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.
