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Blast Modelling – Current and Future Directions
Hybrid Finite-Discrete Element Modelling of Rock
Failure Process in Dynamic Brazilian Disc Test — H M
An, H Y Liu and X G Wang
JWL Parameters for Civil Explosives — R Castedo,
J A Sanchidrián, L M López, P Segarra and
A P Santos
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Modelling of Blastinduced Fracture Processes in Naturally Jointed Rock
— D Deb and R Pramanik
A Methodology for Rock Mass Characterisation to
Control Blast-induced Vibrations — E Hamdi and
A Karrech
Characterising Rock Mass Properties for
Fragmentation Modelling — A Scott and I Onederra
Comparison of Experiment and Simulation of Blast
Loading on the Steel Beam — M Taji,
A Hosseinzadeh Barforooshi and A Abedi
A Multiple Blasthole Fragmentation Model Based on
Peak Particle Velocity, Time Window of Contribution,
Rock Dynamic Fracture, and Non-linear Charge
Weight Scaling — R Yang
The Wedge Theory of Borehole Charge Design for
Bench Blasting and its Numerical Simulation —
J Yang, Z-Y Chen, Q Yu and G Ren
Numerical Simulations of the Explosion on the Steel
Beam Using Autodyn Software —
A Hosseinzadeh Barforooshi, M Taji and A Abedi
Blast-induced Damage – Models, Measurements
and Control
A Multisensor Approach to Field Measurement of
Blast-induced Rock Mass Damage — W R Adamson
Comparison of the Generation of S-waves During
Rock Blasting Simulation with Different Numerical
Models — Y Hu, W Lu, Q Gao, M Chen and P Yan
Evaluating the Impact of Far Field Vibration
Characteristics on Large-scale Geotechnical Failure
Behaviour — W R Adamson and M Mendoza
Inversion Method for Prediction of Peak Particle
Velocity in Tunnel Blasts — M Lawlor-O'Neill and A T
Spathis
Reducing Crest Loss at Barrick Cowal Gold Mine —
R Battison, S Esen, R Duggan, K Henley and
P Dare-Bryan
Modelling of Rock Materials Subjected to Dynamic
Loading Using a Particle-based Numerical Manifold
Method — X Li, Q B Zhang and J Zhao
Dynamic Displacements from a Blast-triggered
Seismic Event — D Blair
Towards Reality with Fundamental Detonation and
Blast Modelling — A Minchinton
Numerical Simulation on Dynamic Responses of Steel
Concrete Steel Composite Slab Under Blast Loading
— L Chi, J Yang, Z Zhang and X Peng
Towards an Ideal Image Construction for Testing Twodimensional Image Analysis of Rock Fragmentation —
M J Noy and A T Spathis
Stope Blast Vibration Analysis at the Dugald River
Underground Mine — R De Vries, J Player and
R Hassell
The Median Fragment Size is a Better Measure of
Blast Fragmentation than the Mean — F Ouchterlony
Time Correlated Response of Multi-story, Urban
Structures to High-frequency Blasting Excitation —
C Dowding, C Aimone-Martin and P Abeel
Evaluating the Inclusion of the Implementation
Variability into Fragmentation Modelling — H Parra
and D Zenteno
Modelling Full-scale Blast Heave with Threedimensional Distinct Elements and Parallel Processing
— D Preece, A Tawadrous and S Silling
Underground Stope Drill and Blast Designs
Optimisation Program — D Roy
Evolution of New Damage Criterion for Estimating
Blast-induced Damage on Underground Mine
Structures Due to Surface Blasting Carried in
Neighbouring Mines — A Jha and D Deb
Fracture Behaviour of Selected Rocks in Single-hole
Blasting Studies – A Review — B Mohanty
Effect of Near-field Blast Vibrations on Green
Shotcrete in Tunnels and Caverns — M Ramulu and
M Gurharikar
Numerical Simulation of Damaged Zones Created by
Destress Blasting — A Sainoki and H S Mitri
Influence of Blasthole Delay-timing on Fragmentation
as Well as Roughness of and Blast Damage Behind a
Remaining Bench Face through Model-scale Blasting
— P Schimek, F Ouchterlony and P Moser
Evaluating the Effects of Non-coaxial Charges for
Contour Blasting — J Seccatore, F Golin, M Cardu,
E Munaretti, J Bettencourt and J Koppe
Dynamic Stability Analysis of Rock Slopes by the
Distinct Element and the Extended Finite Element
Methods — M Sharafisafa, A Mortazavi and
Z Aliabadian
Study of Blast-induced Damage Away from Blast
Points in an Open Pit Mine — A Siamaki, K Shahriar
and H Khoshrou
Protection of Underground Mine Structures Due to
Adjoining Open Pit Mine Blasting — P K Singh,
M P Roy, R K Paswan, L S Shekhawat and A Joshi
Development of Evaluation Model of the Bench Floor
and Toe Condition to Optimise the Open Pit Mine
Blast — M Taji and M Jahani
Numerical Modelling of Destress Blasting in High In
Situ Stress Environment — A Tawadrous and
D Preece
A Simple Correlation to Compute Extent of Rock Mass
Damage Induced by Blasting in Tunnelling —
H K Verma, N K Samadhiya, M Singh, V V R Prasad
and R K Goel
Blasting Impacts on Downstream Processes
Blast Fragmentation Impacts on Downstream
Processing at Goldfields Cerro Corona — K Caron, D
La Rosa, W Valery, R Diaz and H Mamani
Importance of Blast Design and Implementation
Quality for Mine to Mill Throughput Improvement at
Ban Houayxai Mine — L Kennelly, E J Sellers,
G McNamara, D Symonds, S Kanchibotla and J Gaunt
Improving Drive and Pillar Stability Through Efficient
Development Mining Design and Blasting Practices —
P Klaric
Developments in Grade Control Blasting for Surface
Mines — T Little and D Thornton
The Effects of Blasting Performance on the
Downstream Operations of a Small Quarry — T Marin,
E Melo, J Seccatore, M Cardu, F Galvão, A Rezende,
J Bettencourt and G De Tomi
Influence of Velocity of Detonation of Bulk Emulsion
Explosive on Fragmentation of Blasted Muckpile —
A Mishra, M Rout, D R Singh and S Jana
Geophysical Interpretation, Modelling and Blast
Management — M Roberts
Fragmentation Optimisation – Adopting Mine to Mill for
Costs Reducing and Productivity Increasing — A C
Silva, P A A Martins, E M S Silva, A L S Fonseca,
E B da Cunha, V M da Silva, V O Morato and
D R T Vilela
The Relationship Between Blasting Parameters and
Muckpile Configuration — S P Singh and
D Van Doorselaere
Blasting Solutions for Challenging Environments
and Geology
Effects of Joint Intensity on Rock Fragmentation by
Impact — S Aziznejad and K Esmaeili
Adjusting Open Pit Blasting to Domains of Rock Mass
Discontinuities — A Beyglou, D Johansson,
H Schunnesson and N Johansson
Integrated ICT Solutions for Controlling Environmental
Impacts of Blasting Operations — S Bhandari
Wall Control Blasting — D Blair
Study of the Effect of Blast Pattern Design on
Autogenous and Semi-autogenous Mill Throughput at
Gole Gohar Iron Mine — A Hakami, H Mansouri,
M A E Farsangi, M R D Nayeri and F Faramarzi
A Simple Technique for Using High Energy in Blasting
— S J Hawke and L A Dominguez
Study on Smooth Blasting in Expressway Tunnel with
Soft Rocks — L Cai, J Ma, S Liu, W Hu, X Xu and
S Zhang
Geological Modelling and 3GSM System to Improve
Blasting Fragmentation — J C Koppe,
R Schaarschmidt, I Pablos, E Gabriel, A Gomes and P
Crispim
Close Range Blasting in Adverse Geotechnical
Conditions — T Lewandowski, K Nguyen and N Doulai
An Integrated Approach to Protection of Pit Slopes
from High-energy Blasting at Ban Houayxai Mine —
E J Sellers, G McNamara, B Adiyansyah, L Julian,
L Kennelly, S Kanchibotla and J Gaunt
Experimental Evaluation of Stemming Performance in
Surface Blasting — H Parra and G Nuñez
Optimum Use of Explosive Energy through Stemming
Material Stabilisation — G Pradhan and S Kumar
Controlled Blasting for Rock Excavation in the Heart of
a City for Metro Rail Construction Project in India —
M Ramulu and A Sinha
Causes of Annoyance to Residents in Quarry Environs
in France — A C Sauvage
Case Studies and Practical Solutions to Real-world
Problems in Blasting
Developing Site-specific Key Performance Indicators
for Fragmentation – The Aitik Case — A Beyglou,
H Schunnesson, D Johansson, J Greberg and
A Renström
A Novel Blasting Technique to Eliminate the Undercut
Level in Block Cave Mining — A Tawadrous and
D Preece
Determination of Swell Factor Using Terrestrial Laser
Scanner — A H Deliormanli, M V Ozdogan,
H Yenice, G Turan, D Karakus and T Ongen
Understanding Five Key Leverage Points to Manage
the Blast Fragmentation — S Tose
Dilution, Ore Grade and Blast Movement Calculation
Model — J F D Domingo, F L Leite, I C Carrasco and
V G Gouveia
What is Relative About Energy? — A Torrance and
A Scott
Problems Arising During Underground Openings
(Tunnels) in Soft Rocks of Himalayas in Arunachal
Pradesh, India — S K Tripathi and M Singh
Muckpile Shaping for Draglines and Dozers at Surface
Coal Mines — S Esen and M Nagarajan
Soft Computing Approach to Predict Blast-induced
Flyrock — R Trivedi, T N Singh, N Gupta and
S Bhandari
Destress Blasting on the Border of Safety Pillars —
P Konicek, J Ptacek and A Mazaira
Impact of Blasthole Diameter on Productivity and
Other Parameters – A Case Study — S Vairagare
Geophysical Techniques Applied to Blasting Design —
J Koppe and A Vieira
Enlightenment of 'May 20' Explosion Accident —
X Xie, L Wang and H Zhou
Application of Lateral Crater Test in Open Pit Blasting
Parameters Optimisation — W Liu, X Zhang, H Yang
and H Yi
Dynamics of Rock Blasting
Influence of the Delay Time Identification on the
Dynamic Fracture Processes in Millisecond Blasting
— M Barzegar, S Gharehdash and M Sharifzadeh
Wall control by 'Masking' or Reversing Initiation
Sequence Blasting — A Marton
Managing Coal Loss Using Blast Models and Field
Measurement — M Nagarajan, A Green, P Brown and
P Dare-Bryan
Estimating Analysis of Bench Slope Face Profile and
Bench Blasting Parameters — T Ongen, G Konak,
D Karakus, A H Onur and A H Deliormanli
Safety Concerns of Ancient Temple Due to Blasting in
Adjacent Mines — P Pal Roy, C Sawmliana and
R K Singh
Simulation Analysis and Test of Structure Parameters
of Dual Shaped and No-coupling Charge in Large
Diameter Holes — L Guo, A Fei, L Li and D Zhang
A New Physical Explanation to the Variation of the
Peak Particle Velocity with the Burden and Two New
Hypothesis about How the Blasthole Senses its
Physical Surrounding at Detonation — A P Rustan
Study on the Effect of Rock Dynamic Characteristics
on Blasting Fragmentation — D Zhang, L Guo, Z Xu
and Y Zheng
The Response of Rock Materials to One-dimensional
Shock Loading — Q Zhang and J Zhao
A Further Study on the Attenuation Laws of Blasting
Vibration Frequency — J Zhou, W Lu, M Chen, P Yan
and G Wang
Experimental Study of Obliquely Incident Plane PWave Propagation across Rock Fractures — Y Zou,
J C Li and J Zhao
Economics of Blasting – Production, Technology
and Environment
Expansion of Mineral Production Under Energy
Constrained Conditions — N Djordjevic
A Holistic Approach to Managing Blast Outcomes —
T Goswami, E Martin, M Rothery and D Genge
Blasting Approaches to Increase Mine Productivity
and Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Surface
Coal Mining — T Goswami and G Brent
Improved Slot Drilling with the MVM1100 — M Moran
Evaluation of Blast Operation and its Relation to
Production Performance and Costs in the
Sarcheshmeh Copper Mine — A Nikkhah and M Taji
Potential of Overburden Cast Blasting Technique in
Indian Surface Coal Mines – A Modular Approach and
its Financial Implications — M Uttarwar and
R Yerpude
Innovative Blast Measurement Technologies
High Speed Video – An Essential Blasting Tool —
D Aldermann, D Chalmers, C Martin and S Wellink
Reducing the Effect of Wind on Airblast Measurement
During Blasting — K Henley
Measurement and Assessment of Bulk Explosive
Products — A Olsson, G Cavanough, A Torrance and
L Julian
Transfer Function – New Method to Accurately Predict
Resonant Frequencies of a High Wall — R Osterman
Burden Movement Measurements – Pillar Test —
N Petropoulos, D Mihaylov, M Wimmer, A Nordqvist
and D Johansson
Application of Digital Image Correlation Method in
Mine Measurement — Y Qi, Y Jun and Z Guangxiong
Measurement of Blast-induced Pressure in Bench
Blasting and Deciphering Explosive Performance
through Rockmass Response Analysis – A
Methodology — A Raina and V M S R Murthy
Effect of Dynamic Pressure on Timing of Electronic
Detonators — G Teowee, B Papillon, H Solis and
R Ibarra
Management and Control of Vibrations, Airblast,
Dust and Fumes from Blasting
Cautious Blast Design and Monitoring Close to a
Buried High-pressure Gas Pipeline — Y Dagasan and
H A Bilgin
Understanding the Physical and Detonation
Characteristics of Bulk Explosives to Minimise Postblast Fume Generation in Deep Hole, Soft Ground and
Wet Conditions — L Julian, A Musunuri, E Sellars and
S Kanchibotla
Reducing Vibrations in Large Iron Ore Mine Nearby
Urban Area — J C Koppe, C M Rezende and
A Gomes
Management of Blasting in Weak and Narrow
Manganese Deposits of MOIL for the Improvement in
Safety and Productivity — G Manekar, K R Magre,
A K Jha and G P Kundargi
Scientific Evaluation of Fauna Sensitivity to Blasting —
D A Martin
Blasting Harmonics and Controlling Peak Particle
Velocity — A B Richards and A J Moore
Blast Design and Vibration Control at Kayad LeadZinc Underground Mine — M P Roy, P K Singh,
M D Sarim, P S Jaitawat and A Joshi
Quality of Vibration Measurements on Rock – The
Impact of Some Coupling Methods — P Segarra,
J A Sanchidrián, I del Castillo, R Castedo and
Li M López
Vibration Management in Iron Ore Mine Using
Electronic Blasting Systems — G Srivastava, A
Sharma and R Kumar
New and Practical Initiatives in Blasting Safety
Chemical Factors of Explosives Used in the Mines,
Quarries and Tunnels in Slovakia — V Bauer
A Fundamental Review of Factors Influencing
Reactive Ground in Bulk Emulsion Explosives —
F Beach, K Robinson, G Rigby, B Evans and D
Wilkinson
An Automated System for Flyrock and Fume
Monitoring of Blasts — I Kharitonenko, C K McKenzie,
B E Papillon and P Popov
Blast Exclusion Zone Based on Monte Carlo
Simulation — K Muller
Novel Explosives and Initiation Systems
Physical and Technical Justification of Application of
the Low-density Emulsion Explosion with the Sparing
Explosion — S A Gorinov and I U Maslov
Particular Qualities of Denotation of Vertical (Slanted)
Charge of Emulsion Explosive, Sensitized by Gas
Pores — S A Gorinov and I U Maslov
Evaluation of the Breakage and Fragmentation
Performance of a Hydrogen Peroxide-based Explosive
Formulation — I Onederra and M Araos
An Experimental Method for Producing a MicroParticle Ammonium Nitrate — C J Preston
Visitis™ and Vistan™ – Higher Energy Bulk
Explosives for Orica's EnergyMap™ — D Wilkinson,
G Rigby, J Norgard and S Thomson
Massive Blasting in Chuquicamata Mine — S S Parra
and V H S Uriol
Research on the Urban Underground Tunnel
Excavation using the Large-scale Borehole Soundless
Cracking — Q Xu, Y Long, N Jiang, Y Liao and
T Yang
Research on Key Technology of Digital Rotary Drilling
in Surface Mines — D Yun, X Dai-Yu, W Feng-Jun,
Z Zheng-Qing, G Bing and Z Xin
Rock Fragmentation – Models, Measurements and
Control
A Novel Rapid and Accurate Three-dimensional Orewaste Boundary Tracking System — K R Blay,
A T Spathis and K E Leslie
Prediction of Rock Fragmentation Using a Gammabased Blast Fragmentation Distribution Model —
F Faramarzi, H Mansouri and M A Ebrahimi Farsangi
Influence of Distorted Blasthole Patterns on
Fragmentation as well as Roughness of and Blast
Damage Behind Remaining Bench Face in Model
Scale Blasting — R Ivanova, F Ouchterlony and
P Moser
Comparison of Empirical Fragmentation Models —
M Jahani and M Taji
Deflagration to Detonation – Transition of Explosives
without the Effects of Shock Waves — X Xie, K Xu
and H Zhou
The Effect of Delay Time on Fragmentation
Distribution through Small- and Medium-scale Testing
and Analysis — P D Katsabanis and N GkikizasLampropoulos
Performance of Emulsion Explosives for Ceramic
Oxides — X Xie, X Li, S Yan, W Huang, W Wang and
J Guo
Evaluation of a New Vision System Algorithm for
Automated Fragmentation Measurement from a
Shovel — M J Noy
Emulsion Explosives Containing Catalytic Metal Ion —
X Xie, K Xu and H Zhou
Effects of Specific Charge and Electronic Delay
Detonators on Fragmentation and Crushing in an
Aggregate Quarry — F Ouchterlony, U Nyberg,
M Olsson, K Widenberg and P Svedensten
Parameter Determination of an Ignition and Growth
Model from Emulsion Explosive Tests — C Yi,
U Nyberg and D Johansson
Recent Research and Development in Surface and
Underground Rock Blasting
Megablasts – Enabling Technologies in BHP Billiton
Iron Ore — B Green
A Diagnostic Technique for Assessment of Production
Blast Designs in an Underground Mine — B Mohanty
and D Zwaan
Maximum-size-scaled Distributions – A Sound Choice
to Describe Rock Fragmented by Blasting —
J Sanchidrian
The Influence of Charge Distribution on the
Grindability of the Blasted Material — J Seccatore, G
Sadao, M Cardu, F Galvao, L Finotti, A Rezende,
J Bettencourt and G De Tomi
New Methodology for Determining Iron Ore Size
Distribution — C R Silva, V C G Souza and J C Koppe
Blast Design Parameters and their Impact on Rock
Fragmentation — P K Singh, M P Roy, C Drebenstedt
and B Prasad
Application of High-resolution Three-dimensional
Laser Scanning in Blast Fragmentation Assessment
— M Thurley, I Onederra and A Catalan
Blast Fragmentation Measurement Based on Threedimensional Imaging in Sublevel Caving Draw-points
and LHD Buckets at LKAB Kiruna — M Thurley,
M Wimmer and A Nordqvist
Concept of Calculating the Parameters of Rock
Breakage by Blast for Underground Mining
Technologies — S Victorov, V Zakalinsky and
A Osokin
Directional Blasting Rock Cutting Technology —
Y Wang, L Peng, W Liu, X Zhang and Z Cui
Analysis of Rock Fragmentation and its Effect on
Gravity Flow at Kiruna Sublevel Caving Mine —
M Wimmer, A Nordqvist, M Thurley, E Righetti and
N Petropoulos
Discrete Element Modelling of Blast Fragmentation of
a Mortar Cylinder — C Yi and D Johansson
Specialised Blasting Methods for Civil Works and
Other Applications
Controlled Blasting for Twin Tunnels with a Shallow
Cover Under an Operating Railway Line —
G Gopinath, H S Venkatesh and R Balachander
Mist Diffusion Experiment and Evaluation of Water
Tube for Blasting Demolition Dust Control — Y-H Ko,
J-K Kim, Y Noh, M-J Shin, H Park, H-S Kim, S-H Cho
and H-S Yang
Full-scale Blast Test of Masonry Walls — L M López,
P Segarra, R Castedo, J A Sanchidrián, A P Santos
and M Chiquito
Controlled Blasting for Deconstruction of a Railway
Bridge Near Sahibganj — S Mandal, A K Ghosh and
S Oraon
Large-scale Controlled Blasting in Proximity to Urban
Structures — G C Naveen, R Balachander,
H S Venkatesh and G Gopinath
Short Burden Blasting – A New Method for Barrier
Breakage in River Diversion Works — M M Singh,
N K Bhagat and R S Yadav
An Innovative Approach of Spacer Design for Air Deck
Technique Applied in Indian Conditions — N R Thote
and D P Singh