Rock Blasting Terms and Symbols : A Dictionary of Symbols and Terms in Rock Blasting and Related Areas Like Drilling, Mining and Rock Mechanics

This dictionary contains 1980 terms, 325 symbols, 77 acronyms, abbreviations and shortened forms, 221 references, 32 figures, 57 formulae, and 28 tables. In addition to short definitions a quantification of some terms is included, and their relationship to other parameters in blasting is highlighted.

This dictionary represents today the most extensive rock blasting dictionary available and it is therefore a valuable tool and essential for research and writing reports, papers to international journals.

Terminology is important in the process of development of a science because it is the language for communication between students, teachers, technicians, scientists and practitioners in the field of blasting. This dictionary contains 1,980 terms, 316 symbols, ninety-three acronyms, abbreviations and shortened forms, 221 references, thirty-one figures, thity-two formulas and twenty-eight tables. In this book, not only short definitions of the terms are presented, but also a quantification of some terms is included, and their relationship to other parameters in blasting is highlighted.

All students, teachers, technicians, engineers, scientists and practioners in the field of blasting should get a copy as a desk reference book. If we all use the same symbols for example, the reading of blasting papers is speeded up and facilitated a lot.

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As the diverse entries in this dictionary demonstrate, rock blasting is a multidisciplinary enterprise encompassing at a minimum: mechanics, rock mechanics, physics, chemistry, geology, geophysics, petrology, seismology, mining engineering, and rock construction engineering. The idea for compiling such a reference was mined from the Third International Symposium on Rock Fragmentation by Blasting (Brisbane, Australia, 1990). Value- added features include: quantification of select terms; new international standards for some descriptive and operational terms; a list of symbols; acronyms, abbreviations, and shortened forms; graphics, and references. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

"The dictionary contains 1980 terms, 325 symbols, 77 acronyms, abbreviations and shortened forms, 221 references, 32 figures, 57 formulas and 28 tables. Not only short definitions of the terms are presented, but also a quantification of some terms is included, and their relationship to other parameters in blasting is highlighted. All students, teachers, technicians, engineers, scientists and practitioners in the field of blasting should get a copy as a desk reference book. If we all use the same symbols, the reading of blasting papers is speeded up and facilitated considerably."--BOOK JACKET. "The book is a hybrid between a conventional dictionary and a handbook in blasting offering the advantage, when compared to handbooks, that it is easy to find the definition."--BOOK JACKET