Surface and underground excavations methods, techniques and equipment

• Main Author: Tatiya, Ratan Raj
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Leiden : A.A. Balkema, 2005.
• Subjects: Excavation > Equipment and supplies.; Mining engineering.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781439834220
• Physical Description: xxxii, 562 p. : ill.

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Rocks and minerals
• 3. Prospecting, exploration & site investigations
• 4. Drilling
• 5. Explosives and blasting
• 6. Mucking, casting and excavation
• 7. Transporation : haulage and hoisting
• 8. Supports
• 9. Drives and tunnels (conventional methods)
• 10. Tunneling by roadheaders and impact hammers
• 11. Full-face tunnel borers (TBMS) & special methods
• 12. Planning
• Excavations in upward direction : raising
• 15. Large sub-surface excavations
• 16. Underground mining/stoping methods
• 17. Surface excavations.