Rock blasting and overbreak control
By: National Highway Institute.
Contributors: United States. Federal Highway Administration.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration
Published: 1993
Place of publication: [McLean, Va.?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 415
Subjects: Blasting; Explosives -- Study and teaching -- United States
Other titles: Participant notebook.
Notes: Cover title.

"Prepared in 1991."

"Publication no. FHWA-HI-92-001."

"NHI course no. 13211."

On spine: Participant notebook.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-413).
Table of contents: title: Explosives engineering; title: Mechanics of rock breakage; title: Explosive products; title: Initiators and blasthole delay devices; title: Primer and booster selection; title: Blast design devices; title: Primer and booster selection; title: Blast design; title: Pattern design; title: Overbreak control; title: Site conditions and field procedure; title: Vibration and seismic waves; title: Applications; title: Inspector's guide; title: Appendix I. Glossary of blasting terms; title: Appendix II. Blasting equations; title: Appendix III. Blasting equation review; title: Appendix IV. Blasting specifications; title: Appendix V. Problem solutions; title: Appendix VI. Bibliography; title: Appendix VII. Conversion tables.