INFLUENCE OF ROCK MASS PROPERTIES AND POWDER FACTOR ON THE FRACTAL DIMENSION OF THE NATURAL ROCK MASS BLOCKS DURING BLASTING

Influence of rock mass properties and powder factor on the fractal dimension of the natural rock mass blocks during blasting

Abstract The rock mass fragmentation in discontinuous rock mass is a concern issue in rock mass blasting.The purpose of the study is to find out the influencing parameters of rock mass and blast design in degree of fragmentation of natural block during blasting.The fragmentation conditions were evaluated by block fragmentation method in three diffe

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The Landscape Ecological Impact of Afforestation on the British Uplands and Some Initiatives to Restore Native Woodland Cover

The majority of forest cover in the British Uplands had been lost by the beginning of the Nineteenth Century, because of felling followed by overgrazing by sheep and deer.The situation remained unchanged until a government policy of afforestation, mainly by exotic conifers, after the First World War up to the present day.This paper analyses the dis

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Characters-Manganelli

The article aims to investigate, through the works of three contemporary authors, the progressive affirmation, alongside the writer Giorgio Manganelli, of a Manganelli-character.The characteristics with Tripod Floor Lamp which Francesco Permunian, Giulia Niccolai and Romana Petri outline their character-Manganelli allows us to study, from a particu

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