Rock Blasting and Explosives Engineering
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Rock Blasting and Explosives Engineering

  1. 560 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Rock Blasting and Explosives Engineering

About this book

Rock Blasting and Explosives Engineering covers the practical engineering aspects of many different kinds of rock blasting. It includes a thorough analysis of the cost of the entire process of tunneling by drilling and blasting in comparison with full-face boring. Also covered are the fundamental sciences of rock mass and material strength, the thermal decomposition, burning, shock initiation, and detonation behavior of commercial and military explosives, and systems for charging explosives into drillholes. Functional descriptions of all current detonators and initiation systems are provided. The book includes chapters on flyrock, toxic fumes, the safety of explosives, and even explosives applied in metal working as a fine art. Fundamental in its approach, the text is based on the practical industrial experience of its authors. It is supported by an abundance of tables, diagrams, and figures. This combined textbook and handbook provides students, practitioners, and researchers in mining, mechanical, building construction, geological, and petroleum engineering with a source from which to gain a thorough understanding of the constructive use of explosives.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1: Rock Strength and Fracture Properties
  8. Chapter 2: Mechanical Drilling and Boring in Rock
  9. Chapter 3: Explosives
  10. Chapter 4: Shock Waves and Detonations, Explosive Performance
  11. Chapter 5: Initiation Systems
  12. Chapter 6: Principles of Charge Calculation For Surface Blasting
  13. Chapter 7: Charge Calculations For Tunneling
  14. Chapter 8: Stress Waves in Rock, Rock Mass Damage, and Fragmentation
  15. Chapter 9: Contour Blasting
  16. Chapter 10: Computer Calculations for Rock Blasting
  17. Chapter 11: Blast Performance Control
  18. Chapter 12: Flyrock
  19. Chapter 13: Ground Vibrations
  20. Chapter 14: Air Blast Effects
  21. Chapter 15: Toxic Fumes
  22. Chapter 16: Metal Acceleration, Fragment Throw, Metal Jets, and Penetration
  23. Chapter 17: Explosive Art, Explosive Metal Forming, Welding, Powder Compaction, and Reaction Sintering
  24. Chapter 18: Safety Precautions, Rules, and Regulations
  25. Chapter 19: Safety in Production of Explosives
  26. Chapter 20: United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods
  27. Exercises
  28. Solutions to Selected Exercises
  29. References
  30. Units
  31. Conversion Factors
  32. List of Symbols
  33. Glossary
  34. Explosives Index
  35. Name Index
  36. Subject Index