Download or read book Theory and Technology of Rock Excavation for Civil Engineering written by Dingxiang Zou and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 699 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 in detail. The book consists of 3 parts: Basic Knowledge, Surface Excavation and Underground Excavation. It presents a variety of technical methods and data from diverse sources in the book, making it a valuable theoretical and practical reference resource for engineers, researchers and postgraduates alike.