TY - BOOK AU - Bilgin,Nuh AU - Copur, Hanifi, AU - Balci, Cemal, TI - Mechanical excavation in mining and civil industries SN - 9781466584754 (ebook : PDF) PY - 2014///] CY - Boca Raton, FL PB - CRC Press KW - Excavation KW - Excavating machinery KW - Electronic books KW - lcs N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction -- 2. Site investigations for mechanized excavation projects -- 3. Physical and mechanical properties of rocks, soils, and coals -- 4. Rock-cutting tools and theories -- 5. Laboratory rock-cutting tests -- 6. Wear of cutting tools -- 7. Roadheaders -- 8. Impact hammers -- 9. Hard rock TBMs -- 10. Soft ground tunnel boring machines -- 11. Microtunnel boring machines and jacking forces -- 12. Shaft and raise boring machines -- 13. Large-diameter drill rigs -- 14. Mechanical excavation in coal mines -- 15. Chain saw machines -- 16. Emerging mechanical excavation technologies; Also available in print format UR - http://marc.crcnetbase.com/isbn/9781466584754 ER -