Fragmentation characterization; The Swebrec function and its use in blast engineering

Rock Fragmentation by Blasting - Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Rock Fragmentation by Blasting, FRAGBLAST 9

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3-22

  Ouchterlony, F ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVE-FIT; DESIGN CURVES; FITTING PROCEDURE; FRAGMENT SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; LARGE BLAST;

BLASTING; DEBRIS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); ROCK BURSTS;

CURVE FITTING;

EID: 84859829120     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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