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Explosive Energy Utilization Enhancement with Air-Decking and Stemming Plug, 'SPARSH'

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Title Explosive Energy Utilization Enhancement with Air-Decking and Stemming Plug, 'SPARSH'
 
Creator Saharan, Mani Ram
 
Subject Blasting
 
Description Engineering blasting is considered the most economical means of rock fragmentation. The explosive energy utilization is limited to 7% to 22% for fracturing and fragmentation though. The rest of energy components manifests itself into deleterious effects of engineering blasting, namely – noise, air overpressure, ground vibrations, etc. It has been established that proper application of air-decking and stemming plugs may enhance explosive energy utilization to a good extent. This paper substantiates this fact wherein distinct explosive energy utilization enhancement has been achieved with the combination of air-decking and stemming plug. The stemming plug used has acronym as, SPARSH (Stemming Plug Augmenting Resistance to Stemming in Holes) and it is perhaps the only available device which can effectively be used with air-decking. Further, SPARSH doesn’t restrict the type of stemming material and stemming length. This is a significant advancement in the engineering blasting.
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Date 2017
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://cimfr.csircentral.net/1753/1/Saharan.pdf
Saharan, Mani Ram (2017) Explosive Energy Utilization Enhancement with Air-Decking and Stemming Plug, 'SPARSH'. Procedia Engineering , 191. pp. 1211-1217. ISSN 1877-7058
 
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