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Rock Blasting and Explosives Engineering

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If you do not understand numeric modeling of explosive performance, basic trigonometric equations or algebraic examples within Detonation Modeling, it would be best to start with a book a bit less advanced. This text is somewhat similar to Detonation Modeling (Davis) & one needs SOME background in professional explosive workshops & symposiums to appreciate this book to the fullest. It is written for 3rd year Mining College students.
It's short comings are that it gives and introduction to quite a few items but goes into great depth on very few. However it DOES have well written notes so that the interested student can complete the introduction, into full length study very easily.
However it is one of the better PROFESSIONAL texts on EE & some of the contributor's are still teaching.
This book is NOT designed to learn how to blow over tree stumps. That bit of information is available in most workshops and courses in introductory mining college course work. This book is a well defined introduction to understanding how professional explosive engineers make decisions in the work arena, what resultant yields could be, & expectations of directional usage.
If you DO have a background or would like to truly professionalize your understanding of EE than this book is a great addition to any collection.
I bought this book for my uncle who wanted me to write this review - as the book is a professional textbook not the Anarchist's Cookbook.
It's thrust is to help a Journeyman engineer understand the critical decisions and techniques used in modern blasting. There ARE subject interjections of aluminized explosives and shaped charges but they are generally in context and not for the beginner. The book assumes the reader knows the basic concepts of EE and wants to explore numeric modeling and aspects such as less confined brisance vs focused energy. Generally, it is an excellent book for those who read and study subject-level material for more than a few days. It is designed for a classroom environment and lab.

The book is impossible to follow and if you are looking for a textbook to teach rock blasting you will be very disappointed.
Frankly, I am not sure what kind of audience this book is intended for. This book is made of several loosely jointed papers and I should add that these are unfinished papers.