Blasting Principles for Open Pit Mining, Set of 2 Volumes

William Hustrulid studied Minerals Engineering at the University of Minnesota. After obtaining his Ph.D. degree in 1968, his career has included responsible roles in both mining academia and in the mining business itself. He has served as Professor of Mining Engineering at the University of Utah and at the Colorado School of Mines and as a Guest Professor at theTechnical University in Luleå, Sweden. In addition, he has held mining R&D positions for companies in the USA, Sweden, and the former Republic of Zaire. He is a Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and a Foreign Member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA). He currently holds the rank of Professor Emeritus at the University of Utah and manages Hustrulid Mining Services in Spokane,Washington.

Volume 1: Principles of Blast Design 1. An Historical Perspective 2. The Fragmentation System Concept 3. Explosives as a Source of Fragmentation Energy 4. Preliminary Blast Design Guidelines 5. Drilling Patterns and Hole Sequencing 6. Sinking Cut Design 7. Bulk Blasting Agents 8. Initiation Systems 9. Environmental Effects 10. Perimeter Blasting Volume 2: Theoretical Foundations 11. Fundamentals of Explosives 12. Blasting in the Absence of a Free Surface 13. The Effect of the Shock Wave 14. Attenuation 15. Spherical Charges 16. Cylindrical Charges 17. Decoupling 18. Heave 19. The Basics of Cratering 20. Hydrodynamic-Based Models 21. Selected Russian Contributions