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Mechanisms of Rock Breakage by Blasting

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The theories of the mechanism of rock breakage by blasting and the classification of rock blastability are discussed in this chapter.

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Zou, D. (2017). Mechanisms of Rock Breakage by Blasting. In: Theory and Technology of Rock Excavation for Civil Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1989-0_5

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