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