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11/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis article from NIOSH describes the methodology used to develop the computational fluid dynamics models, to calculate the model input and to validate the models based on the experimental data.
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9/18/2015 - Catalogs and indexes, Research areasNIOSH Mining Program page on blasting and explosives.
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10/11/2014 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to provide miners with real-time alerts to potentially harmful air contaminants if a dangerous threshold of either immediate or timed exposure is detected.
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3/1/2013 - Reports of InvestigationsThis report presents a new concept in perimeter control blasting for underground mine drifting applications focusing on the importance of the buffer holes in a blast design.
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5/1/2011 - Peer reviewed journal articlesPeak particle velocity (PPV) and distance measurements from a single-charge blast test conducted by Swedish researchers in iron ore at the Kiruna Mine in northern Sweden are presented.
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3/1/2010 - Conference papersThe authors' goal is to summarize the totality of the USBM's explosives and blasting research.
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8/1/2009 - Peer reviewed journal articlesHigh resolution seismic refraction tomography has proved to be a useful tool to effectively estimate depth of blast induced damage in a mine face.
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8/1/2009 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis paper presents a blast design technique based on a hydrodynamic method and introduces modifications to account for different explosives from those used in a calibration test.
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1/1/2008 - Conference papersNIOSH researchers collected basic data from two blast rounds at the SSX-Steer Mine as a component of a larger study on controlled blasting, the goal of which is to reduce injuries from falling rocks in underground mines.
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1/1/2008 - Conference papersThis paper presents a modification which corrects the mathematical error in the Holmberg-Persson approach to perimeter blast design.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program