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Rock Mechanics.pdf - Mining and Blasting

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BLASTING MECHANICS<br />

in Figure 17.17, only nine out of 20 charges initiated as designed. Detailed analysis<br />

showed that four charges (delays 13, 17, 18, 19) failed to detonate, while seven<br />

charges initiated sympathetically with delays 5 <strong>and</strong> 8 producing a tight bunching of<br />

ground motion pulses. Once identified, these malfunctions can be eliminated, usually<br />

by decreasing charge concentrations with resulting improvement in fragmentation<br />

<strong>and</strong> major savings in explosives costs (McKenzie, 1987, 1988).<br />

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