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Close-in Pipeline Trench Blasting - Why PipeBlast Does Not Work

Aimone-Martin, C., Redyke, J., Skopak, N., Meins B., & Meins, O. (2024)
Proceedings of the 50th Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Techniques. Savannah, GA

Underground Blast Doors: Measured Pressure Drop and Human Exposure Safety

Meins, B., Hirsch, M., Jayaraman Sridharan, S., Tukkaraja, P., Adhikari, A., Rouse, N., & Connot, J. (2023)
Journal of Explosives Engineering, Volume 40, Issue 4, Pages 28-36

Christmas Day 2020 VBIED Blast Investigation Findings and Damage Assessment of Nearby Historic Buildings in Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Campbell Brashear, C., Erekson, J. M., & Meins, B. (2023)
Proceedings of the 49th Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Techniques. San Antonio, TX

Elevated Pipeline Response to Shaft Blasting

Aimone-Martin, C., Redyke, J., Meins B., & Meins, O. (2022)
Proceedings of the 11th World Conference on Explosives and Blasting. Maastricht, Netherlands

Structure Response Study at a Quarry in Sumterville, FL

Aimone-Martin, C., Lanker, S., Senuels, J., Meins B., & Meins, O. (2022)
Proceedings of the 48th Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Techniques. Las Vegas, NV

Influence of Sample Rate on Underwater Blast Pressure Measurements

Meins, O., Aimone-Martin C., & Meins B. (2019)
Journal of Explosives Engineering, Volume 36, Issue 5, Pages 28-35

Vertical Attenuation of Blast Vibrations

Meins, B. & Aimone-Martin C. (2019)
Proceedings of the 45th Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Techniques. Nashville, TN

Large structure response to high frequency excitation from rock blasting

Dowding, C. H., Aimone-Martin C., Meins B., & Hamdi E. (2018)
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Volume 111, November 2018, Pages 54-63

Wave Transmission Response of Large Structure to High Frequency Blasting Vibration

Dowding, C. H., Aimone-Martin C., Meins B., & Hamdi E. (2018)
Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Techniques. San Antonio, TX

Underground Airblast Monitoring for Blast Performance Diagnosis and Detailed Attenuation Modelling

Meins, B., Hurt J., & Vardiman D. (2017)
Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Techniques. Orlando, FL

Strain-Based Instrumentation for Marine Terminal Rock Blasting

Aimone-Martin, C. & Meins, B. (2016)
Journal of Explosives Engineering, Volume 33, Issue 3
Selected for Paper of the Year Award 2016, International Society of Explosives Engineers

Tall Structure Response to Close-in Urban Blasting in New York City – Part 2

Aimone-Martin, C., Meins B., & Woznick C. (2015)
Journal of Explosives Engineering, Volume 32 Issue 3

Tall Structure Response to Close-in Urban Blasting in New York City

Aimone-Martin, C., Meins B., Lauer J., & Brenta R. (2014)
Journal of Explosives Engineering, Volume 31 Issue 4

Application of high speed imaging in particle dynamics study with explosives

Petr, V. & Jacobs, E. (2014)
Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1: Proceedings of the 2014 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics

Comprehensive Blast Loading and Failure Analysis of Rectangular Reinforced Concrete Building Columns

Meins, B. (2012)
Master’s Thesis: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM

Selected Presentations

Accidental Hardening: Structural Survivorship in the 2020 Nashville Bombing

Campbell Brashear, C., Prosser, S., & Meins, B. (2022)
To be presented at SEI ASCE Structures Congress, Atlanta, GA

Effectiveness of Reinforced Blast Doors in Reducing the AirBlast Overpressure in Underground Operations

Meins, B., Jayaraman Sridharan, S., Tukkaraja, P., Rouse, N., Adhikari, A., & Connot, J. (2022)
Presented at Mine Exchange: SME Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT

Best Practices in Construction and Blast Monitoring

Meins, B. (2019)
Presented at ASCE New Mexico Section Fall Conference, Socorro, NM

Blowing Things Up in the Bay: Near-field Hydroacoustic Monitoring Around Piers E4 and E5

Meins, B. & VanNiekirk A. (2017)
Presented at 51st Annual Cal-Neva American Fisheries Society Meeting, Eureka, CA

Underground Airblast Monitoring for Blast Performance Diagnosis and Detailed Attenuation Modelling

Meins, B. (2017)
Presented at the 30th Annual Best in the West Drill & Blast Conference, Spearfish, SD

Berth Deepening by Rock Blasting at the Howland Hook Marine Terminal, Staten Island, NY

Aimone-Martin, C. & Meins, B. (2016)
Presented at ASCE Ports ’16 Conference, New Orleans, LA

Characterization of Mini Agriculture-Grade Ammonium Nitrate Prills

Lotspeich, E. & Jacobs, E. (2014)
Presented at Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) Annual Conference. Salt Lake City, UT