Project Lost Creek: Field Tests of Mounding and Controlled Blasting.

Abstract

A concept of blasting termed 'mounding' involves using relatively compact explosive charges and breaking to the horizontal ground surface. Project Lost Creek comprised a group of single-charge and row-charge blasting experiments designed to investigate the concept of mounding. Mounding-row design criteria, fragmentation produced by mounding charges, and performance of mounding explosives with differing properties were studied, as were suitability of mounding for producing rock fill and use of controlled blasting in conjunction with mounding charges to diminish shock and to improve excavation slope control.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA007156

Entities

People

  • Colin C. Mcaneny

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Design Criteria
  • Energetic Materials
  • Excavation
  • Explosive Charges
  • Explosives
  • Field Tests
  • Materials

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Hydrologic Risk Analysis and Mitigation.