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PT. Underground Glory Hole, located in East Kalimantan, early 2016 will begin to
conduct underground mining. The project is a 1500 m long road tunnel with a cross
section area of 5.57 square metre. Therefore, a road tunnel with horseshoe shaped
must be made. The tunnel face is as seen in the picture below

A blasthole diameter of 38mm is

chosen as the tunnel contour is to
1 m (tunnel dome) be smooth blasted. A larger
blasthole diameter might cause
overbreak from the stoping part of
the round. The drilling equipment
is an electro hydraulic jumbo with
2 m (abutment height)
4.3 m steel length and feed travel
of 3.9 m. the expected advance is
over 90% of the blasthole depth.

The explosive is Emulite 150 in

2m 37 and 25 mm cartridges for the
(tunnel width) cut, stoping and floor with charge
of concentration for 38mm
blasthole diameter is 0,9kg/m and 0.55 kg/m. Gurit 17X500 mm in plastic cartridges
is used for the contour. Nonel GT/T is used for initiation.

Using data available, your team receives an assignment to design a tunnel blasting
pattern of road tunnel per round by using swedish method. You can use the tables and
graphs that are available with this project, then:

 fill all the empty columns in the answer sheet, and

 Plot the holes on the tunnel
ROAD TUNNEL BLASTING PROJECT ANSWER SHEET

FOUR CUTS (fill in according to your team’s calculation)

1st CUT
The distance between the center of blasting hole a (C-C)
into the center of empty hole, m
Distance between holes, m W1
Stemming, m h1
Concentration of column charge ,kg/m Lc
Column Charge, kg Qc
Number of holes N1
a

W
1

2nd CUT
Burden, m B1
Distance between holes, m W2
The distance between the center of blasting hole C–C
into the center of empty hole, m
Stemming, m h2
Concentration of column charge ,kg/m Lc
Column Charge, kg Qc
Number of holes N2

B1

W -C
1 C

W2

3rd CUT
Burden, m B2
Distance between holes, m W3
The distance between the center of blasting hole C–C
into the center of empty hole, m
Stemming, m h3
Concentration of column charge ,kg/m Lc
Column Charge, kg Qc
Number of holes N3
 C-C

B2

W2
W
3

4th CUT
Burden, m B3
Distance between holes, m W4
The distance between the center of blasting hole C–C
into the center of empty hole, m
Stemming, m h4
Concentration of column charge ,kg/m Lc
Column Charge, kg Qc
Concentration of bottom charge ,kg/m Lb
Bottom Charge, kg Qb
Number of holes N4

-C
C

3
B
W
3

W4

CONTOUR HOLES (fill in according to your team’s calculation)

FLOOR HOLES
Look out, m L
Burden, m Bf
Spacing, m Sf
Concentration of bottom charge ,kg/m Lb
Height Bottom Charge, m Hb
Bottom Charge, kg Qb
Concentration of column charge ,kg/m Lc
Height column Charge, m Hc
Bottom Charge, kg Qc
Number of holes Nf
WALL HOLES
Look out, m L
Burden, m Bw
Spacing, m Sw
Concentration of bottom charge ,kg/m Lb
Height Bottom Charge, m Hb
Bottom Charge, kg Qb
Concentration of column charge ,kg/m Lc
Height column Charge, m Hc
Bottom Charge, kg Qc
Number of holes Nw
ROOF HOLES
Look out, m L
Burden, m Br
Spacing, m Sr
Concentration of bottom charge ,kg/m Lb
Height Bottom Charge, m Hb
Bottom Charge, kg Qb
Concentration of column charge ,kg/m Lc
Height column Charge, m Hc
Bottom Charge, kg Qc
Number of holes Nr
STOPING HOLES (fill in according to your team’s calculation)
UPWARDS
Burden, m Bu
Spacing, m Su
Concentration of bottom charge ,kg/m Lb
Height Bottom Charge, m Hb
Bottom Charge, kg Qb
Concentration of column charge ,kg/m Lc
Height Bottom Charge, m Hc
Bottom Charge, kg Qc
Number of holes Nu
 DOWNWARDS
Burden, m Bd
Spacing, m Sd
Concentration of bottom charge ,kg/m Lb
Height Bottom Charge, m Hb
Bottom Charge, kg Qb
Concentration of column charge ,kg/m Lc
Height Bottom Charge, m Hc
Bottom Charge, kg Qc
Number of holes Nd
DRILLING PER ROUND
Number of holes for cut Ncut
Number of holes for lifter Nlifter
Number of holes for wall Nwall
Number of holes for roof Nroof
Number of holes for stoping Nstoping
Total number of holes NTotal
EXPLOSIVES REQUIRED PER ROUND
For Cut blasting Emulite 150- E25
25mm, kg
Emulite 150- E29
37mm, kg
For Floor blasting Gurit 17mm, kg G17

For Wall blasting Gurit 17mm, kg G17

For Roof blasting Gurit 17mm, kg G17

For Stoping blasting Emulite 150- E25

25mm, kg
Emulite 150- E29
37mm, kg
Total explosives (E25+E29+G17) ETotal
Specific Charge, kg/m³ SC
PLOT ALL OF THE BLASTING HOLES BASED ON YOUR CALCULATIONS ON THE TUNNEL ABOVE!

Empty hole

Blasting hole
Picture 1

Picture 2
 Picture 3
B

W = 0.6
1.8
Charge Concentration, kg/m

W = 0.4
W
1.6 W W = 0.8
1 .5
=
1.4 B

W = 0.2 W = 1.0
1.2
B =W
1.0 W = 1.2

0.8

0.6 .5 W
B=0
0.4

0.2

0
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0
Max. burden, m

Picture 4
 Picture 5

Table 1
Height of Charge Concentration
Burden, Spacing, Stemming,
Part of the round bottom Bottom, Column,
m m m
charge, m kg/m kg/m
Floor 1.0 x B 1.1 x B 1/3 x H lb 1.0 x lb 0.2 x B
Wall 0.9 x B 1.1 x B 1/6 x H lb 0.4 x lb 0.5 x B
Roof 0.9 x B 1.1 x B 1/6 x H lb 0.3 x lb 0.5 x B
STOPING:
Upwards 1.0 x B 1.1 x B 1/3 x H lb 0.5 x lb 0.5 x B
Horizontal 1.0 x B 1.1 x B 1/3 x H lb 0.5 x lb 0.5 x B
Downwards 1.0 x B 1.1 x B 1/3 x H lb 0.5 x lb 0.5 x B