Rock Blasting and Explosives Engineering

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.
 

The Authors' Foreword
Acknowledgments
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