Principles and Practices of Rock Blasting [Hardcover]

1. Introduction.? 2. Theory of rock blasting.? 3. Practical Challenges with rock blasting.? 4. Blasting Practices at large opencast coal mines.? 5. Charge factor and dimensional parameters for excavation in openpit iron ore mines.? 6. Excavation using drilling and blasting in limestone quarries.? 7. Rock blasting for laying foundation of an industrial establishment.? 8. Blasting in the close proximity of the structures.? 9. Blasting techniques for road construction in hilly terrain.? 10. Secondary Rock Breakage.

This book discusses the advancements in rock blasting techniques for mining and civil construction rock excavation projects including need for and importance of rock blasting, related theories, challenges in rock blasting operation, and rock blasting methodology for excavation of coal and overburden benches of opencast coal mine.

Vivek Kumar Himanshu is Senior Scientist at CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Dhanbad. He did his Ph.D. in Mining Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad. He graduated in Mining Engineering from B.I.T Sindri and M. Tech. in Mine Safety Engineering from Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-CIMFR, Dhanbad. He joined Hindustan Copper Limited as Graduate Engineer Trainee (Mining) and served for one year in various capacity of underground mine supervision, mine planning, EIA/EMP study, etc. He served as Trainee Scientist at CSIR-CIMFR, Dhanbad, during his period of post-graduation and worked for various research projects of metalliferous mining and its simulation design. He joined National Institute of Technology Rourkela after his M. Tech. and worked there as Assistant Professor for 8 months. He gathered teaching, research, and academic experience during this period. Currently, he is working at Rock Excavation Engineering Research Group of CSIR-CIMFR, Dhanbad. He has received Young Engineers Award 20