Demolition Methods and Practice V1

This book contains papers, presented at the Second International RILEM Symposium on Demolition and Reuse of Concrete and Masonry, held in Tokyo, Japan, in November 1988, on various demolition techniques and practice as well as demolition machines of concrete structures.

VOLUME ONE DEMOLITION METHODS AND PRACTICE Outline of various demolition methods and their evaluation; Demolition of concrete structures in Czechoslovakia; Development and current situation of breakers in Japan; A study on demolition method of concrete structures by cutting; Demolition of concrete structures (silent drill system); Development of explosives and blasting technology for the demolition of concrete ; Demolition of concrete structures by blasting and assumption of the range of destruction; Localized cutting and partial demolition in concrete with careful blasting; Blasting demolition of model reinforced concrete pillars ; Further development of miniblasting; Development of a detonator with an electronic delay circuit; New firing system by cordless detonator; Non-explosive demolition agent; Static demolition of concrete by new demolition agent ; The mechanism of expansive pressure and blow-out of static demolition agent ; Splitting mechanism of rock and concrete under expansive pressure; Application of soundless cracking agent in China; Numerical simulation of rock fracturing produced by static pressure;Part Contents