NTL-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION-Construction and Maintenance
Abstract:
This handbook is specifically designed as a guide to highway engineers and blasting practitioners working with highway applications. It was used as a handbook for the FHWA course of the above title. The handbook is a basic review of explosives and their characteristics, along with explosive selection criteria. Initiations and timing effects as well as patterns are also discussed. A simple step by step procedure is outlined to help the engineer review blasting submittals in a systematic fashion. Airblast and ground vibration are discussed along with methods for evaluation and control. Several solved examples are presented in a manner to simplify the necessary calculations with step by step procedures given where appropriate.
The primary objectives of this study were to determine a recommendation for the pre-blast area for surveys, and to obtain actual field vibrations from...
The primary objectives of this study were to determine a recommendation for the preblast area for surveys, and to obtain actual field vibrations from ...
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