Publications

The findings of research conducted over many years by Terrock engineers has been published in academic papers, reports and presented to industry conferences and seminars for the International Society of Explosives Engineers (ISEE), and the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AUSIMM).

  • Richards, A B and Moore, A J (2012), Techniques for the Control of Environmental Blast Impacts, at the 10th International Symposium on Rock Fragmentation – Fragblast 10 (New Delhi: India)
  • Moore, A J and Richards, A B (2012), Rational Methodologies for Setting Blast Vibration Limits at the 38th Annual Conference on Explosives & Blasting Technique (The International Society of Explosives Engineers, Nashville, USA)
  • Richards, A B and Howarth, P (2011), Prediction of the Effects of Meteorology on Airblast Overpressure Levels, at the 4th International Symposium on Energetic Materials and their Applications (Japan Explosives Society, Okinawa, Japan)
  • Richards, A B and Howarth, P (2011), Prediction of the Effects of Meteorology on Blast Emissions, presented at EXPLO 2011 (Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne, Australia)
  • Moore, A J and Richards, A B (2011), Blasting Near Mine Surface Infrastructure, presented at EXPLO 2011 (Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne, Australia)
  • Richards, A B and Moore, A J (2011), Assessment of the Structural Effects of Blasting by the Analysis of Motion Measurements at the 3rd Asia-Pacific Blasting Symposium (China Society of Engineering Blasting: Xiamen, China)
  • Moore, A J, Goodwin, B, Fales, D. and Lam, D (2010), Improved Remediation Performance of a Contaminated Basalt Aquifer by Blast Fracturing presented at the 37th Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique, (The International Society of Explosives Engineers: San Diego, California, USA)
  • Richards, A B (2010), Elliptical Airblast Overpressure Model, Transactions of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Vol. 119, No. 4
  • Moore, A J and Gad, E (2009), Determinations of ‘Safe’ Infrastructure Vibration Levels using Alternative Approaches, presented at the Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Rock Fragmentation by Blasting – Fragblast 9 (Granada, Spain)
  • Richards, A B and Howarth, P (2009), Evaluation of Meteorological Effects on Airblast Levels, presented at the Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Rock Fragmentation by Blasting – Fragblast 9 (Granada, Spain)
  • Moore, A J and Richards, A B (2008), ACARP Project No. C14057 ‘Effects of Blasting On Infrastructure’ for ACARP
  • Richards, A B (2008), Blast Vibration Wavefront Reinforcement Model, Transactions of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Vol. 117, No. 4
  • Moore, A J and Richards, A B (2007), Effects of Blasting on Infrastructure, presented at EXPLO 2007, (Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia)
  • Moore, A J and Richards, A B (2007), Environmental Blast Control, presented at The First Asian-Pacific Symposium on Techniques of Blasting (China Society of Engineering Blasting; Kunming, China).
  • Richards, A B and Moore, A J (2006), Airblast Control Techniques in Open Cut Mines in the proceedings of The 32nd Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique, (The International Society of Explosives Engineers: Dallas, Texas, USA)
  • Adrian J. Moore, A J and Richards, A B (2005), Effects of Ground and Air Vibration on Structures presented at the Australian Geomechanics Society meeting, Newcastle, Australia
  • Gad, E F, Wilson J L, Moore, A J and Richards, A B (2005), Effects of Mine Blasting on Residential Structures published in the Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities – American Society of Civil Engineers, pp 222-228.
  • King-Siem, R. and Moore A J (2004), Calibration of an Airblast Prediction Model, presented at EXPLO 2004, Explosives – A Time of Rapid Change (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Kalgoorlie, Australia)
  • Richards, A B and Moore, A J (2004), Environmental Blast Design and Effective Implementation, presented at EXPLO 2004, Explosives – A Time of Rapid Change (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Kalgoorlie, Australia)
  • Richards, A B and Moore, A J (2004), Flyrock Control – By Chance or Design in the proceedings of The 30th Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique, (The International Society of Explosives Engineers: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)
  • Richards, A B and Moore, A J (2003), The Eight Millisecond Time Window Myth, presented at The 5th Large Open Pit Conference (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Kalgoorlie, Australia)
  • Richards, A B and Moore, A J (2003), Structural Response of Brick Veneer Houses to Blast Vibration, presented at The 29th Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique (The International Society of Explosives Engineers: Nashville, Tennessee, USA)
  • Richards, A B and Moore, A J (2002), Airblast Design Concepts in Open Pit Mines, presented at The 7th International Symposium on Rock Fragmentation by Blasting (FRAGBLAST 7), (China Society of Engineering Blasting and Chinese Society of Mechanics: Beijing, China)
  • Richards, A B and Moore, A J (2002), Time Window Vibration Control Techniques – Cautionary Tales for Explosives Engineers, presented at The 28th Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique (The International Society of Explosives Engineers: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA)
  • Richards, A B and Moore, A J (2001), Structure Response of a Brick Veneer House to Open Pit Coal Mine Blasting, presented at EXPLO 2001, Blasting: Techniques & Technology – Today & Tomorrow’s Proceedings, pp 87-92 (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Hunter Valley, Australia)
  • Richards, A B and Moore, A J (1999), Predictive Assessment of Surface Blast Vibration, presented at EXPLO ’99, A Conference on Rock Breaking, pp 91-97 (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in association with the Western Australian School of Mines: Kalgoorlie, Australia)
  • Lewandowski, T and Keith, G, Croucher, M, Richards A (1999), The Impact of Surface Blasting on Underground Opening – Geotechnical Assessment, in Proceedings of The Sixth International Symposium for Rock Fragmentation by Blasting – Fragblast 6, pp 131-137 (The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Johannesburg, South Africa)
  • Richards, A B and Moore, A J (1997), Blasting in an Urban Environment, in Resourcing the 21st Century, The AusIMM 1997 Annual Conference, pp 77-82 (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Ballarat, Victoria)
  • Moore, A and Richards, A (1996), Blast Vibration Assessment for Planning & Operational Control, in The Institute of Quarrying 40th Annual Conference, pp 43-48 (The Institute of Quarrying: Canberra, Australia)
  • Richards, A B and Moore, A J (1995), Blast Vibration Control in Hunter Valley Coal Mines, in Technical Proceedings in Adding Value to our Resources – Our Future, pp 59-64 (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Newcastle, Australia)
  • Richards, A B and Moore, A J (1995), Blast Vibration Control by Wavefront Reinforcement Techniques, presented at EXPLO 1995, pp 323-327 (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in association with the International Society of Explosives Engineers: Brisbane, Australia)
  • Richards, A B and Moore, A J (1995), The Effect of Blast Design on Vibration Frequencies, in Proceedings of The 2nd International Conference on Engineering Blasting Technique, pp 502-509 (Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and co-sponsored by China Association for Science and Technology, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Chinese Society of Engineering Blasting, CSTAM: Kunming, China)
  • Richards, A B, Moore, A J and Evans, R (1994), Blast Vibration Wavefront Reinforcement Model, in The International Society of Explosives Engineers 20th Annual Conference, pp 11 (Austin, Texas, USA)
  • Richards, A B, Moore, A J and Evans, L A (1994), Wavefront Reinforcement in Open Pit Mines, in Open Pit Blasting Workshop, pp 156-161 (Perth, Australia)
  • Richards, A B, Evans, R and Moore, A J (1994), Blast Vibration Control and Assessment Techniques, in Proceedings of The Fourth Large Open Pit Mining Conference, pp 209-216 (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Perth, Australia)
  • Moore, A J, Evans, R, and Richards, A B (1993), An Elliptical Airblast Attenuation Model, in Proceedings of The Fourth International Symposium on Rock Fragmentation by Blasting – Fragblast – 4, pp 247-252 (Vienna, Austria)