The importance of the reflected stress wave in rock blasting

X. A method of measuring the pressure produced in the detonation of high, explosives or by the impact of bullets

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Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics +12

Rock breakage by explosives

T.N. Hagan · Acta Astronautica · 1979 · 114 citations

Engineering, Geological Engineering, Materials Science +11

Controlled Fracture of Brittle Solids and Interruption of Electrical Current

Frank Philip Bowden, J. H. Brunton, J. E. Field et al. · Nature · 1967 · 113 citations

Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +13

Ultrasonic Solid Delay Lines

David Arenberg · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1948 · 95 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +17

THE BASIC MECHANISMS IN ROCK BLASTING

P. A. Persson, N. Lundborg, C H Johannsson · International Society of Rock Mechanics, Proceedings · 1970 · 14 citations

Engineering, Mining Engineering, Physics +7