1st Edition
Performance of Explosives and New Developments
Preface
Organising Institution
Committees
Sponsors
Energy and Performance
Ideal detonation reaction concepts for blasting engineers
M. Braithwaite
Non-ideal detonation behavior in commercial explosives
M. Braithwaite & G.J. Sharpe
Comparisons of explosive performance measures in theory and practice
E.J. Sellers
Energetics and performance of modern commercial explosives
B. Mohanty
Boosters and Initiators
The effect of booster size on vibration and airblast and on VODs
M. Addy, T. Thomas & F. Korankye
A technique for highly precise and safe delay detonator without primary explosive
D. Jian-guo, M. Hong-hao & S. Zhao-wu
Explosives initiation mode and blast performance
M.P. Roy, P.K. Singh, A.K. Jha & D. Basu
Studies into firing accuracy of some Indian permitted electric detonators
S.K. Roy & R.R. Singh
Explosives, Explosions and New Developments
Detonation behavior of bulk emulsion explosive in water filled blast holes
M. Pradhan & R.K. Jade
Experimental research on thermal decomposition character of new coal permitted water gel explosive
Y. Shi-long, R. Dong-mei & W. Hong-bo
Study and performance of low density emulsion explosive
A.K. Singh, B.M.P. Pingua, Nabiullah, M.K. Panda & S. Akhtar
PANFO: A novel low-density dry bulk explosive
G. Silva & C.P. Orlandi
Underground cavern excavation using underground bulk explosives—an Indian case study
A.K. Mishra, K.V.R. Rao, B.E. Rao & D. Joshi
Modeling buried explosion in geotechnical centrifuge
X. Liang, Y. Fan, Y. Hou & Y. Yang
Surface coal mines blasting with ANFO in India—a way forward
S.R. Sahay, J.S. Mani, S. Kumar & S. Sengar
Causes of explosion in a bulk emulsion explosive plant
B.M.P. Pingua & Nabiullah
Author index
Biography
Bibhu Mohanty, Vinay Kumar Singh
