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Reliable procedures for rock blasting are well established in mining engineering practice. Explosive charges are emplaced in blast holes suitably located relative to a free surface of an opening, and detonated. Rock surrounding the charges is fragmented and displaced by the impulsive loading in the medium, generated by the sudden release of the explosive’s potential energy. Control and routine application of such an intrinsically violent process represent significant feats in both chemical and mining technology.
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© 1999 B.H.G. Brady and E.T. Brown
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Brady, B.H.G., Brown, E.T. (1999). Blasting mechanics. In: Rock Mechanics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8129-5_17
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