A drill and blast engineer can design blasts every day of the year without understanding the difference between combustion and detonation. This chapter describes the simple theory of shock waves, and attempts to describe the effect the explosion has on the rock. The chapter describes in some detail the older theories, concepts, and performance tests still used in the explosive industry.
A drill and blast engineer can design blasts every day of the year without understanding the difference between combustion and detonation. This chapter describes the simple theory of shock waves, and attempts to describe the effect the explosion has on the rock. The chapter describes in some detail the older theories, concepts, and performance tests still used in the explosive industry.
A drill and blast engineer can design blasts every day of the year without understanding the difference between combustion and detonation. This chapter describes the simple theory of shock waves, and attempts to describe the effect the explosion has on the rock. The chapter describes in some detail the older theories, concepts, and performance tests still used in the explosive industry.