Operational and geological parameters in the assessing blast induced airblast-overpressure in quarries

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 404-411

  Kuzu, C ^a   Fisne, A ^a   Ercelebi, S G ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Airblast; Airblast overpressure; Blast noise

Indexed keywords

BLASTING; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); LATTICE VIBRATIONS; QUARRIES;

AIRBLAST; AIRBLAST-OVERPRESSURE; BENCH BLASTING; BLAST DESIGNS; BLAST INDUCED VIBRATIONS; BLASTING PARAMETERS; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; EMPIRICAL RELATIONS; ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY; GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; GEOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; GROUND VIBRATIONS; HUMAN RESPONSES; ISTANBUL; OVER PRESSURES; ROCK MASSES; SITE SPECIFICS; TERRAIN CONDITIONS; VARIABLE CONDITIONS; WITH OR WITHOUT;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 56649121991     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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