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Explosives and Explosion Effects

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 060-0535/01
Abbreviation VVV
Course title Explosives and Explosion Effects
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Security Services
Course coordinator Ing. Stanislav Lichorobiec, Ph.D.

Osnova předmětu

1.Basic terms, characteristics and classification of explosives, their structure and properties. Direct and indirect explosives, explosives, explosives, propellants and pyrotechnic compositions. Military and industrial explosives, surface, mine-rock, mine safe explosives and explosives for special applications.
2.Legal adjustments for handling explosives, acquisition, registration, storage.
3.Classifications and basic requirements for pyrotechnic articles, requirements for pyrotechnic articles, explosive articles and pyrotechnic compositions. Ensuring safety during handling and storage. Classification into classes, fireworks.
4.Requirements for explosives, oxygen balance, volume of explosive gases, explosion heat, explosion temperature, working ability, brizance, detonation rate, detonation ability, detonation transfer, explosive sensitivity, explosive stability, explosion temperature and explosive safety for explosive environment.
5.Definition of explosion and its parameters. Types of explosive transformation - burning, deflagration, detonation. The principle of cumulation, cumulative charges - rotary and wedge shape.
6.Characteristic phenomena during explosion and their effects on the environment, shock and pressure wave, fragmentation, thermal and seismic effect, sound effect.
7.Definition and classification of ammunition and imitation means, their types and marking, safety, tactical-technical, production-economic and operational requirements. Basic concepts and distribution of ammunition, design arrangement, hand grenades - characteristics, construction, function and division, distribution, construction and function of mines, engineer and pyrotechnic work, initiators, bombs. Imitation means, their construction, classification, function and igniters.
8.Training works, basic terms, means of blasting techniques and manipulation with them, industrial and military explosives, blasting works and their division, marking of explosives and igniters, priming of charges by fuse, detonating cord and electric ignition, engagement of electric igniters.
9.Methods and possibilities of malicious attacks carried out by explosives - present phenomenon, explosive explosive systems, large-scale charges. Suicide attacks of terrorists, possibilities, principles of construction - examples of use. Home-made improvised explosives.
10.An explosive system, suspicious object, classification, effects and purpose. Construction of an explosive explosive system, types of initiation and threat to the civilian population. Using the Center of Simulation Technologies - finding an explosive system in the building.
11.Basic ways of destruction of explosive systems, used technical means for transport, detection and manipulation. Protective equipment - suits, shields, jammers and pyrotechnic robot. Identification X-rays, metal detectors, explosives detectors and service cynology. Destruction means.
12.Definition of IRS, basic concepts, type activities of IRS units during joint intervention at the site of an emergency, depositing an explosive system, finding an explosive, finding ammunition, the use of radiological and chemical weapons. object.
13.Characteristics of the site of explosion after explosion of an explosive article, characteristic residues and effects of the explosion on persons and objects, organization of the site of intervention, provision of objects of exploration after explosion, pyrotechnic inspections and tasks of the commander of the intervention.

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Povinná literatura

O.Dojčár, J. Horký, R. Kořínek – Explosive technology, Ostrava, Montanex,1996,
Regulations about explosives I, II, III, IV, Ostrava, Montanex 1992,
Special technology, I. a II. Part, Prague 1976,
J. Henrych, Dynamic explosion and her use, Prague, Academia, 1993,
I. Hrazdíra, M. Kollár, Polisis pyrotechnics, Plzeň 2006,
M. Janíček, P. Drahovzal, Pyrotechnic in battle against terrorism, Prague ,
M. Janíček, Pyrotechnic shelter from terrorism, Vyškov 2002.

Doporučená literatura

J. Henrych, Dynamic explosion and her use, Prague, Academia, 1993,
I. Hrazdíra, M. Kollár, Polisis pyrotechnics, Plzeň 2006.
Flesch, Richard. Baudynamik praxisgerecht, I. Bauverlage GMBH, Berlín 1993.