal to approximately 130 feet (40 m) for its entire length began just a few years ago. The original expansion program was slated for completion in 18 to 20 years, but has

    Jan 1, 1997

  • ISEE
    Journal: 100 Years / Engineering News New York January 5, 1905 Methods and Cost of Blasting and Handling Boulders (52912f89-42e4-4811-8c7f-344764181b42)

    By Daniel Hauer

    Blocking. (5) The “blocking” of boulders is a much cheaper way of breaking them up than “mud capping.” It should always be used in preference to that method except when too much time will be consumed

    Jan 1, 2006

  • ISEE
    Maximizing Drill Factors in Construction Blasting

    By Pat McLaughlin

    Blast design in the construction industry has often been based on past practice or powder factors. This is to some extent understandable, since construction projects do not have the longevity of minin

    Jan 1, 1994

  • ISEE
    Response of Manufactured Houses to Blast Vibrations

    By Michael Mann

    Two house trailers and a modem modular house, all pillar-supported with cantilevered perimeters, were monitored for structural response to vibrations from surface coal mine blasts. Due to the large bl

    Jan 1, 2000

  • ISEE
    Civil Tunnelling with Electronic Blasting Systems - Early Experience in Korea

    By Dave Kay, Young-Suk Song

    To meet the needs of South Korea's rapidly expanding economy, a large number of infrastructure projects are under way to improve transportation efficiency within the nation. These projects include hig

    Jan 1, 2005

  • ISEE
    Explosive Destruction of an Underground Reinforced Concrete Bunker – Computer Hydrocode Simulation

    By Dale Preece

    A carefully designed and controlled in-place destruction experiment was performed on a concrete bunker buried in 4.27 m (14 ft.) of soil. The objective was to determine if the explosive charges would

    Jan 1, 2006

  • ISEE
    Monitoring and Prediction of Blast Vibrations : A Case Study

    By D Vidyarthi

    Blasting is the most important activity in the mining industry, the world over. It is a well known fact that only part of the explosive energy gets utilized in causing the actual rock fragmentation. T

    Jan 1, 2007

  • ISEE
    Fire and Explosion of a Mobile Explosive Manufacturing Unit

    By Jose a. Sanchidrian, Ramon G. Eguren, Javier L. Amigo

    On December 2013 a MEMU exploded at a blasting site in Norway, after burning for more than two hours. This paper describes the analyses made to determine the actual yield of the explosion, the lessons

    Jan 1, 2016

  • ISEE
    Investigations of Shock Tunnel Dynamics and Energy Realization (a197a97d-a574-4dd6-b892-bc2dba4e791b)

    By Joshua Hoffman, Braden Lusk, Kyle Perry

    This study explores how different geometries affect the shock tunnel’s performance and is broken down into three phases. Phase 1: Open arena testing in which theoretical energies produced by the deton

    Jan 1, 2009

  • ISEE
    Ground Vibration Attenuation Rate due to Blasting in South Florida

    By W. Sharkey Bowers

    This study was undertaken in order to determine a conservative estimate of the attenuation rate of vibrations through the shallow limestone in South Florida due to quarry blasting.

    Feb 1, 2020

  • ISEE
    Data Flow Through the Blasting Process

    By Christoph Muller, Geoffrey Liggins, Mohan Hensman

    Modern commercial blasting is as much a technical process as it is a business one. As with most processes both aspects of blasting are driven by and generate new data. The time-critical nature of comm

    Jan 1, 2010

  • ISEE
    Seismograph Calibration - What You Should Know

    By Bob Turnbull

    The dictionary definition of calibration is: to determine by measurement or comparison with a standard, the corre c t value for each scale reading on a device.1 As a consultant or blast contractor, yo

    Jan 1, 2004

  • ISEE
    Security and Control (476c288e-1831-4c21-a747-ee41961667e9)

    By Jim Mikelait

    Overview ?? Why do we need security? ?? Needs assessment ?? Elements to any security system ?? Protect, Detect, Alert, esponse ?? Electronic Security System Criteria ?? Advantages and Limitations of

    Jan 1, 2006

  • ISEE
    Selection of Powder Factor in Large Diameter Blastholes (9dd28d4c-e692-46ff-9e71-b2043e0b42a0)

    By Jack Eloranta

    This paper documents the relationship between material handling and processing coete compared to blasting cost. The old adage, "The cheapest crushing is done in the pit", appears accurate in this c!as

    Jan 1, 1995

  • ISEE
    Percussive Drilling Theory and Practice

    By Pat McLaughlin

    Environmental constraints are pushing many operators to change from large rotary blastholes to the smaller diameter holes drilled with down-hole or top-hammer rigs. Productivity improvements over the

    Jan 1, 1995

  • ISEE
    A Classic Experiment with Air Overpressure and Windows

    By Charlie Adcock, Rob Farnfield, Andy Wetherelt

    The ISEE Blasters Handbook gives guidance on the level of air overpressure likely to cause occasional window breakage (151dB) and general window breakage (171dB). A long-term safe level of 140dB is al

    Jan 1, 2006

  • ISEE
    The Impacts of Digital Revolution in the Mining Sector. Case of Study: Blasting Operations of a Copper Mine in the Northern of Brazil

    By Vitor Fonseca de Barcelos, Jair Carlos Koppe

    Our society is experiencing a digital revolution. Technology is demonstrating its significant potential for mining industry. In this paper are presented the measured and estimated impacts of applying

    Feb 1, 2020

  • ISEE
    The Mechanisms of Rock Damage in Blasthole Open Stope Mining: Blast Induced Versus Stress Induced

    By Qian (Ken) Liu, Remi Proulx

    A large scale blast damage project was carried out over the past two years at INCO Ltd Manitoba Division co-funded by the Canada/Manitoba Mineral Development Agreement. The experiment was conducted at

    Jan 1, 1995

  • ISEE
    Blasting and Comminution Choices for the Management of the Mining Business

    By Alexandre Passos, Giorgio De Tomi, Tatiane Marin, Dennis Cremonese, Jacopo Seccatore

    "In the mining industry, rock excavation is the first phase of the comminution process. Downstreamoperations such as secondary breaking, crushing and milling terminate the process, reducing the size o

    Jan 1, 2016