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Blasting operations for quarrying and safety at work

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Course Unit Code542-0006/02
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
BIL09Ing. Ivan Bílý, Ph.D.
KRI180Ing. Pavel Křivánek
ZUB021doc. Ing. Václav Zubíček, Ph.D.
Summary
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The subject introduces students to the implementation of blasting in opencast mining of crucial issues, including safety when performing them according to current regulations in this area. Characterizes the distribution of blasting agents and blasting techniques work safety and hygiene with explosives. It is governed by current trends in the art, great emphasis is placed on the use of modern means of blasting techniques. In the course they are also discussed legislative provisions dealing with blasting and work safety during blasting.
Course Contents
1) Act n. 500/2004 Coll. administrative Code, as amended.
2) Act n. 61/1988 Coll. the mining activities, explosives and state mining administration, as amended and Ordinance n. 72/1988 Coll. the use of explosives.
3) Basic concepts of blasting, the distribution and characteristics of the TP, the storage of explosives.
4) Blasting technology, their properties, and handling.
5) Blasting technology, construction and distribution charges.
6) Types of initiation - electric, non-electric, electronics and others.
7) Modern means of blasting technique.
8) Occupational Health and Safety with explosives.
9) Principles of geology, surveying, drilling work.
10) Determination of the basic parameters of the bench, line and combined blasting.
11) Projecting large-scale blasting.
12) Secondary blasting.
13) Harmful effects of explosion (air pressure, wave flight of material, toxicity fumes, seismic effects).
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
KENNEDY, Bruce A., ed. Surface mining. 2nd ed. Littleton: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, c1990. ISBN 0-87335-102-9.
DOJČÁR, Ondrej, Jiří HORKÝ a Robert KOŘÍNEK. Trhacia technika. Ostrava: Montanex, 1996. ISBN 80-85780-69-0.
MIKOLÁŠ, Milan. Trhací práce pro povrchové dobývání a BP. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2013. ISBN 978-80-248-3297-5.
MÜNCNER, Eduard. Príručka pre strelmajstrov a technických vedúcich odstrelov (TVO). 4. vydanie. Banská Bystrica: Slovenská spoločnosť pre trhacie a vŕtacie práce, 2016. ISBN 80-968748-4-5.
OLOFSSON, Stig O. Applied explosives technology for construction and mining. Second edition. Ärla: Applex AB, [2002]. ISBN 91-970111-2-6.
Recommended Reading:
OLOFSSON, Stig O. Applied explosives technology for construction and mining. Second edition. Ärla: Applex AB, [2002]. ISBN 91-970111-2-6.
Sprengtechnik: Anwendungsgebiete und Verfahren. 1987. ISBN 3-342-00089-9.
PRAVDA, Vladimír a Jiří BĚTÍK. Trhací práce v hornictví, stavebnictví a speleologii. Jesenice u Prahy: Montanika, 2010. ISBN 978-80-254-8542-2.
HORKÝ, Jiří. Trhací práce a rozpojování hornin: učební texty VŠB. 3. vyd. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská, 1987.
Zákon ČNR č. 61/1988 Sb., o hornické činnosti, výbušninách a o státní báňské správě ve znění pozdějších předpisů a další báňské a související předpisy.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 18