Rock fracture and blasting. Theory and applications / Разрушение горных пород и взрывные работы. Теория и применение

In rock engineering, stress waves can be caused by rock drilling, rock blasting, mining-induced seismicity, and other dynamic events. By means of stress wave theory, we can improve the quality and productivity of current rock drilling, rock blasting, and mining production; reduce natural resource loss in mining; improve fieldwork safety; and reduce the damage to the environment caused by blasting. This chapter will in brief introduce one-dimensional stress waves developed by a number of great pioneers such as Stokes, Poisson, Rayleigh, Kelvin, and others. Stress wave theory in more detail can be found in other books [1–3]. <...>