Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Tulsa, 1970. / Bibliography: leaves 49-51.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Missouri, School of Mines and Metallurgy, 1912. / The entire thesis text is included in file. Typescript. Illustrated by authors. Title from title screen of thesis/dissertation PDF file (viewed March 26, 2009)

Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1990. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-84). Also available via the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1959. / Typescript. Abstracted in Dissertation abstracts, v. 20 (1959) no. 2, p. 449-450. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 116-122).

Thesis (M. A.)--Texas Woman's University, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2009. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xi, 69 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-69).

Thesis (M. A.)--Texas Woman's University, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (B.S.)--University of Missouri, School of Mines and Metallurgy, 1911. / The entire thesis text is included in file. Typescript. Illustrated by authors. Title from title screen of thesis/dissertation PDF file (viewed February 27, 2009)

The aim of the investigation is to identify and interrelate particular parameters that influence the magnitude of noise levels to which rock drillers are subjected. The percussive rock drill is known to be an excessively noisy machine. Currently, exhaust mufflers and other silencing devices are being developed but as yet acceptable noise levels have not been established. The definition of acceptable sound power levels for drills must recognize that the sound levels to which the drill operator is exposed are modified by the acoustic properties of the working environment. For the initial phase of the investigation a representative rock drill was selected as a noise source. Comparative sound levels generated by this machine were measured in a free field environment and in typical underground working places. Increases in the sound pressure levels in each octave band from 63 to 16,000 hertz were observed when the drill was operated in both stopes and drifts. For the subsequent phase of the investigation, studies were conducted on an assortment of commercially available rock drills. The changes in measured sound levels have been related to: the acoustic properties of the working place, the drill position relative to the walls, the length of drill steel exposed from the hole, and the drill air supply pressure. Based on the measurements taken throughout the investigation, sound pressure level correction factors are proposed. By applying these factors to sound levels generated under free field conditions, predictions of rock drill sound pressure levels present in underground working places can be made. In addition, when studies of rock drill noise levels in various operating configurations are being conducted, use of the factors permits reduction of observed sound level measurements to a common datum. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Mining Engineering, Keevil Institute of / Graduate

A project report submitted to the Faculty of Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Engineering. / The flushing flow rate required to maximise penetration rate of holes drilled by rotary percussion is dependant on drilling parameters and chip size. Experimental work to determine the optimal flushing water flow rate for two common drilling situations was undertaken. It consisted of drilling, analysis of chip samples and flow visualization. A computer modal to predict flow rate was developed. Its output and the experimental results Were combined to explain the relationship between penetration rate and flow rate. All chips should be fiushed from the gap between the bit and the end of the hole in the time between hammer blows (ie. - within the duration of a percussion cycle). As flow rate increases, flushing improves and therefore penetration rate increases. Once flushing is adequate there is no mechanism for further increases in penetration rate, thus it remains constant and independent of further increases in flow. / Andrew Chakane 2018