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Blasting operations

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction Czech
Code 542-0919/03
Abbreviation TP
Course title Blasting operations
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Mining Engineering and Safety
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Václav Zubíček, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Basic legislation on blasting and the use of explosives
Basic concepts of blasting, classification and characteristics of BO, storage of explosives.
Blasting agents, their characteristics and handling.
Blasting equipment, construction and classification of charges.
Types of detonation of explosive charges - electric, non-electric, electronic and others.
Modern blasting equipment.
Safety and hygiene of work with explosives.
Determination of basic parameters of screen, line, area and combined blasting.
Design of large scale blasting operations.
Harmful effects of explosion (pressure wave, material spillage, toxicity of fumes, seismic effects).

Literature

STIG O. Olofsson: Applied explosives technology for construction and mining, Applex AB, Ärla, ISBN 91-7970-63-7, 304 s.
ROY, Pijush Pal. Rock blasting: effects and operations. Leiden: A.A. Balkema, c2005. ISBN 04-1537-230-5.
B.A. KENNEDY.: Surface Mining - 2nd ed.. - Littleton : Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, c1990 - xi, 1194 s. : il., mapy ISBN 0-87335-102-9 (váz.)978-0-87335-102-7

Advised literature

ISEE blasters' handbook. 18th edition. Cleveland: International Society of Explosives Engineers, 2011. ISBN 978-1-892396-19-8 .
ÖZBAYOGLU, Gülhan, ed. Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Mining Congress and Exhibition of Turkey, IMCET 2003: Antalya, Turkey, 10-13 June 2003. Ankara: Chamber of Mining Engineers of Turkey, c2003. ISBN 975-395-605-3.


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