Lyon Conference Proceedings 2015, R.

Farnfield et al
2015 European Federation of Explosives Engineers, ISBN 978-0-9550290-4-2

Eighth EFEE World Conference

on Explosives and Blasting

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Table of Contents

Foreword by the Chairman of the Technical committee VII

Acknowledgement IX

1. Blasting covering experience from projects

Explosives safety competence linked to UK National Occupational Standards our experience 1

A.S. Lovell & S. Dooley

Synchronised controlled explosive demolition of six industrial buildings at Mandoudi, Greece 11

E. Baliktsis, A. Baliktsis, S. Baliktsis & C. Moran

Electronic blasting at the Flesland Airport construction project in Bergen, Norway 19

V. Olsen, T.S. Hunt & O. Garmannslund

Explosives safety competence linked to UK National Occupational Standards

our experience Design for demolition of the 3.2 km Storstroemsbridge, Denmark 29
E. K. Lauritzen & T. H. Veicherts

Experiences with the pan-European implementation of track and trace software - challenges,
solutions and prospects 37
L. Lehnert & F. Hirthammer

Transmissibility of blasting vibrations from rock to mount, Part 2 43

P. Segarra, J.A. Sanchidrin, R. Castedo, L.M. Lpez & I. Castillo

Control blasting challenges on the Bear Creek Hydro Project 53

R.J. Elliott & C. Goumans

Cliff blasting techniques for successful blasts in very sensitive areas 63

T. Bernard & T. Partouche

Blasting demolition of part of the Bellevue Hotel 79

M. Dobrilovi, V. Bohanek & V. krlec

Effect of non-accurate drill depth on the cost analysis of a foundation excavation blasting 87
Y. Dagasan, H.A. Bilgin & E.N. Tanriseven

2. EU directives and harmonisation work

Danish experiences with obtaining regulatory approval for explosives storage facilities 95
C. A. Andersen, S. Qvist & K. C. Jrgensen

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Effect of industrial fuel type on stability of emulsion explosives 103

E. Kharatyan, P. Halliday, C. Kelly & L. Wilson

Nickel hydrazine nitrate a primer for commercial initiators 117

A.N. Gupta & N.V. Srinivasa Rao

Investigations of non-electric detonators and conclusions 123

H. Krebs, U. Hasenfelder, D. Schfer & A. V. Oertzen

Feasibility study on the drilling and blasting of piers and subsequent impacts on the environment 129
J. Schneider

Controlled blasting practice at sensitive urban areas for a metro rail construction project in India 137
M. Ramulu & M. Gurharikar

Controlled specific energy concept for quarry blasting 149

R. Chavez, G. Jauffret & P. de Pasquale

Human response to structure-related perception strength of vibration and its significance

to blasting works 157
R.R. Schillinger

4. Management covering blast design

A study on vibration isolation effect of damping holes in excavation blasting 173

Wu Congshi, Li Gang & Yang Dianguang

Control blasting technology for a bridge with prestressed continuous concrete beams 183
M. Zhao, X. Wei, S. Yue, Z. Song & E. Chi

Structure from Motion for blast planning 191

A. Gaich & M. Ptsch

Safe blasting - proper vibration prognosis 199

B. Mller, B. Litschko & U. Pippig

Blast demolition of the AfE-Tower in Frankfurt 215

E. Reisch

Vibration controlled blast design and monitoring close to a dam 223

H.A. Bilgin & Y. Dagasan

Better results with the German quality mark Demolition Blasting - RAL 519 235
W. Werner & M. Hopfe

Global studies of the levels of risk of flyrock 241

A. Blanchier

A Delay timing between explosive charges as a new parameter to predict and control vibrations 251
P. Bernardo & F. Negreira

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Rock fragmentation by blasting risk management - 20 ways to create value 263
T.N. Little

6. Technical development

EUExImp The European Explosives Sector Implementation of Occupational standards 285

E. Nilsson

Using the UKs Explosive Substances and Articles National Occupational Standards
to improve performance 289
D. Clarke

Comparison of existing methods and new approach to forecast blast induced ground vibration
- a case study from Moha quarry (Belgium) 299
E. Chevalier & J. Chevalier

New range of optimised emulsifiers for emulsion explosives applications 307

N. Hodgson, C. Temple-Heald, H. Sarginson, C. Davies, J. Creasey & C. Ward

New formulas for charge weights in blast demolition 317

I.R. Melzer

Development and application of a non-electric detonator with an electronic delay module 323
A. Ivanov

Application of drill and blast design practices for the optimisation of fragmentation at
ROM Heap Leach operations the importance of true engineering discipline 337
W. R. Adamson & D. Bickford

Rock Fragmentation Analysis in Mines and Quarries - Using Portable 3D Stereo Imaging 351
A. Azmin, B. Sameti, I. Bell, D. Ko, I. Wan & S. Tafazoli

Multifunctional device for explosion detection 359

E. Mataradze, M.Chikhradze, N. Bochorishvili, N.Chikhradze & S. Marjanishvili

Synergy between drilling/blasting and loading/hauling for a combined reduction of CO2 emissions 365
P. De Pasquale & A. A. Alvarez-Castro

New 3D explosives energy distribution concept 377

T. Bernard

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Foreword by the Chairman of the Technical Committee

As Chairman of the EFEE Technical Committee I am delighted to introduce to you the proceedings of the
8th EFEE World Conference on Explosives and Blasting held in Lyon, France, 2015. Together with my
colleagues from the Technical Committee, Alain Blanchier , Ricardo Chavez, Roger Holmberg, Erik
Lauritzen, Joerg Rennert, and Jerry Wallace, we have selected for these proceedings 40 papers from the
many submitted. During the evaluation process we have been impressed by the high quality of the papers
submitted and would like to thank all the authors for the time and effort taken in writing the papers
published in these proceedings.
Previous EFEE conferences have been known for the range of topics covered and the 8th is no
different with topics ranging from demolition case studies to novel explosive compounds, blast
optimisation to flyrock prediction.
Conferences such as ours rely on contributions from those working in the area covered and it is
especially gratifying to see a number of papers giving case studies on interesting projects. Such papers
and the related presentations are greatly appreciated by those attending the conference and I would
encourage any of you undertaking such projects to document them and to consider sharing your
experience with others by giving a paper at the next EFEE conference.
EFEE, the French Group of Explosives Engineers GFEE and Syndicat National des Entrepreneurs de
Travaux Publics spcialiss dans lUtilisation dExplosifs are proud to have cooperated in the
organisation of this conference in 2015.
I trust that you will have an enjoyable and informative conference in the beautiful city of Lyon.

Jespre que lexprience que vous retiendrez de cette confrence, tenu dans le cadre de la belle ville de
Lyon, sera instructive et agrable.

Rob Farnfield
Head of Explosives Engineering
EPC-UK

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Acknowledgement

As Chairman for the EFEE Technical Committee I would like to thank all members of the Organisation
and Technical Committee for their dedication and commitment to this Eighth EFEE World Conference on
Explosives and Blasting held in Lyon, France, 2015.
Specifically, I would like to thank the Technical Committee for their help with the editing of the many
papers.

Rob Farnfield, EFEE Technical Committee Chairman.

Head of Explosives Engineering EPC-UK

Technical Committee
Robert Farnfield, UK (Chairman)
Alain Blanchier, France
Ricardo Chavez, France
Roger Holmberg, Malta
Erik Lauritzen, Denmark
Jrg Rennert, Germany
Jerry Wallace, USA

Conference Committee
Heinz Berger, Austria (Chairman)
Ricardo Chavez, France
Johan Finsteen Gjdvad, Denmark (EFEE President)
Roger Holmberg, Malta
Donald Jonson, Sweden
James Tyler, UK

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