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The simulator Maximum
Flyrock from Top and Face depends on equations which
are based on the fundamental laws of Physics, of
Chemistry, and of Rock Mechanics. It simulates
flyrock of the normal type, i. e. projections due to
the normal action of an explosion on a rock fragment
located on a free face of the first row. A simulation
first calculates the launch velocity of each fragment
projected from the top free face of the bench and from
the vertical free face of the bench; it uses this
launch velocity together with the launch point of a
given fragment to calculate the range and altitude of
the flight trajectory, and stores these in a data
base. Then the simulator seeks in this data base the
maximum value of the ranges of the different fragments
as well as the maximum value of the altitudes. The
maximum range and the maximum altitude are not usually
associated with the same fragment. Finally, the
simulator graphically displays the trajectories of
these flyrocks of maximum range and of maximum
altitude projected from the first row, as well as the
numerical values of these maximum range and maximum
altitude. |