Flyrock in bench blasting: a comprehensive review

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1199-1209

  Raina, A K ^a   Murthy, V M S R ^b   Soni, A K ^a,b  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MINING AND FUEL RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

Author keywords

Danger zone; Flyrock prediction; Literature review; Safety; Surface bench blasting

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BLASTING; FORECASTING; ROCK MECHANICS;

AIR OVERPRESSURE; BENCH BLASTING; BLAST VIBRATIONS; CIVIL CONSTRUCTIONS; FLYROCK; LITERATURE REVIEWS; ROCK FRAGMENTS; ROCK MASS PROPERTIES;

ROCKS;

EID: 84919330911     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: 14359537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-014-0588-6     Document Type: Article

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