The study of the mechanism of excitation and propagation of detonation processes in water-containing explosives (WCE) has important scientific and practical significance. The stability and completeness of detonation of explosive charges determine the amount of energy released and the explosion momentum, which predetermine all subsequent phases of explosion development, namely: deformation of rock, its crushing, movement of rock mass and seismic action.

Around the cavity formed in the rock mass, under conditions of high rock pressure, there is a redistribution of the static stress field. Near the contour of the cavity there are three zones: stratification (squeezing), unloading and support pressure.