46th Annual Conference

Shock Pressure Transmission Characteristics in a Granitic Rock due to Calibrated Explosive Loads (Room Capitol Ballroom 5-7; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Session 3 - Research 1

Speaker(s): Rakesh Raghavaraju

The paper describes shock pressure transmission characteristics in a well-characterized granitic rock from small-scale controlled experiments. It involved single hole experiments with varying charge weights (PETN detonating cord) for both air and water coupling conditions in the distance range of 1x to 9x borehole diameters.