Theory and Technology of Rock Excavation for Civil Engineering

• Main Author: Zou, Dingxiang (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Structural geology.; Engineering geology.; Engineering > Geology.; Foundations.; Hydraulics.; Transportation engineering.; Traffic engineering.; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.; Structural Geology.; Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering.

This book summarizes the technical advances in recent decades and the various theories on rock excavation raised by scholars from different countries, including China and Russia. It not only focuses on rock blasting but also illustrates a number of non-blasting methods, such as mechanical excavation...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Basic knowledge
• Surface Excavation
• Underground Excavation.