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  • ISEE
    Damage Levels for Reinforced Concrete Columns Subject to Internal Explosive Charges

    By I. Petropouleas, J. Croll, R. Bassett

    A programme of tests on controlled internal explosions to a class of circular reinforced concrete columns, has allowed the relationships between the blast energy and the extent of local damage to be u

    Jan 1, 2006

  • ISEE
    Implementing Effective Dispute Resolution Techniques in the Explosives Industry

    By E. A. McCullough, Jackson B. C., S. K. Metz

    Public perception is a significant challenge facing the explosives industry. The public often perceives that its needs and interests are in direct competition with those of blasting companies’, leadin

    Jan 1, 2015

  • ISEE
    The Effect of Bench Movement with Changing Blasthole Length

    By Rahim G. Haghighi, Calvin J. Konya

    Fragmentation is the fundamental concern of rock blasting, serving as a measure of blasting effectiveness. Fragmentation is sensitive to the inter-relationship among the design variables which define

    Jan 1, 1985

  • ISEE
    Prediction of Dynamic Response of Ground due to Blast Loading

    By Chang-Ha Ryu, Hyung Yang, Hyung-Sik Yang

    Ground vibration by rock blasting causes many environmental problems to adjacent structures and human bodies. Growing concerns have been given to the effects of dynamic loading induced by blasting wor

    Jan 1, 2001

  • ISEE
    Optimizing Rotary Drill Performance

    By George P. Jr Schivley

    Data is presented showing Penetration Rate (PR) versus Force-on-the Bit (FB) and Bit Angular Speed (N). Using this data, it is shown how FB and N each uniquely contribute to the PR for any particular

    Jan 1, 1995

  • ISEE
    Fines Reduction Program at the Canadian Salt Company (fdcbe6d6-d49f-4e71-af9e-e1942cd6d9c3)

    By John M. Bolger, Keith E. McMaster

    Excessive salt fines are undesirable in underground salt mining as they are considered a costly waste by-product. This paper describes an extensive explosive application program conducted at The Canad

    Jan 1, 1996

  • ISEE
    Prediction of Fragmentation Based on Distribution of Explosives Energy

    In situ, most Taconite is heavily pre-fractured; because of the high cost of comminution of taconite, maximum fracture of pre-existing blocks is desirable. Sustained borehole pressure plays a signific

    Jan 1, 1995

  • ISEE
    The Application of the Super Video Camera and VCR Equipment with Editing Capabilities to the Analysis of Commercial Blasting Operations

    By Floyd W. Crump

    New technology in video equipment, such as Super Video Tapes, Super Video Camera Recorders equipped with high speed electronic shutters, and VCR's with editing capabilities make it possible to resolve

    Jan 1, 1991

  • ISEE
    Mass Blast Blastingng Techniques as Practised at Mount Isa Mines Limited

    By Robert E. Miller

    Mass blasting of open stopes and pillars is a normal operating practice at Isa Mine. Three main parameters are used to classify the types of mass blasts. These are type of explosive used, blasthole di

    Jan 1, 1980

  • ISEE
    A Proposed Method for Remote Area Mass Quarrying

    By Pat McLaughlin, J R. (Dick) Daniels

    Current practice in establishing quarries in remote areas with hilly or mountainous terrain tends to the use of airtracs (or similar pioneering units) drilling horizontal holes to establish a face, fo

    Jan 1, 1995

  • ISEE
    Fish Mortality Study During Underwater Blasting Operations in Lake Erie Off Nanticoke, Ontario

    By A Lance McAnuff, Robert T. Booren

    Construction of a dock facility for the Lake Erie Development Project of Stelco Steel involved underwater blasting in commercial fishing waters near Port Dover, Ontario. The most stringent environment

    Jan 1, 1989

  • ISEE
    Flyrock Revisited: An Ever-present Danger in Mine Blasting

    By Harry Verakis, Thomas Lobb

    A great deal of information has been presented and published on the danger from flyrock created from blasting operations. The creation of flyrock is not specific to any one blasting operation. Flyrock

    Jan 1, 2007

  • ISEE
    Pneumatic Loading of ANFO Underground

    By J J. F Smith

    The application of pneumatically loaded ANFO for underground mining has continued to increase year by year since the technique was first developed and introduced underground during the early 1960's. I

    Jan 1, 1982

  • ISEE
    Blasting and Ethics – Why Should I Care?

    By Jim Daly

    The word “Enron” has taken on a totally different meaning since its leaders were caught juggling the books, President Clinton’s reputation was destroyed not by what he did but by how he tried to cover

    Jan 1, 2007

  • ISEE
    High Speed Photography of Stope Blasting in South African Gold Mines

    By P A. Gibson, J R. Brinkmann

    The South African gold mining industry fires approximately 800 000 sloping blastholes daily. A programme aimed at characterizing the stope blasting process is underway in order to identify areas for i

    Jan 1, 1985

  • ISEE
    The Evolution of Drilling and Blasting Techniques for Rehabilitation of Lock Walls on the Welland Canal

    By Rene A. "Moose" Morin, Craig Copping

    Innovative concepts in drilling and blast design have been used to remove deteriorated concrete and have enabled contractors to reduce costs and time on St. Lawrence Seaway rehabilitation projects. Ti

    Jan 1, 1986

  • ISEE
    The Hercudet Non-Electric System of Blasting - Characteristics and Practical Applications

    By Robert B. Hopler

    Hercules Incorporated has developed and introduced a totally new non-electric delay blasting cap system which utilizes a low energy gas detonation to activate the caps. Unlike any other initiation sys

    Jan 1, 1977

  • ISEE
    Effective Construction Blasting Damage Control

    By Earl C. Hutchison, Gene Smith

    Extensive blasting was required to construct an underground tunnel for a 90 inch sewerage relief line. The tunnel and required excavation extended under an upper middle-class residential area in Atlan

    Jan 1, 1981

  • ISEE
    Relating Horsepower to Drilling Productivity

    By Brian Wingfield, Rick Givens, Greg Williams

    Many technological advancements have been made in explosive products and applications over the last 15 years resulting in productivity and cost gains. However, the application of total energy (engine

    Jan 1, 1996

  • ISEE
    Efficient use of energy to control bench damage

    By Elias Poulakidas, Marco Arellano

    The impact of a higher copper price on the open pit metal mining sector has derived in a faster and safer way in which the mining operation of broken and mineralised material is carried out. In this r

    Jan 1, 2008