224-0261 – Blasting operation and rock disintegration (TPRH)
| Gurantor department | Department of Geotechnics and Underground Engineering |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. Martin Stolárik, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
- teach the student to design a blasting technology for rock disintegration during the excavation of a horizontal underground structure
- acquaint the student with the range of products of blasting techniques, initiation of charges, disintegration theory and own technology of blasting
- designing a blasting technology with determination of basic blasting parameters
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Summary
The main topic of the course is to get acquainted with the problem of rock disintegration with blasting work. The basics of the explosion disconnection mechanism are defined. The range of blasting techniques, their utility properties and the way they are handled and used. Other forms of rock disintegration are included as a mechanical disintegration with knives or chisels, disconnection by pressurized water and other special methods. An essential part of the subject is the relevant legislation of the Czech Republic, especially in the field of blasting works. The student will learn how to design blasting while excavation the underground objects (horizontal structures, caverns, tunnels, etc.) with the optimal design of the blasting technology.
Compulsory literature:
Bhandari, S.: Engineering Rock Blasting Operations, A.A.Balkema, 1997
Johansen, J.: Modern Trends in Tunnelling and Blast Design, A.A.Balkema, 2000
Persson P.-A., Holmberg R., Lee J.: Rock Blasting and Explosives Engineering, CRC Press, 1993
Recommended literature:
Olofsson, O.S.: Applied Explosives Technology for Construction and Mining, APPLEX, 1988
Additional study materials
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.