Technical details of the Split-Online and Split-Desktop programs are described in the following five sections:
1. Image Acquisition
2. Fragment Delineation
3. Size Analysis
4. Result Output
5. Validation and Accuracy
Click on one of the links above or click on the buttons at the top of page. For additional details refer to one of the references below.
References:
BoBo, T., 2001. "What's new with the digital image analysis software Split-Desktop?", 2001 High Tech Seminar - Blasting Technology, Instrumentation and Explosive Applications, Nashville, TN USA, July 22-26, 2001, pp. X1-9.
Franklin, John and Takis Katsabanis, 1996, Measurement of Blast Fragmentation, A.A. Balkema.
Girdner, K., Handy, J., Kemeny, J., 2001. "Improvements in Fragmentation Measurement Software for SAG Mill Process Control", SAG Conference 2001- Third International Conference on Autogenous and Semiautogenous Grinding Technology, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Girdner, K, Kemeny, J., Srikant, A., and R. McGill. 1996. The Split system for analyzing the size distribution of fragmented rock, Proceedings of the FRAGBLAST-5 Workshop on Measurement of Blast Fragmentation (Franklin, J. and T. Katsabanis, eds.), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, pp. 101-108.
Higgins, M., BoBo, T., Girdner, K., Kemeny, J. and Seppala, V., "Integrated Software Tools and Methodology for Optimization of Blast Fragmentation", Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, Volume II, pp. 355-368, February 1999.
Kemeny, J., 1994, "A practical technique for determining the size distribution of blasted benches, waste dumps, and heap-leach sites", Mining Engineering, Vol. 46, No. 11, pp. 1281-1284.
Kemeny, J., Mofya, E., Kaunda, R., Perry, G., Morin, B., 2001, "Improvements in blast fragmentation models using digital image processing", Proceedings of the 38th Rock Mechanics Symposium, Washington, D.C., USA.
Kemeny, J., Girdner, K., BoBo T. and Norton, B., 1999, "Improvements for Fragmentation measurement by Digital Imaging: Accurate Estimation of Fines", Sixth International Symposium for Rock Fragmentation by Blasting, SAIMM, pp. 103-110
La Rosa, D., Girdner, K., Valery, W., Abramson, S., 2001, "Recent applications of the Split-Online image analysis system", VI SHMMT / XVIII ENTMME, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Liu, Q., and Tran, H. 1996. "Comparing systems - Validation of Fragscan, WipFrag, and Split, Measurement of Blast Fragmentation", J. Franklin and T. Katsabanis eds, AA Balkema, pp 151-155.
Lowery, M. Kemeny, J., Girdner, K., 2000 "Advances in blasting practices through the accurate quantification of blast fragmentation." 2000 SME Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
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