Welcome

Welcome to the 13th International Symposium on Rock Fragmentation by

Blasting (FRAGBLAST 13)!

It has been 20 years since we hosted Fragblast 7 in 2002, and we are honored
to have you all here again for Fragblast 13! This symposium continues with its
key aims of promoting the understanding of explosive-rock interaction in all
aspects and the exchange of research and field experience in rock blasting,
offers a special opportunity to bring together professors, researchers and
engineers around the globe, and serves as a platform to deliver innovative
research results and latest trends and development in the fields of rock
fragmentation by blasting.

We will hear 6 keynote presentations and 58 technical presentations from 12

countries. The subjects range from Mechanics of Rock Blasting, Blasting
Model and Blast Simulation, Rock Fragments Prediction and Control, Blasting
Damage and Blasting Vibration, Blast Impact Assessment and Control,
Demolition and Special Blasting, Electronic Detonators, new Explosives and
Explosive Performance, Sustainable Blasting and new Developments and Case
Studies, etc. All the accepted papers have been published in the proceedings of
13th International Symposium on Rock Fragmentation by Blasting.

We look forward to having a successful symposium, and we hope you enjoy

and benefit from this symposium.
Hybrid Symposium

1. On-Site Meeting
Zhejiang Hotel
Address: No. 278, Santaishan Road, Hangzhou 310007, Zhejiang, China
Tel: (86)571-87180808

Traffic Information
- 8 km to Hangzhou Railway Station;
- 16 km to Hangzhou East Railway Station;
- 35 km to Xiaoshan Airport.

2. Zoom Meeting
ID Number: 992 918 9811
Password: 221018
Zoom link:
https://zoom.us/j/9929189811?pwd=aTJWM1A4VktJVFEwNk1GK2tLdTE2d
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The following schedule is approximate and may run ahead or behind. We
recommend that you sign in 15 minutes before the session you would like to
attend!
General Program
Oct. 16 12:00pm–08:00pm Onsite registration Hotel Lobby
Sun.
06:00pm – 08:00pm Dinner Lilac Café, Main Building 2F

07:00pm – 08:00pm FIOC meeting Zoom

Oct. 17 06:30am – 08:30am Breakfast Lilac Café, Main Building 2F
Mon.
08:30am –09:00am Opening ceremony
Guiyu Hall
09:00am – 10:00am Keynote presentation 1
Guibin Building 1F
10:15am – 11:45am Technical session 1

11:45am – 01:30pm Lunch Lilac Café, Main Building 2F

01:30pm – 03:45pm Technical session 2 Guiyu Hall

04:00pm – 06:00pm Technical session 3 Guibin Building 1F

06:00pm – 08:00pm Dinner Lilac Café, Main Building 2F

Oct. 18 06:30am – 08:30am Breakfast Lilac Café, Main Building 2F
Tue.
08:30am – 09:30am Keynote presentation 2 Guiyu Hall
09:45am – 12:00pm Technical session 4 Guibin Building 1F

12:00pm – 01:30pm Lunch Lilac Café, Main Building 2F

01:30pm – 02:45pm Technical session 5

Guiyu Hall
02:45pm – 04:00pm Technical session 6
Guibin Building 1F
04:15pm – 05:45pm Technical session 7

05:45pm – 08:00pm Dinner Lilac Café, Main Building 2F

Oct. 19 06:30am – 08:30am Breakfast Lilac Café, Main Building 2F
Wed.
08:30am – 09:30am Keynote presentation 3
Guiyu Hall
09:45am – 11:30am Technical session 8
Guibin Building 1F
11:30am – 11:45pm Closing ceremony

11:45pm – 01:30pm Lunch Lilac Café, Main Building 2F

Keynote Speakers
José Sanchidrián
José Sanchidrián is Chair Professor of the Department of
Mining Engineering and Earth Sciences at the School of Mines
and Energy, Technical University of Madrid. Prof. Sanchidrián
is a mining engineer. He served 7 years in Spain’s Army Corps
of Engineers and 10 years in the explosives industry prior to
joining university. He is author of 5 books and more than 150 journal and
conference papers on explosives and blasting. His research topics are rock
fragmentation, rock characterization for blasting, vibrations, and detonation &
explosion physics. He is currently president of the Fragblast International
Committee.

Renshu Yang
Renshu Yang is president of the University of Science and
Technology Beijing and the academic leader of mine
construction engineering in the State Key Laboratory for
Geomechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, China. Prof.
Yang has published more than 100 academic papers and 5
monographs. He is honored with the second prize of the National
Technological Invention Award once, the second prize of the National Science
and Technology Progress Award twice and the first prize of the Provincial and
Ministerial Award ten times in China. His research focuses on rock blasting
theory and technology, mine construction engineering and geotechnical
engineering.

Ruilin Yang
Dr. Ruilin Yang obtained a Bachelor Science Degree in Mining
Engineering from Northeast University (1982) in China and a
Ph. D degree in Mining Engineering from University of
Queensland in Australia. After his Ph. D, he worked with JK
Centre, CSIRO, Queens University as a research fellow on
geo-mechanics and blast modeling. Then he joined Orica in 1993 working on
explosive testing, field blast diagnosis, and blast modeling. He developed
several applied blasting models and theories, which are applied in worldwide
mining industry. Now he is principal research fellow - the highest technical
position a person could achieve at Orica, and he is a fellow of Canadian
Academy of Engineering.

Alex Spathis
Alex Spathis experienced researcher / engineer / scientist /
author / reviewer / publisher with high level skills in
geomechanics and geophysics. He conducts bespoke work in
the measurement and modelling of physical processes. He is the
author/co-author of over 50 technical papers plus three books
on blasting, lead organizer of FRAGBLAST 11 in Sydney, Secretary-General
of the FRAGBLAST International Organizing Committee.

Yongsheng Jia
Dr. Yongsheng Jia obtained his PhD degree in mining
engineering from Wuhan University of Technology, China, in
2010. He is currently the vice president of Jianghan University,
and the executive deputy director of the State Key Laboratory
of Precision Blasting, China. He is mainly engaged in teaching,
scientific research and engineering practice of blasting engineering, and the
author/co-author of over 100 technical papers.

Dale S. Preece
Dr. Dale S. Preece has done rock blasting research since 1986.
He has BS & MS degrees from BYU and a PhD from Univ. of
New Mexico. He is the author of 140 technical publications
and a recipient of the ISEE President’s and Distinguished
Service Awards. He joined Sandia National Laboratories in
1980, Orica in 2007 and Dyno Nobel in 2018, where he is currently General
Manager - Blast Modeling Technology.
Technical Program
(China Standard Time)

Monday, October 17, 2022

08:30am–09:00am Opening Ceremony

Keynote Presentation I
Chair: Wenbo Lu
Keynote presentation 1: Prof. J. A. Sanchidrián
A close-up look to the effect of energy input on fragment
09:00am–09:30am
size. New data and analysis of the delay through the
fragmentation-energy fan
Keynote presentation 2: Prof. Renshu Yang
09:30am–10:00am Some new progress in the fundamental theory and
technology of rock blasting

10:00am–10:15am Coffee/tea break

Session 1: Mechanics of Rock Blasting and Blasting Model

Chair: Daniel Johansson, Ming Tao
C. K.
10:15am–10:30am Flyrock model validation and application
McKenzie
Influence mechanism of rock joints in Yingguo
10:30am–10:45am
blasting fragmentation Hu
Modeling of fines and the effect of joints in
C. M.
10:45am–11:00am blasting using the fracture density model
Lownds
(FDM)
A study of strain-rate effect on red sandstone Liansheng
11:00am–11:15am
with different water-bearing processes Liu
Estimation of peak pressure acted on blasting
11:15am–11:30am hole wall and bottom at the condition of Ziru Guo
coupled charge
 The influence of complex stress history on
11:30am–11:45am rock blasting fragmentation caused by short Xuan Xu
delay time
11:45am–01:30pm Lunch break
Session 2: Rock Fragments Prediction and Blast Simulation
Chair: Pablo Segarra, Ziru Guo
The effect of in-situ stresses on rock
Zhixian
01:30pm–01:45pm fragmentation induced by short-term delay
Hong
blasting
A real-time rock fragmentation analysis T.
01:45pm–02:00pm
using a deep neural network Bamford
Blasting fines ore rate control measures in Haiwang
02:00pm–02:15pm
aggregate mines Ye
Fracture mechanism of frozen layer and
Zhenyang
02:15pm–02:30pm blasting fragments control in alpine plateau
Xu
open-pit bench
Study on regulation effect of initiation
position on transmission of explosion energy
02:30pm–02:45pm Yubo Yang
and its comparison and selection in tunnel
cutting blasting
Influence of blast design and rockmass R.M.
02:45pm–03:00pm properties on fragmentation induced by Bhatawdek
blasting: A review ar
The blasting pile formation process of rock
mass bench blasting under water based on
03:00pm–03:15pm Liang Wu
fluid solid coupling model of Fluent and
EDEM
Study on propagation characteristics of axial Yusong
03:15pm–03:30pm
detonation wave of mining linear charges Miao
Application of the random forest
03:30pm–03:45pm methodology for fragmentation analysis on J. L. Aros
historical blasting records
03:45pm–04:00pm Coffee/tea break
Session 3: Blasting Induced Damage
Chair: Panagiotis Katsabanis, Peng Yan
The SHPB test and cell model construction
Qingcheng
04:00pm–04:15pm in the study of the damage threshold of
Zhang
siltstone
An equivalent simulation method of
04:15pm–04:30pm blast-induced damage zone during deep Peng Yan
tunnel excavation
Study of vibrations in far and near field to
R.
04:30pm–04:45pm determine the technical feasibility of massive
Mondaca
blasting
Safe thickness of surrounding rock on the
Guopeng
04:45pm–05:00pm face of the tunnel in water-rich fault zone by
Lv
drilling and blasting
Propagation characteristics of stress wave
Xianzhong
05:00pm–05:15pm induced by tunnel blasting in surrounding
Meng
rock
Practical validation of methodologies for
05:15pm–05:30pm estimation and direct measurement of M. Ortiz
dynamic pressure in rock massifs
Influence analysis and protection measures
Chenyang
05:30pm–05:45pm of underwater drilling and blasting on
Ma
surrounding environment
Lucía
Blast vibration study to analyse the response
05:45pm–06:00pm Conde-
of backfill material in an underground mine
Fernández
 Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Keynote Presentation Ⅱ
Chair: Cameron McKenzie
Keynote presentation 3: Dr. Ruilin Yang
08:30am–09:00am Some key concepts employed for applied rock blast
modelling
Keynote presentation 4: Dr. A.T. Spathis
09:00am–09:30am
Bezier and other curve fits to fragmentation data

09:30am–09:45am Coffee/tee break

Session 4: Blasting Vibration

Chair: Ewan Sellers, Yingguo Hu
Prediction of the dominant frequency of
09:45am–10:00am Wenbo Lu
blasting vibration during tunnel excavation
A mathematical model for estimating
10:00am–10:15am nearfield Peak Particle Velocity in a 3D S. Behera
space surrounding a blasthole
A comparative study of vibration
Haixiao
10:15am–10:30am characteristics induced by different kinds
Zhou
of blast-holes
Analysis of the evolution of blast-induced
10:30am–10:45am seismic components with the source Qidong Gao
characteristics considered
Comparative study of ground vibration
V. K.
10:45am–11:00am induced by rock blasting and train
Himanshu
movement
Discussion on the discreteness of the
Zhaowei
11:00am–11:15am attenuation parameters of the peak particle
Yang
velocity induced by blasting
A method for determining the time
Xiaodong
11:15am–11:30am parameters of electronic detonators in
Wu
tunnel blasting
 Vibration characteristics of
11:30am–11:45am Moxi Zhao
medium-deep-hole bench delay blasting
Dynamic response of high and thin rock Pengchang
11:45am–12:00pm
slope under blasting vibration: A case study Sun

12:00pm–01:30pm Lunch break

Session5:BlastImpactAssessmentandControl
Chair: Pradeep Kumar Singh, HaiwangYe
Dynamic failure mechanism of gas
01:30pm–01:45pm pipeline with flange interface under Nan Jiang
blasting vibration
Evaluation of drilling and blasting using
Xiaobao
01:45pm–02:00pm explosives based on general adherence of
Tian
the drilling and rock blasting plan
Dynamic failure behavior of buried cast
02:00pm–02:15pm iron gas pipeline with local external Bin Zhu
corrosion subjected to blasting vibration
Safety criterion of high density
polyethylene drainpipe with a gasketed bell
02:15pm–02:30pm Yuqi Zhang
and spigot joint subjected to blasting
vibration
Flyrock estimation using O-Pitdev
02:30pm–02:45pm Deviation Measurement System - A case A. Oliveira
study
Session 6: Electronic Detonators, New Explosives and Explosive
Performance
Chair: Lina López, Luqing Wang
Failure reliability evaluation of electronic
Zhendong
02:45pm–03:00pm detonator subjected to shock loading in
Leng
underground blasting
Experimental study on digital electronic
Yanbing
03:00pm–03:15pm detonator cut blasting of rock roadway of
Wang
Gubei Coal Mine
 Case analysis of blasting demolition of
03:15pm–03:30pm water-filled and non-water-filled cofferdam Chenfa Li
in dock
Applied research of micro-encapsulation
Yangfan
03:30pm–03:45pm technology in controlling explosion
Cheng
performance of emulsion explosives
Microstructure and properties of bulk
Liang
03:45pm–04:00pm NdFeB permanent magnet prepared by
Zhang
explosive compaction method

04:00pm–04:15pm Coffee/tee break

Session 7: Demolition and Special Blasting

Chair: Yongsheng Jia, Jinshan Sun
Clean breaching for reinforced concrete
04:15pm–04:30pm S. Kubota
wall by small-scale blasting

Numerical simulation of blast demolition Chanhwi

04:30pm–04:45pm
using visual DFA Shin

Influence of Rebar on Stress Wave and

Crack Propagation Behavior in
04:45pm–05:00pm Y. Takahashi
Small-Scale Blasting of RC Structures by
Indoor Blasting Tests

Water medium energy transfer blasting

05:00pm–05:15pm Jianfei Qin
technology

Research on key technology of new air

05:15pm–05:30pm Ying Fang
energy expansion blasting

Research on hyper-shaped charge at the

05:30pm–05:45pm Deyun Yu
bottom of column charge blasting
 Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Keynote Presentation Ⅲ
Chair: William Adamson
Keynote presentation 5: Dr. Yongsheng Jia
08:30am–09:00am Innovation and Application of Key Technologies for
Demolition Blasting of Large Structures
Keynote presentation 6: Dr. Dale Preece
09:00am–09:30am GEM (Geologic Element Motion) blast heave modeling
utilizing different element shapes and energy partitioning
09:30am–09:45am Coffee/tee break
Session 8: Sustainable Blasting, New Developments and Case Studies
Chair: Alex Spathis, Changping Yi
Value chain optimization for grade
09:45am–10:00am engineering by mine-wide fragmentation E. J. Sellers
optimisation
Impacts of digital revolution in blasting V. F.
10:00am–10:15am
operations Barcelos
Impact resistance of high-toughness
10:15am–10:30am cement-based composites using Lingling Hu
low-carbon technique
Designing of blasting pattern for
excavation of drives in paste backfilled A. K.
10:30am–10:45am
stopes of an underground metalliferous Vishwakarma
mine
A preliminary investigation of relation
10:45am–11:00am between characteristic impedance of rock Defeng Hou
and penetration rate
Rock mass assessment of limestone mine R. M.
11:00am–11:15am
for blast fragmentation – A case study Bhatawdekar
Mechanically operated probe to survey
11:15am–11:30am P. Segarra
ring-blastholes in a safe and efficient way

11:30am–11:45am Closing Ceremony

Committees
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE (FIOC)
José Sanchidrián Alex Spathis William Fourney
Agne Rustan Claude Cunningham Roger Holmberg
William Adamson Daniel Johansson Panagiotis Katsabanis
Lina López Wenbo Lu Cameron McKenzie
Bibhu Mohanty Peter Moser Enrique Munaretti
Carlos Orlandi Finn Ouchterlony Dale Preece
Ewan Sellers Pradeep Singh Xuguang Wang

NATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (NOC)

Chairman
Xuguang Wang
Vice-Chairmen
Xianqi Xie Renshu Yang Wenbo Lu
Jun Fu Yintong Gao
Members
Guifu Fang Honglu Fei Wenxue Gao
Zhiqiang Guan Yongsheng Jia Jianhua Li
Xiaojie Li Zehua Li Zhanjun Li
Dianshu Liu Weizhou Liu Yuang Long
Lijin Lu Shaofeng Lu Fuqiang Shi
Jinquan Song Yunsheng Tian Cheng Wang
Feng Wang Ping Wang Xiaolin Wang
Yinjun Wang Xinxia Wu Shaoqing Xiao
Ying Xu Peixing Xue Nianhua Yang
Xusheng Yang Yingcai Zhang Zhengzhong Zhang
Zhiyi Zhang Mingsheng Zhao Changqing Zheng
Chuanbo Zhou Guisong Zhou Mingan Zhou
Zhaobao Zou
REVIEW COMMITTEE
Xuguang Wang Xianqi Xie Wenbo Lu
Claude Cunningham Lianjun Guo Ziru Guo
Yingguo Hu Armin Iravani Yongsheng Jia
Nan Jiang Daniel Johansson Zhendong Leng
Yuan Long Lina López Honghao Ma
Cameron McKenzie Enrique Munaretti Nikoloaos Petropoulos
Dale Preece José Sanchidrián C R San Miguel
Fuqiang Shi Pradeep Kumar Singh Alex Spathis
Ming Tao Hao Wang Xiaolin Wang
Yinjun Wang Chunping Wu Kaiwen Xia
Xinghua Xie Ying Xu Jianhua Yang
Jun Yang Wei Yao Changping Yi
Mingsheng Zhao Chuanbo Zhou