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Rock blasting and overbreak control

Published
[McLean, Va.] : U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, [1991]
Physical Description
1 online resource (xv, 415 pages) : illustrations
Additional Creators
United States. Federal Highway Administration and National Highway Institute (U.S.)
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Summary
This handbook is specifically designed as a guide to highway engineers and blasting practitioners working with highway applications. It was used as a handbook for the FHWA course of the above title. The handbook is a basic review of explosives and their characteristics, along with explosive selection criteria. Initiations and timing effects as well as patterns are also discussed. A simple step by step procedure is outlined to help the engineer review blasting submittals in a systematic fashion. Airblast and ground vibration are discussed along with methods for evaluation and control. Several solved examples are presented in a manner to simplify the necessary calculations with step by step procedures given where appropriate.
Report Numbers
FHWA-HI-92-001
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ISBN
9781613440186 (electronic bk.)
1613440189 (electronic bk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-413).
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