SME Webinar: Analysis and Control of Blast Vibrations

Jhon Silva Castro, Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky, will review the fundamentals of blast vibrations from blasting in surface mines. The topics will include the different analytical and physical models of vibration generation and the measurement of the blast vibrations. The presentation will also review the scale distance concept and its uses for the assessment and control of ground vibrations. The webinar will include the basics of waveform superposition and will explain a model of analysis developed by the presenter to predict and control ground vibrations from mine blasts.