V rabote obobshcheny materialy issledovaniy vzryvnogo razrusheniya gornykh porod, kotorye nakhodyatsya v tsentre vnimaniya vsekh spetsialistov, zanimayushchikhsya razrabotkoy tverdykh poleznykh iskopaemykh. Rassmotren ves' kompleks protsessov razvitiya podzemnogo vzryva ot detonatsii VV, prelomleniya detonatsionnykh voln v okruzhayushchuyu gornuyu porodu, formirovanie udarnykh voln i voln napryazheniya, zon neobratimogo povedeniya sredy i radial'nykh treshchin, dissipatsii energii pri rasprostranenii voln napryazheniy do analiza gransostava razrushennoy gornoy massy v razlichnykh zonakh razrusheniya. Izlozheny vazhnye dlya ponimaniya osobennosti razvitiya podzemnogo vzryva predstavleniya ob udarnykh adiabatakh gornykh porod. Sformulirovany usloviya podobiya protsessov pri razrushenii, neobkhodimye pri raschetakh vzryvnykh nagruzok. Izlozhennye v rabote materialy issledovaniy problem vzryvnogo razrusheniya gornykh porod, bezuslovno, predstavlyayut interes v usloviyakh vozrastayushchikh masshtabov gornogo proizvodstva v nashey strane, perspektiv ego razvitiya i vklyucheniem v ekspluatatsiyu vse bolee slozhnykh mestorozhdeniy. Rabota prednaznachena dlya studentov, aspirantov i nauchnykh rabotnikov, zanimayushchikhsya problemami fiziki i mekhaniki razrusheniya gornykh porod.