Dynamic cracking behaviour of rocks

• Main Author: Loo, Jin Jie.
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Geotechnical
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/53895
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Explosive material may be introduced in underground space construction to break hard rocks into fragments. However large amount of the materials used to achieve desired efficiency of the blasting activities is costly for the project. Money can be saved if the cracks initiation and propagation due to...