BLASTING Q&A 1. whar is energy factor? what is its significance ? 2. what is impendance? state its significance. 3.

How the strength of the explosives are calculated? 4. State Ash formulae for calculating blasting parameters. 5. What is the most dangerous and deleterious effects of blasting ? Give its causes and controlling measures. 6. what is controlled blasting ? state its role 7. who propounded the theory of air deck blasting? state its principle. 8. What are the methods of blasting optimization? 9. What is optimum fragmentation? What are the techniques applied for measuring the degree of fragmentation ? 10. What is the most important parameter in blast design? give its significance. 11. What is the most economic initiation system in blasting ? Describe its features. 12. What is the most important property of the explosives ? On what factors it depends upon ? 13. How to determine the maximum charge per delay for various distances for a particular site for limiting safe vibration levels ? 14. What are the main adverse effects associated with blasting ?State the techniques to control these adverse effects. 15. What are the primary variables responsible for damages due to ground vibration ? 16. What are the instruments available for measuring ground vibration and noise levels of blasting ? 17. What are the components of drilling cost ? What is the conventional drilling cost per meter for 100-150mm drills and drilling cost per ton ?

18. How to determine blasting cost? 19. How discontinuities of the rocks affect the ground vibration ? 20. On what parameters the PPV of vibration depend upon? 21. What are the parameters of ground vibration ? 22. What are the un-controllable factors affecting ground vibration? 23. On what factors the attenuation coefficient of vibration depends upon ? 24. What are the blast design softwares available today? 25. What are the techniques adopted for post blast evaluation? 26. What are the methods of firing the electronic detonator(ED)? Describe in details. 27. What are the causes of misfires? How to deal with it? 28. what is channel effect ? state its significance. 29.What are the controlled blasting techniques ?Describe briefly. 30. What are the methods of Air deck blasting? Describe in details.