Rock Blasting and Explosives Engineering - Persson, Per-Anders (New Mexico Institute of Mining a Technology, New Mexico, USA) a Holmberg, Roger (Dyno Nobel, Gyttorp, Sweden) a Lee, Jaimin (Agency for Defense Development, Taejon, Korea)

Explores the practical engineering aspects of many different kinds of rock blasting. This boo provides an overview of the underlying science of rock mass and material strength and covers a range of topics, including thermal decomposition, burning, shock initiation, and the detonation behavior of explosives.