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Title: EVALUATION OF EXPLOSION IN QUARRY SITE: A CASE STUDY

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2025

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EVALUATION OF EXPLOSION IN QUARRY SITE: A CASE STUDY

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Authors

Guido Alfaro Degan; Andrea Antonucci; Gianluca Coltrinari; Sara Innocenzi; Dario Lippiello

DOI

10.5593/sgem2025/5.1/s19.012

DOI Issue

10.5593/sgem2025/5.1

ISSN

1314-2704

ISBN

978-619-7603-85-9

Language

English

Volume

Issue

5.1

Editor

• Prof. Dr. hab. oec. Baiba Rivza, LATVIA• Prof. DSc. Ildiko Tulbure, GERMANY• Prof. DSc. Oleksandr Trofymchuk, UKRAINE

Scientific Area

Ecology, Biodiversity, and Environmental Protection

Abstract/ Foreword

Explosive phenomena represent one of the risks present within mining activities. These phenomena can have disastrous consequences on people, structures and the environment surrounding the mining site. In fact, the explosion uses a wave of pressure and heat that affects everything at the time the accident occurs. Different software were studied and developed by many researchers with the aim of simulate explosive effects in order to define the consequences might be on people and the environment, the development time of the event and the energy that is released. In this work, incidental configurations were analysed inside a quarry analysing the explosion of a refuelling tank for vehicles employed in the site. The software is based on the input of data related to weather conditions to those of the ground and the characteristics of the substance that explodes and generates a huge release of energy into the surrounding environment. Different incidental configurations were with four different weather conditions affecting the explosive event. The results make it clear that the areas of effect of explosive waves are strongly influenced by the ground conditions in which they propagate and the weather conditions at the moment of the accident. The data obtained are quite accurate with an acceptable degree of approximation compared to the data in the literature.

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The Authors thank Mr Antonio Iacovelli and Sogema s.r.l. (Aq) for the disponibilty

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EVALUATION OF EXPLOSION IN QUARRY SITE: A CASE STUDY

Proceedings Тitle

Proceedings of 25th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2025, Volume 25, Issue 5.1

Note

25th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2025, Volume 25, Issue 5.1, 29 June - 6 July, 2025

Type

Proceedings Paper

Publisher

STEF92 Technology

Series

International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference Surveying Geology and Mining Ecology Management, SGEM

Organization

SWS Scholarly Society; Acad Sci Czech Republ; Latvian Acad Sci; Polish Acad Sci; Russian Acad Sci; Serbian Acad Sci and Arts; Natl Acad Sci Ukraine; Natl Acad Sci Armenia; Sci Council Japan; European Acad Sci, Arts and Letters; Acad Fine Arts Zagreb Croatia; Croatian Acad Sci and Arts; Acad Sci Moldova; Montenegrin Acad Sci and Arts; Georgian Acad Sci; Acad Fine Arts and Design Bratislava; Russian Acad Arts; Turkish Acad Sci.

Pages

99-106

Date

29 June - 6 July, 2025

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website

Digital Source Type

10454

Keywords

explosion, quarry, bleve, risk assessment, mining safety