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© 2002 AUSTIN POWDER COMPANY 
THE BLASTER’S GUIDE
COMMON FORMULAS USED FOR BLAST DESIGN
 Absolute Bulk Strength (ABS) Absolute Weight Strength (AWS) Actual Scaled DistanceBase-Charge LengthBurdenDeck Stemming
-For Dry Holes-For Wet Holes
Face HeightHole-to-Hole Delay TimeLoading DensityMaximum Charge Weight per DelayMinimum DistancePowder Factor
-Volume of Rock Input-Weight of Rock Input
Pre-Splitting Formulas for Air-Decked Charges
-Spacing of Air-Decked Charges-Weight of Air-Decked Charges-Stemming Column Length
Pre-Splitting Formulas for De-Coupled Charges
-Linear Charge Weight-Spacing between Pre-Split Holes
Pressure FormulaRelative Weight Strength (RWS)Resistance Formulas
-For Paralle Circuits-For Series Circuits
Row-to-Row Delay TimeStone Stemming Particle SizeSpacing
-Instant-Delayed
Sub-Drilling“Supersonic” Face VelocityTop-Stemming LengthWater DisplacementWeight of Rock per Blast HoleVibration Level Prediction
-Peak Particle Velocity Prediction-Site Specic Ground Transmission Constant
Volume of Rock per Blast Hole
BLAST DESIGN FORMULAS
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© 2002 AUSTIN POWDER COMPANY 
THE BLASTER’S GUIDE
BLAST DESIGN FORMULAS
 AbsoluteBulkStrength(ABS)
 ABS
E
= Absolute bulk strength of the explosive[cal/cc] AWS
E
= Absolute weight strength of the explosive[cal/g]d
E
= Density of the explosive [g/cm
3
]
E 
 ABS
�
E E 
 AWS
d 
VARIABLES and [UNITS]
 AbsoluteWeightStrength(AWS)
E E E 
d RBS AWS
462.7
�
 AWS
E
= Absolute weight strength of the explosive[cal/g]RBS
E
= Relative bulk strength of the explosive[ANFO = 100]d
E
= Density of the explosive [g/cm
3
]
VARIABLES and [UNITS]
 AcutualScaledDistanceFormula
W DSD
�
 Actual Scaled Distance
W SDD
�
Minimum Distance
2
     �
SDDW 
Maximum Charge Weight per DelaySD = Scaled distance factorW = Charge weight per delay [lb]D = Distance [ft]
VARIABLES and [UNITS]
E
b
= Length of base charge of high densityexplosives [ft]B = Average burden [ft]J = Sub-drilling depth [ft]
Base-ChargeLengthFormula
�
J BE 
b
�
0.3 0.5
VARIABLES and [UNITS]
FORMULANAME
VARIABLES and [UNITS]
FORMULA
Variables used in formula and required units in[brackets]. If input variables are not in requiredunits, then you must use the unit conversion tables.
HOW TO READ FORMULAS
 
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THE BLASTER’S GUIDE
B = Burden [ft]d
e
= Density of the explosives [g/cm
3
]d
r
= Density of the rock [g/cm
3
]D
e
= Diameter of fully coupled explosive column [in]
BurdenFormula
      �
 r ee
d d DB
1.52
VARIABLES and [UNITS]
H = Face Height [ft]D = Blast-hole Diameter [in]
DH
�
FaceHeightFormula
5 10
VARIABLES and [UNITS]
BLAST DESIGN FORMULAS
T
d 
= Minimum length of stone deckconsisting of particles of size T
s
[ft]D = Blast-hole diameter [in]
DT 
d 
�
5.0
For Wet HolesFor Dry Holes
DT 
d 
�
0.1
DeckStemmingFormula
VARIABLES and [UNITS]
Hole-to-HoleDelayTimeFormula
�
SD
 hth
�
50
D
hth
= Delay time between holes in a row [ms]S = Spacing between holes in a row [ft]
Hole-to-Hole Delay Times to Improve Fragmentation
 ms/ft 
Sands, Loams, Marls and Coals
1.8 - 2.1
Some Limestones, Rock Shale and some Shales
1.5 - 1.8
Compact Limestones and Marbles, some Granitesand Basalts, Quartzite Rocks and some Gneissesand Gabbros
1.2 - 1.50.9 - 1.2
Rock Type ms/ft 
Diabase, Diabase Porphyrites, Compact Gneisses,and Mica Schists and Magnetites
VARIABLES and [UNITS]
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Ajay Arthur

The blaster guide formulas are also provided in FPS system. and not in metric system. Can anybody correct it. Ajay

reply06 / 08 / 2011
Forresterdobson

every time I try and download, this link says forbidden whats up with that..ps im a Quarry guy

reply05 / 03 / 2010
vijay3jan

please reply immediately.

reply07 / 03 / 2009
vijay3jan

hi marco, can you give suggesion for blasting in cracked area in surface mine.

reply07 / 03 / 2009
widou

hi Marco, Iwant to know more about blast designs (tunnel) thanks a lot

reply11 / 28 / 2008
ngoctugt

I'm a tunnel man. Provide all blasting design form, please. E-mail: ngoctugt@gmail.com

reply10 / 17 / 2008
mangondozae

its not easy to download the formulas

reply06 / 30 / 2008
cksingh

provide blasting design for tunnel

reply06 / 12 / 2008
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