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Vibrations from blasting rock.

Title
Vibrations from blasting rock.
Author
Leet, L. Don (Lewis Don), 1901-1974.
Publication
Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1960.

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Description
134 pages illustrations; 22 cm
Subject
  • Blasting
  • Vibration
  • Rocks
  • Explosives
  • Vibration
  • vibration (physical)
  • explosive
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliography.
Contents
Performance guides for certain explosives -- Short delay intervals -- Long delay intervals -- Names of rock particles according to size -- Classification of sedimentary rocks -- Common metamorphic rocks -- Strength of rocks -- Longitudinal-wave speeds and characteristic impedances for certain rocks -- Air-wave frequencies and pressures -- Elements of simple harmonic motion for waves from different sources -- Amplitude of ground motion for normal overburden and various weights of explosives and distances from the shot -- Amplitudes of ground motion at different frequencies, produced when the "energy ratio" is 1.
LCCN
60010037
OCLC
  • ocm00271321
  • 271321
  • SCSB-419005
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library